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Career Calculus: Assessing the Psychological Cost of Pursuing an Engineering Career
- Mar 16, 2023
Personal characteristics (e.g., race/ethnicity, gender, and precollege experiences) are known to shape students' pathways to engineering, as well as persistence decisions in college. However, the role of psychological cost in postgraduation intentions has received less scholarly attention.
Asian American women in STEM in the lab with “White Men Named John”
- Mar 6, 2023
Examining intersections of science, race, and gender and how they shape the doctoral student experience for Asian American women in STEM fields.
Report Highlights Lack of Medical Worker Diversity – and How to Fix That
- Feb 27, 2023
Racial and ethnic diversity among medical workers is critical to Americans' health, but more needs to be done to recruit, train and support those professionals, a new report says.
In OW-STEM, a Legacy Push for STEM Diversity
- Feb 20, 2023
Opening STEM fields to traditionally "underrepresented" communities strengthens future workforces.
Esports are Seen as a Pathway to Boost Diversity in STEM Careers
- Feb 13, 2023
By channeling students’ enthusiasm for esports, schools and businesses aim to prepare them for careers in science, technology, engineering, and math at a time when the fields lack racial diversity.
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How State and Local Leaders Can Harness New Infrastructure Funding to Build a Stronger, More Inclusive Workforce
- Feb 6, 2023
The infrastructure field has long faced challenges in finding and retaining workers, and it does not have a strong track record of inclusion and diversity.
Disability and Sex/Gender Intersections in Unmet Workplace Support Needs: Findings from a Large Canadian Survey of Workers
- Jan 30, 2023
Individual attributes including disability and sex/gender have the potential to intersect and determine the likelihood of unmet workplace support needs.
Leadership in Science: How Female Researchers are Breaking up the Boys’ Club
- Jan 23, 2023
Science needs to progress from purely ‘white Alpha male’ approaches to leadership.
Recruit with Diversity and Inclusion in Mind
- Jan 18, 2023
Ensuring the recruiting process is inclusive requires a conscious effort to find out who people are as well as what skills and experiences they could bring to a team.
Gender Diversity and Senior Leadership in Academic Dentistry: Female Representation at the Dean Position in the United States
- Jan 16, 2023
In the US dental schools, there is one female dean for every five deans who are male, indicating underrepresentation of women at the highest role in academic leadership.
Moving Labs: A Checklist for Researchers with Disabilities
- Jan 9, 2023
How to choose a workplace that is welcoming and safe, and where your career will thrive.
The Imperative for Scientific Societies to Change the Face of Academia: Recommendations for Immediate Action
- Jan 2, 2023
As organizations that facilitate collaboration and communication, scientific societies have an opportunity, and a responsibility, to drive inclusion, diversity, equity, and accessibility in science in academia.
How Diversity Makes Better Engineering Teams
- Dec 26, 2022
Diversity, equity, and inclusion offer a win–win for engineers working together to serve the public.
Recruiters: Highlight Your Company’s Diversity, Not Just Perks and Pay
- Dec 19, 2022
Many job seekers want to join inclusive companies that reflect their values.
Inclusive Restoration: Ten Recommendations to Support LGBTQ+ Researchers in Restoration Science
- Dec 12, 2022
Restoration science is uniquely positioned to create change: the same principles that shape ecosystem restoration also provide a blueprint for cultivating inclusion in science.
MyNRMN: A National Mentoring and Networking Platform to Enhance Connectivity and Diversity in the Biomedical Sciences
- Dec 5, 2022
The chief mission of the National Research Mentoring Network (NRMN) is to reduce racial and ethnic disparities in the biosciences workforce through the mentoring of historically underrepresented individuals.
Why is Diverse Leadership in STEM Important?
- Nov 28, 2022
Five industry leaders discuss how their organizations have successfully created inclusive, diverse work environments.
How to Tell if a Company is LGBTQ+ Friendly During a Job Search, According to an Expert
- Nov 21, 2022
It’s important for LGBTQ+ professionals to have safe, inclusive work environments now more than ever.
The Role of Desktop Virtual Reality as an Accessible and Equitable Strategy to Improve Career Opportunities for Women in Technology
- Nov 14, 2022
The conventional classroom does not seem to adequately address the gender disparity in technology education.
Building Diversity in STEM
- Nov 8, 2022
Embracing a holistic approach to DEI leadership in the workplace.
