SA Extra: Women Rock Physics

By Aaron on March 28, 2006 at 11:38 pm | In Slacker Astronomy Archival Podcasts |

During her OPT paid for trip to Anchorage, Alaska, Pamela had a rare chance to shoot the breeze with other women in science and talk about just how common it is to get mistaken for a (secretary/student/someone’s wife) instead of being recognized for the science chicks we are.

The image used in above and below comes froma PowerPoint presentation given by Jill Marshall and depicts women trying to make it through the academic pipeline and periodically deciding to fight their way free.

The low numbers of women in science is something that is getting studied by several people, and the links below will take you to studies based statistics and interviews instead (as seems to be preferred by at least one former Harvard president) guesswork and conjecture.

Dr. Laura McCullough’s webpage on Women in Science This is an amazing resource!

NSF data on Women, Minorities, and Persons with Disabilities in Science and Engineering

“Where have all the Smart Women Gone?” by Dr. Alice Rowe, PhD Just women, not science.

Dr. Kim Shaw’s homepage

Dr. Laura McCullough’s homepage

Dr. Kathy Harper’s homepage