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Elite male faculty in the life sciences employ fewer women
06 August 2014
"Despite decades of progress, men still greatly outnumber women among biology faculty in the United States. Here, we show that high-achieving faculty members who are male train 10–40% fewer women in their laboratories relative to the number of women trained by other investigators. These skewed employment patterns may result from self-selection among female scientists or they may result from conscious or unconscious bias on the part of some faculty members. The dearth of women who...
Leaks in the pipeline: separating demographic inertia from ongoing gender differences in academia
04 November 2013
"…We show that the hiring and retention of women in academia have been affected by both demographic inertia and gender differences, but that the relative influence of gender differences appears to be dwindling for most disciplines and career transitions. Our model enables us to identify the two key non-structural bottlenecks restricting female participation in academia: choice of undergraduate major and application to faculty positions. ..." - ( link to full article) Shaw AK, Stanton DE...
Fewer invited talks by women in evolutionary biology symposia
10 September 2013
"We analysed the sex ratio of presenters at the European Society for Evolutionary Biology (ESEB) Congress 2011, where all abstract submissions were accepted for presentation. Women were under-represented among invited speakers at symposia (15% women) compared to all presenters (46%), regular oral presenters (41%) and plenary speakers (25%). ..." - ( link to full article) Schroeder J et al. 2013. Fewer invited talks by women in evolutionary biology symposia. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 26:2063–2069. doi: 10.1111/jeb.12198
Science faculty’s subtle gender biases favor male students
09 October 2012
"In a randomized double-blind study (n = 127), science faculty from research-intensive universities rated the application materials of a student—who was randomly assigned either a male or female name—for a laboratory manager position. Faculty participants rated the male applicant as significantly more competent and hireable than the (identical) female applicant. ..." - ( link to full article) Moss-Racusin CA, Dovidio JF, Brescoll VL, Graham MJ, Handelsman J. 2012. Science faculty’s subtle gender biases favor male...
How many papers is a baby 'worth'?
01 July 2012
"How many papers is a baby ‘worth’? We were prompted to ask this provocative question by recent experiences, working on appointment committees and writing research grants in Australia, where provisions to quantify research track-records ‘relative to opportunity’ call for applicants to explain how fluctuations in their publication outputs have been impacted by ‘career interruptions’ such as childbearing. ..." - ( link [pdf] to full article) Klocker N, Drozdzewski D. 2012. Career progress relative to opportunity:...
Gender differences in publication output
27 December 2006
"We examined the publication records of a cohort of 168 life scientists in the field of ecology and evolutionary biology to assess gender differences in research performance. Clear discrepancies in publication rate between men and women appear very early in their careers and this has consequences for the subsequent citation of their work. ..." - ( link to full article) Symonds MR, Gemmell NJ, Braisher TL, Gorringe KL, Elgar MA. 2006. Gender Differences in Publication...
