StatusofWomeninMathema0cs,Canada

Dr.JennaP.Carpenter1stVicePresident,MAA

FoundingDeanofEngineeringCampbellUniversity

Outline

•  Data:WhatdotheNumbersSay?– WomenUndergraduateandGraduateStudentsintheMathema0calSciences

– WomenFacultyintheMathema0calSciences

•  Issues:WhatdoesResearchSay?•  Ques0ons•  Resources

Data:STEMUnderGradDegrees

0%20%40%60%80%

100%120%

NHSSurvey,2011,25-34yearsold

Men

Women

Data:STEMGradStudents

0.00%10.00%20.00%30.00%40.00%50.00%60.00%70.00%80.00%90.00%

Math&PhysSciMS,Canadians&PR

%Women

%Men

Data:STEMGradStudents

0.00%

10.00%

20.00%

30.00%

40.00%

50.00%

60.00%

70.00%

80.00%

90.00%

1999-00 2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09

Math&PhysSci,PhD,Canadians&PR

%Women

%Men

Data:WomenFaculty

WomenFaculty,Science,McMaster

Issues

•  ImplicitorUnconsciousBias– WomenarealwayslesslikelytomajorinSTEM,regardlessofmathema.calability.– Only23%ofwomeninthethreehighestcategoriesofPISAscores(outofsix)choseaSTEMmajor.– 39%ofmeninthethreelowestcategoriesofPISAscoreschoseSTEM.

Issues

•  StereotypeThreat–  StudentswhochoseSTEMhadhigherPISAscoresatage15thanthosewhochosenon-STEM.

– WomenwhochoseSTEMhadanaveragemathPISAscoreof588,comparedwith565forthosewhochosesocialscience.

– MenwhochoseSTEMhadascoreof597,versus585forthosewhochosesocialscience.

– MentendedtohavehigherPISAscoresthanwomenonaverage(589versus569).

Issues

•  Self-ConfidenceandGrowthMindset–  StudentswithhighermathmarksinhighschoolweremorelikelytochooseSTEMatuniversity.

– Morethan40%ofwomenwithmarksof90%to100%choseSTEM,versus11%ofwomenwithmarksunder80%.

– MenweremorelikelytooptforSTEM,eveninlower-markscategories.

– Morethan30%ofmenwithmarksunder80%choseSTEM.

– Womenwithmathmarksofatleast90%ingrade9or10werelesslikelytochooseSTEMthanmenwithmarksinthe80%to89%range.

Resources

•  WhySoFew:WomeninScience,Technology,EngineeringandMathema0cs,AAUW,C.Hill,C.Corbea,A.St.Rose,2010,hap://www.aauw.org/research/why-so-few/

•  TheFourFrames:AFrameworkforPromo0ngGenderEquityinOrganiza0ons,WEPAN,haps://www.wepan.org/news/224377/A-Framework-for-Promo0ng-Gender-Equity-in-Organiza0ons.htm(adaptedfromCGOInsights,BriefingNoteNo.1,SimmonsGraduateSchoolofManagement)

Resources

•  ADVANCEingFacultyProgram,LouisianaTechUniversity,OWISELibrary,hap://www.advance.latech.edu/index.php?op0on=com_content&view=ar0cle&id=35&Itemid=63

•  “Engineering:WherearetheGirlsandWhyaren’tTheyHere?”J.Carpenter,TEDxMonroe,WomeninSTEMWhoRock!,DreamBoxLearning,Oct.2015,hap://www.dreambox.com/blog/women-in-stem-who-rock-plus-top-10-websites-to-get-girls-psyched-about-stem

References

•  Genderdifferencesinscience,technology,engineering,mathema0csandcomputerscience(STEM)programsatuniversity,DarcyHango,Sta.s.csCanadahap://www.statcan.gc.ca/pub/75-006-x/2013001/ar0cle/11874-eng.htm

•  WhereAretheWomenProfessorsinCanada’sMathandScienceDepartments?M.Kuzmin,A.Motskin,Z.Gallinger,The10and3,Jan.29,2015,hap://www.the10and3.com/where-are-the-women-professors-in-canadas-math-and-science-departments/

References

•  WOMENINSCIENCEANDENGINEERINGINCANADA,CorporatePlanningandPolicyDirectorateNaturalSciencesandEngineeringResearchCouncilofCanadaOaawa,Ontario,Canada,November2010,hap://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/_doc/Reports-Rapports/Women_Science_Engineering_e.pdf

•  Womenfaculty,nowandinthefuture:BuildingexcellenceatMcMasterUniversity,”CharloaeYates,EquityTaskForce,January2014,hap://www.mcmaster.ca/vpacademic/documents/Yates_Report_on_Gender_Equity_January_2014.pdf