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Scientists Gather to
Address Participation
of Women in Sciences
A
group of 44 scholars traveled from 11 countries to meet in
Potomac, Maryland, to share knowledge about the status of
women worldwide in chemistry, computer science, and math-
ematics. The meeting was convened by the Commission on
Professionals in Science and Technology (CPST). Lisa Frehill, CPST’s
executive director, said the conference represented a new approach to
increasing women’s participation: “The meeting brought together
international social scientists with natural scientists and program
advocates to enable a multidimensional examination of the issues that
affect women’s participation in these fields.”
Small working teams comprised of social and physical scientists
examined programs that increased the number of women in tradition-
ally male-dominated fields in various countries. Participants shared
their experiences and best practices for developing programs to expand
women’s roles and create lasting change in the foundational scientific
fields of chemistry, computer science, mathematics, and statistics.
According to Shirley Malcom, a member of the project organiz-
ing committee and head of education and human resources at the
American Association for the Advancement of Science, “An exciting
part of this conference was the unprecedented opportunity to look
across the experiences of different fields and different country exam-
ples to learn from each other—to explore how much of the status
of women is endemic to the disciplines and what emerges from the
opportunity structures that are made available.”
Sponsored by the National Science Foundation, the new net-
work of scholars intends to publish an edited volume in 2011 on the
intersection of sex and race/ethnicity and science careers in chemis-
try, computer science, mathematics, and statistics. In addition to the
planned book, this project—steered by CPST—will develop a catalog
of research-driven strategies and implementation guidelines to increase
women’s representation and advancement in these disciplines. For
more information, visit www.cpst.org. n
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Society for Research in Child Development is December 15, 2009.
There are two types of fellowships: congressional and executive branch.
Both provide researchers with the opportunity to use their science
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