Recommended Reading
USC Library Resources on Women in Science and Engineering
Download the 2008 updated bibliography complied by USC Science and Engineering Librarian, Sara Tompson
Books
Ceci, Stephen J. and Wendy M. Williams (eds.). Why Aren't More Women in Science?: Top Researchers Debate the Evidence (Washington, DC: American Psychological Association, 2007)
Burger, Carol et. al (ed.). Reconfiguring the Firewall: Recruiting Women to Information Technology across Cultures and Continents (Wellesley, MA: A.K. Peters Ltd., 2007)
Rosser, Sue V. The Science Glass Ceiling: Academic Women Scientists and the Struggle to Succeed (New York, NY: Routledge, 2004)
Babcock, Linda and Sara Laschever. Women Don't Ask: Negotiation and the Gender Divide (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2003)
Wyer, Mary et. al (ed.). Women, Science, and Technology: A Reader in Feminist Science Studies (New York, NY: Routledge, 2001)
Williams, Joan. Unbending Gender: Why Family and Work Conflict and What to Do About It (New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 2000)
Glazer-Raymo, Judith. Shattering the Myths: Women in Academe (Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1999)
Valian, Virginia. Why So Slow? The Advancement of Women (Cambridge, MA : MIT Press, 1999)
Pattatucci, Angela M. (ed.) Women in Science: Meeting Career Challenges (Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc., 1998)
Articles
Barres, Ben A., "Does Gender Matter," Nature. 442(2006):133-36.
Hopkins, Nancy, "Diversification of a University Faculty: Observations on Hiring Women Faculty in the Schools of Science and Engineering at MIT," MIT Faculty Newsletter. Vol XVII; 4 (2006): 1, 16-23.
Shelby, Cecily Cannon, "Does bias in science hold women back?," FASBE Journal. 20 (2006):1284-87.
Handelsman, Jo et al., "More Women in Science," Science 309; 5738 (2005): 1190-1191.
Rosser, Sue V. and Eliesh O'Neil Lane, "Key Barriers for Academic Institutions Seeking to Retain Female Scientists and Engineers: Family-Unfriendly Policies, Low Numbers, Stereotypes, and Harassment," Journal of Women and Minorities in Science and Engineering 8(2002): 161-189.
Wenneras, Christine and Agnes Wold, "Nepotism and sexism in peer-review," Nature. 387 (1997): 341-43
Reports
National Academy of Sciences, Committee on Maximizing the Potential of Women in Academic Science in Engineering. Beyond Bias and Barriers: Fulfilling the Potential of Women in Academic Science and Engineering (Washington D.C.: National Academies Press, 2006)
http://www.nap.edu/catalog/11741.html
National Research Council, Committee on Women in Science and Engineering. To Recruit and Advance: Women Students and Faculty in Science and Engineering (Washington D.C.: National Academy Press, 2006)
http://www.nap.edu/catalog/11624.html
National Academy of Engineering, Committee on the Engineer of 2020, Phase II, Committee on Engineering Education. Educating the Engineer of 2020: Adapting Engineering Education to the New Century (Washington, D.C.: National Academy Press, 2005)
http://books.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=11338
National Academy of Engineering. The Engineer of 2020: Visions of Engineering in the New Century (Washington, D.C.: National Academy Press, 2004)
http://books.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=10999#orgs
National Research Council. Women Scientists and Engineering Employed in Industry: Why So Few? (Washington D.C.: National Academy Press, 1994)
http://www.nap.edu/catalog/2264.html
Journals
Journal of Women and Minorities in Science and Engineering
Publishes original, peer-reviewed papers that report innovative ideas and programs for classroom teachers, scientific studies, and formulation of concepts related to the education, recruitment, and retention of under-represented groups in science and engineering.
Blogs
FemaleScienceProfessor
Female Science Professor is a full professor at a large research university, doing research in the physical sciences. She writes: "I have the greatest job in the world, but this will not stop me from noting some of the more puzzling and stressful aspects of my career as a Female Science Professor."
ScienceWoman
ScienceWoman is a first-year assistant professor in -ology. She blogs about the intersection of science and real life - primarily based on her first-hand experiences.
Thus Spake Zuska
Suzanne E Franks’ blog, called Thus Spake Zuska: "Zuska, Goddess of Science, Empress of Engineering, and Avenging Angel of Angry Women, will tell you what everyone else is thinking but is afraid to say."
Am I a Woman Scientist?
Blog by an early career scientist, in the biological sciences working at a major public university in Scandinavia. She is "on a global quest for that egalitarian utopia in which I can work in blissful ignorance of my gender. However, I am finding that what was true in the States is true in Scandinavia as well: if you ever forget that you’re a woman, someone will always be around to remind you."
Mother of All Scientists
ScienceMama is a molecular biologist/geneticist by training, trying to get her bearings as both a postdoc and a mom. With a daughter less than a year old and a postdoc position not much older, she is "struggling to excel at (or at least manage) both."
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