Prior physics preparation seems to be the biggest contributor to the gender gap but a lot is still unknown.
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Tag: Diversity and Inclusion
Demographic gaps may just be preparation gaps
Prior studies have found gender and racial performance gaps in physics. However, might those gaps be the result of gaps in preparation?
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Thinking Beyond ADA Compliance: How to Make Astronomy Accessible
Title: Accessible Astronomy: Policies, Practices, and Strategies to Increase Participation of Astronomers with Disabilities Authors: Alicia Aarnio et al. First
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Gender and racial biases still a problem in physics post-doctoral hiring
Even when the CVs are otherwise identical, physics faculty preferred applicants from majority groups as opposed to candidates from minority groups.
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Research-backed advice for mentoring researchers
Mentoring an undergraduate researcher for the first time or looking to improve your mentoring ability? See what the literature has to say.
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Sexual harassment is a problem in physics
75% of undergraduate women in physics report experiencing some form of sexual harassment.
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Hey instructors, your beliefs can affect students’ grades (and not in a positive way)
Minority students in classes with fixed-mindset instructors do worse than in classes with growth-mindset instructors.
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Who feels more capable of doing physics: women with “A”s or men with “C”s? The answer probably won’t surprise you.
Yep, women who perform the same as men perform don’t feel they are as capable of doing physics.
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The GRE: what is it good for?
The GRE: great at acting as a barrier to underrepresented groups, not so good as a predictor of completing graduate school.
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Not enough variation to explain the gender gap
The men and women earn equal STEM grades but men have higher variability in those grades. This isn’t enough to explain why there are more men in STEM.
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