STEMinist Reading Group
Fall 2022 Schedule
Monday, Sept. 19, 4:30pm in MATH 350: Intersectionality in STEM
- By Michel Geovanni Santiago-Martínez
Tuesday, Oct. 11, 4:30pm in MATH 350: Intersectional Role Models in STEM With India Johnson and Eva Pietri
From the Opinion Science podcast
Tuesday, November 20, 5:30pm in MATH 350: Film Screening: Hidden Figures
Previous Readings:
- The Madame Curie Complex: The Hidden History of Women in Science by Julie Des Jardins: (1) Assistants, Housekeepers, and Interchangeable Parts (Intro) and (2) The Cult of Masculinity in the Age of Heroic Science (Intro)
- Whistling Vivaldi by Calude Steele: Chapters 1, 2, 3, 9
- The Sexual Politics of Genius by Moon Duchin & Reducing Stereotype Threat (1 page)
- Sexual Harassment of Women: Climate, Culture, and Consequences in Academic Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine: Chapter 7 with guest Dr. Lauren Czaplicki
- Body Projects of Young Women of Color in Physics: Intersections of Gender, Race, and Science by Maria Ong
- CSforALL - Our Modern Day Space Race by Ruthe Farmer & Can Title IX Change STEM Culture? with guest Ruthe Farmer
- Targeted Workplace Incivility: The Roles of Belongingness, Embarrassment, and Power, by Hershcovis et al. with guest Julie Volckens
- Living Proof: Stories of Resilience Along the Mathematical Journey
- Why Archive of Our Own’s Surprise Hugo Nomination Is Such a Big Deal, by Casey Fiesler with guest Casey Fiesler
- Articles on the impact of COVID-19:* The Virus Moved Female Faculty to the Brink. Will Universities Help? by Jillian Kramer
- *'It's like we're going back 30 years': how the coronavirus is gutting diversity in science * by Chris Woolston
- *Coronavirus cutbacks could reverse hard-fought equity gains in STEM workforce* by Bec Crew
- *The impact of COVID-19: Graduate students' emotional and psychological experiences* by Chad E. Kee
Invisible Women from the 99% Invisible podcast
'Slaughtering this beautiful math': graduate women choosing and leaving mathematics by Abbe H. Herzig
Towards a Fully Inclusive Mathematics Profession by Adriana Salerno
Articles on affirmative action in universities & in the U.S.: Supreme Court Will Hear Challenge to Affirmative Action at Harvard and U.N.C. by Adam Liptak and Anemona Hartocollis;
The Rise and Fall of Affirmative Action by Hua Hsu
California Tries to Close the Gap in Math, but Sets Off a Backlash by Jacey Fortin