03515nam a22003614a 4500 ebr10149917 CaPaEBR m u cr cn||||||||| 050614s2006 inua sb s101 0 eng 2005017212 0253346797 (cloth : alk. paper) 0253218179 (pbk. : alk. paper) CaPaEBR CaPaEBR (OCoLC)567963680 Q130 .R46 2006eb 305.43/5 22 Removing barriers [electronic resource] : women in academic science, technology, engineering, and mathematics / edited by Jill M. Bystydzienski and Sharon R. Bird. Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c2006. viii, 347 p. : ill. Papers originally presented at a 2002 conference at Iowa State University, "Retaining Women in Early Academic Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Careers." Includes bibliographical references (p. [333]-335) and index. Sustaining Gains: Reflections on Women in Science and Technology in the Twentieth- Century United States / Sally Gregory Kohlstedt -- From "Engineeresses" to "Girl Engineers" to "Good Engineers": A History of Women's U.S. Engineering Education / Amy Sue Bix -- Using POWRE to ADVANCE: Institutional Barriers Identified by Women Scientists and Engineers / Sue V. Rosser -- Telling Stories about Engineering: Group Dynamics and Resistance to Diversity / Cynthia Burack and Suzanne E. Franks -- The Gender Gap in Information Technology / Mo-Yin S. Tam and Gilbert W. Bassett, Jr. -- African American Women in Science: Experiences from High School through the Post- secondary Years and Beyond / Sandra L. Hanson -- African Women Pursuing Graduate Studies in the Sciences: Racism, Gender Bias, and Third World Marginality / Josephine Beoku-Betts -- Gendered Experiences in the Science Classroom / Molly J. Dingel -- The Construction of Sexual Bimorphism and Heterosexuality in the Animal Kingdom / Kirsten Smilla Ebeling -- Feminism and Science: Mechanism without Reductionism / Carla Fehr -- Across the Language Barrier: Gender in Plant Biology and Feminist Theory / Dana A. Dudle and Meryl Altman -- The Graduate Experience of Women in STEM and How It Could Be Improved / Anne J. MacLachlan -- How Can Women and Students of Color Come to Belong in Graduate Mathematics? / Abbe H. Herzig -- Designing Gender-Sensitive Computer Games to Close the Gender Gap in Technology / Anna M. Martinson -- Making Sense of Retention: An Examination of Undergraduate Women's Participation in Physics Courses / Heidi Fencl and Karen R. Scheel -- Creating Academic Career Opportunities for Women in Science: Lessons from Liberal Arts Colleges / Neal B. Abraham -- Beyond Gender Schemas: Improving the Advancement of Women in Academia / Virginia Valian. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. Women in science Congresses. Women scientists Employment Congresses. Feminism and science Congresses. Electronic books. local Bystydzienski, Jill M., 1949- Bird, Sharon R., 1965- ebrary, Inc. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10149917 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 202671 202671