Removing barriers : women in academic science, technology, engineering, and mathematics / / edited by Jill M. Bystydzienski and Sharon R. Bird.

• Author: ProQuest (Firm)
• TeilnehmendeR: Bystydzienski, Jill M., 1949-; Bird, Sharon R., 1965-; ProQuest (Firm)
• Year of Publication: 2006
• Language: English
• Physical Description: viii, 347 p. :; ill.
• Notes: Papers originally presented at a 2002 conference at Iowa State University, "Retaining Women in Early Academic Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Careers."
• Other title: Sustaining Gains: Reflections on Women in Science and Technology in the Twentieth- Century United States /; From "Engineeresses" to "Girl Engineers" to "Good Engineers": A History of Women's U.S. Engineering Education /; Using POWRE to ADVANCE: Institutional Barriers Identified by Women Scientists and Engineers /; Telling Stories about Engineering: Group Dynamics and Resistance to Diversity /; The Gender Gap in Information Technology /; African American Women in Science: Experiences from High School through the Post- secondary Years and Beyond /; African Women Pursuing Graduate Studies in the Sciences: Racism, Gender Bias, and Third World Marginality /; Gendered Experiences in the Science Classroom /; The Construction of Sexual Bimorphism and Heterosexuality in the Animal Kingdom /; Feminism and Science: Mechanism without Reductionism /; Across the Language Barrier: Gender in Plant Biology and Feminist Theory /; The Graduate Experience of Women in STEM and How It Could Be Improved /; How Can Women and Students of Color Come to Belong in Graduate Mathematics? / Abbe H. Herzig -- Designing Gender-Sensitive Computer Games to Close the Gender Gap in Technology / Anna M. Martinson -- Making Sense of Retention: An Examination of Undergraduate Women's Participation in Physics Courses / Heidi Fencl and Karen R. Scheel -- Creating Academic Career Opportunities for Women in Science: Lessons from Liberal Arts Colleges / Neal B. Abraham -- Beyond Gender Schemas: Improving the Advancement of Women in Academia / Virginia Valian.
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (p. [333]-335) and index.
• ISBN: 0253346797 (cloth : alk. paper); 0253218179 (pbk. : alk. paper)
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: edited by Jill M. Bystydzienski and Sharon R. Bird.