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Countries with Less Gender Equity Have More Women in STEM–Huh?
A recent study points out a so-called “gender-equality paradox”: there are more women in STEM in countries with lower gender equality. Why do women make up 40 percent of engineering majors in Jordan, but only
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Psychological Research Shows How Biased We Are When It Comes To Female Leadership
Whether we like to confront it or not, our culture has shared unconscious biases of what each gender looks like in terms of qualities and abilities and how each gender should or should not behave.
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Why Do So Few Women Write Letters to the Editor?
In America, letters to the editor have been around as long as newspapers. They represent one of the country’s most basic modes of political engagement, accessible—at least in theory—to all. They are also written, overwhelmingly
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Tackling Gender Inequality in STEM? Consider Culture, A New Study Says
Growing up in Saudi Arabia, Aciel Eshky didn’t get the memo that science was for boys. When she was around ten years old, her aunt started to teach her basic computer programming. From there, going
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APS Fellow Kristina Olson Receives Nation’s Top Honor for Early-Career Scientists
Olson is the first psychological scientist to receive the National Science Foundation’s Alan T. Waterman Award, established in 1975.
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APS Fellow Kristina Olson Receives Nation’s Top Honor for Early-Career Scientists
The 2018 Waterman Award recognizes Olson’s innovative research on social cognition and cognitive development in children.
