How to minimize gender bias when evaluating recommendation letters
"Evaluating Job Applications and Letters of Recommendation" - University of Montana, PArtnership for Comprehensive Equity (link)
Standpoint theory and the formation of gender archaeology
Part of the Gender Institute 2014 public lecture series Feminist Theory Now
Our bodies, whose property?
Part of the Gender Institute 2014 public lecture series Feminist Theory Now
Women as Academic Authors, 1665-2010
Report summarizing women’s presence as authors of academic papers from 1665-2010 by academic field. “Explore nearly 1,800 fields and subfields, across four centuries, to see which areas have the most female authors and which have the fewest, in this exclusive Chronicle report." - The Chronicle of…
The Confidence Gap
"Evidence shows that women are less self-assured than men—and that to succeed, confidence matters as much as competence. Here's why, and what to do about it. ..." - The Atlantic (link to full post; 14 Apr 2014)
Where Will a Biology PhD Take You?
"Based primarily on the 2012 NIH Workforce report this infographic represents current workforce sizes and annual fluxes before and after a PhD in the biomedical sciences in the US. ..." - The American Society for Cell Biology Post (link to full post; 11 Apr 2014)
Women’s History Month finale: The Great Debate 2014
On 26 March 2014, The Australian Women's History Forum staged a sold-out headline debate on the proposition that; ‘Australia doesn’t need Women’s History Month’ a video of the debate is now available online at Canberra Live THE DEBATERS Angela Woollacott, Dawn Casey & Marilyn Lake -…
The Nonacademic Careers of STEM Ph.D. Holders
Study exploring how nonacademic career choices differ by gender and race/ethnicity. - American Institutes for Research (link to study; Apr 2014)
Gender equality issues in Australia
Ms Elizabeth Broderick (Sex Discrimination Commissioner from the Australian Human Rights Commission) and Dr Paul Jelfs (First Assistant Statistician, Social, Health & Labour Division at the Australian Bureau of Statistics) discuss gender equality issues in Australia. Commissioner Broderick…
Leaks in the pipeline: separating demographic inertia from ongoing gender differences in academia
The fifth seminar in the 2013 Gender Institute Seminar Series, Women in Academia, was presented by Dr. Allison Shaw, postdoctoral fellow working with Hanna Kokko in Ecology, Evolution and Genetics, Research School of Biology, ANU and Dr. Daniel Stanton, postdoctoral fellow working with Marilyn Ball…