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Associations

• Association for Women in Science (AWIS)
• ASCB Women in Cell Biology
• Association for Women in Mathematics (AWM)
• Society of Women Engineers (SWE)
• Graduate Women in Science (GWIS)

Internet Resources

• Women in Science Forum at Nature Scitable
• Women in Biology Internet Launch Pages (www.womenbio.net)
  
• Female Science Professor weblog
• ADVANCE Portal web site for the advancement of women in science and technology careers, clearinghouse for NSF ADVANCE award recipients

Conferences & Seminars

• Life (Un)Ltd 2012: A Symposium on Feminism, Race, Biopolitics, and Care, May 11, 2012, UCLA.
• "Women and STEM: How stereotypes undermine the interest and success of women in science, technology, engineering, and math," a Faculty Curator Speaker Series organized by Jenessa Shapiro, Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology at UCLA.
  • Steven Spencer, Professor of Psychology, University of Waterloo, "A Chilly Climate for Women in STEM: How It Develops and How It Can Be Overcome," April 21, 2011.
  • Toni Schmader, Professor of Psychology, University of British Columbia, "Stereotype Threat Deconstructed", April 28, 2011.
  • Nilanjana Dasgupta, Professor of Psychology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst: "STEMing the Tide: Female Experts and Peers Enhance Young Women's Interest in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics", May 12, 2011.
  • Joshua Aronson, Professor of Applied Psychology, New York University, "Stereotypes and the Nurture of Intelligent Thought and Behavior", May 19, 2011.
• WIST 2011: Women in Science and Technology Conference, May 14, 2011, Salk Institute, La Jolla, CA, sponsored by AWIS-San Diego.
• Women and STEM: How Stereotypes Undermine the Interest and Success of women in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math, Seminar Series, UCLA, April 21, 28, May 12, 19, 2011, 4:00-6:00 PM, Franz 3534.
• Project SHE 2011: Sharing Her Experiences in Science & Engineering, Dr. Jackie Dewar (LMU Mathematics) & Dr. Virginia Merriam (Emerita, LMU Biology), March 15, 2011, 5:30 PM, Hannon Library 3rd Floor Von der Ahe Suite.
• Bridging the Gap: Women in Science and Technology, May 9, 2009, sponsored by the San Diego Chapter of AWIS.
• "LMU and the F-Word: Deconstructing Feminism on Campus," Tuesday, March 18, 2008, 7:00 PM, The Marymount Center, University Hall, Suite 3002. A Panel of LMU Professors will give their personal experiences as women in their areas of study and work, from each college on campus, with a Q&A after involving the students in the audience.
• Women in Bionformatics Seminar Series, sponsored by Montana State University, including live wecasts
• Gender & Science:
  A public conference exploring the intersections between science and power and how these intersections shape lives
  Friday, February 23, 2007
  Sponsored by the UCLA Center for the Study of Women
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Articles and Reports

• Women in Science (Genome Biology interview with Caroline Dean, Mary Osborn, Alicia Oshlack, and Janet Thornton, March 8, 2012, 13:148; requires subscription to view, but 30-day free trial available)
• The Work Life Integration Overload: Thousands of Scientists Weigh in on Outmoded Work Environments, Unfriendly Family Policies (Executive Summary of study conducted by AWIS, March 8, 2012)
• Chronicling Women's Contributions to Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Prezi presentation (ASBMB Today, March 2012)
• One Hundred Years of American Women in Biochemistry (Adele J. Wolfson, 2012, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education 34: 75-77)
• ASBMB Women in Academe Task Force Report (Elizabeth C. Theil, February 2012)
• Programs for Undergraduate Women in Science and Engineering : Issues, Problems, Solutions (Mary Frank Fox, Gerhard Sonnert, Irina Nikiforova, 2011, Gender & Society 25(5): 589-615)
• A Report on the Status of Women Faculty in the Schools of Science and Engineering at MIT, 2011
• Why So Few? (AAUW Report, 2010; with links to online video)
• Sorry, Men, the Gender Equity Problem in Science is Not Solved (Mary Hatcher-Skeers; 2009; Scripps College Magazine)
• Help Women Stay in Science: A Female Scientist Gives her Top 10 List of Tips for her Male Colleagues (Laura L. Mays Hoopes; 2007; posted on TheScientist.com)
• Teaching Cell and Molecular Biology for Gender Equity (Jill C. Sible, Dayna E. Wilhelm, and Muriel Lederman, 2006; full text freely available at CBE: Life Sciences Education web site)
• Running in Place (Virginia Valian, 1998, The Sciences) on the accumulation of disadvantage for women scientists
• Virginia Valian's Publications page with other links to her work on gender and science
• What We Know Now About Bias and Intergroup Conflict, the Problem of the Century (Susan T. Fiske, 2002, Current Directions in Psychological Science, 11: 123-128).
• White Privilege and Male Privilege: A Personal Account of Coming to See Correspondences Through Work in Women's Studies (Peggy McIntosh, 1988; pdf 40k)
• The Male Privilege Checklist (Compiled by Barry Deutsch in imitation of Peggy McIntosh)
• Are Emily and Greg More Employable Than Lakisha and Jamal? A Field Experiment on Labor Market Discrimination (Marianne Bertrand & Sendhil Mullainathan, American Economic Association, 2004, doi: 10.1257/0002828042002561)
• Student Ratings of Professors are not Gender Blind (Association for Women in Mathematics Newsletter, Sept.-Oct. 1994)
• Sexism in Peer-review of Postdoc Fellowship Applications, (Nature, May 22, 1997; pdf 1,054k)
• Orchestrating Impartiality: The Impact of "Blind" Auditions on Female Musicians (Claudia Goldin & Cecelia Rouse (2000) The American Economic Review, 90: 715-741).
• Reducing the Effects of Gender Stereotypes on Performance Evaluations (Cara C. Bauer & Boris B. Baltes, 2002, Sex Roles, 47: 465-476)
• A Study on the Status of Women Faculty in Science at MIT (March 1999)
• Impact of Gender on the Review of the CV of Job Applicants and Tenure Candidates (Sex Roles, 1999, 41: 509-528; pdf 255k)
• Universities Urged to Improve Hiring and Advancement of Women ( Science, September 22, 2006)
• Gender Similarities in Mathematics and Science ( Science, October 27, 2006)
• Women in Science: A Disappearing Act? (ASCB Newsletter, October 2006; pdf 172k))
• Contrast the above with the transcript of remarks at NBER Conference on Diversifying the Science & Engineering Workforce by Larry Summers, former president of Harvard University (January 14, 2005)
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Biographies

• Rosalind Franklin and the Secret of Photo 51 (PBS NOVA program based on the biography by Brenda Maddox)
• Laura L. Mays Hoopes, Breaking Through the Spiral Ceiling: An American Woman Becomes A DNA Scientist
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Science and Women's Art

• Crochet 16S rRNA by Jessica Polka
• Protein Art, drawings based on protein ribbon diagrams by May K.
• Artologica, original watercolors of cells and other science themes by Michelle Banks
• Brush with Science: the Artwork of Julie Newdoll
• A Gallery of Crocheted Hyperbolic Models, The Institute for Figuring
• Fabric Brain Art by Marjorie Taylor , Karen Norberg, and Patricia Jauch
• Virus Doilies by Laura Splan
• A Slice of Life Scarves (commercial site)
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LMU Links

• MATH 398: Women and Mathematics, Dr. Jacqueline Dewar
• LMU Committee on the Status of Women

Women Faculty in Science, Mathematics, and Engineering at LMU

Biology	Chemistry & Biochemistry	Civil Engineering & Environmental Science	Electrical Engineering & Computer Science	Mathematics	Health & Human Sciences
Wendy Binder	Nicole Bouvier-Brown	Rachel Adams	Stephanie August	Anna Bargagliotti	Hawley Almstedt
Deepa Dabir	Tina Choe		Lei Huang	Alissa Crans	Sarah Strand
Kam Dahlquist	Rebecca Crawford		Barbara Marino	Jacqueline Dewar	Heather Tarleton
Philippa Drennan	Emily Jarvis			Angela Gallegos	Caroline Viviano
Michelle Lum				Lily Khadjavi
Cathy McElwain				Suzanne Larson
Heather Watts				Yangpin Ma

Erika Camacho, a tenure-track Assistant Professor of Mathematics from 2004-2007 left LMU for Arizona State University.
Michelle Hauer, a tenure-track Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering from 2009-2010 left LMU in 2010.
Connie Weeks, Professor of Mathematics, retired in 2010.