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Despite the fact that girls and boys perform equally well in STEM subjects in the classroom, fewer women pursue STEM degrees and enter STEM-related careers. Learn more about interventions that combat this gender gap, ranging from mentorship programs to organizational and institutional policy changes.

Can Female Doctors Cure the Gender STEMM Gap? Evidence from Randomly Assigned General Practitioners

Girls who have female doctors in childhood are significantly more likely to pursue STEMM fields in their education. This exposure to female doctors can also improve their intergenerational mobility.
Julie Riise, Barton Willage, Alexander Willén
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One size may not fit all: Exploring how the intersection of race and gender and stigma consciousness predict effective identity-safe cues for Black women

Featuring Black women scientists on science companies’ websites is one recruitment practice that can close gender and racial gaps within STEM fields by increasing feelings of trust and belonging for Black women job applicants.
Evava S. Pietri, India R. Johnson, Ezgi Ozgumus
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Two Brief Interventions to Mitigate a “Chilly Climate” Transform Women’s Experience, Relationships, and Achievement in Engineering

Interventions designed to counteract the negative psychological impacts of social marginalization can help close the gender gap in STEM fields. 
Gregory M. Walton, Christine Logel, Jennifer M. Peach, Steven J. Spencer, Mark P. Zanna
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Problems in the pipeline: Stereotype threat and women's achievement in high-level math courses

Social forces, such as stereotype threat, can cause women to underperform men in math examinations. This achievement gap can be closed or even reversed when strategies are implemented during testing that eliminate this threat, such as including statements at the beginning of an exam that indicate both genders tend to perform equally well on it.
Catherine Good, Joshua Aronson, Jayne Ann Harder
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The Matilda Effect in Science Communication: An Experiment on Gender Bias in Publication Quality Perceptions and Collaboration Interest

In science communication, the gender of an author as well as the gendered stereotypes assigned to their area of research impact the perceived scientific quality of their work: male scientists and “masculine” topics are frequently perceived as demonstrating higher scientific quality.
Silvia Knobloch-Westerwick, Carroll J. Glynn, Michael Huge
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The Negative Consequences of Threat: A Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Investigation of the Neural Mechanisms Underlying Women’s Underperformance in Math

When women are confronted with negative stereotypes about women and math ability, they underperform on math examinations, and activity in brain regions associated with depression and social rejection is seen.
Anne C. Krendl, Jennifer A. Richeson, William M. Kelle, Todd F. Heatherton
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Topic Overview

Stem Icon

STEM

Despite the fact that girls and boys perform equally well in STEM subjects in the classroom, fewer women pursue STEM degrees and enter STEM-related careers. Learn more about interventions that combat this gender gap, ranging from mentorship programs to organizational and institutional policy changes.

Can Female Doctors Cure the Gender STEMM Gap? Evidence from Randomly Assigned General Practitioners

Girls who have female doctors in childhood are significantly more likely to pursue STEMM fields in their education. This exposure to female doctors can also improve their intergenerational mobility.
Julie Riise, Barton Willage, Alexander Willén
Read More

One size may not fit all: Exploring how the intersection of race and gender and stigma consciousness predict effective identity-safe cues for Black women

Featuring Black women scientists on science companies’ websites is one recruitment practice that can close gender and racial gaps within STEM fields by increasing feelings of trust and belonging for Black women job applicants.
Evava S. Pietri, India R. Johnson, Ezgi Ozgumus
Read More

The Matilda Effect in Science Communication: An Experiment on Gender Bias in Publication Quality Perceptions and Collaboration Interest

In science communication, the gender of an author as well as the gendered stereotypes assigned to their area of research impact the perceived scientific quality of their work: male scientists and “masculine” topics are frequently perceived as demonstrating higher scientific quality.
Silvia Knobloch-Westerwick, Carroll J. Glynn, Michael Huge
Read More

Two Brief Interventions to Mitigate a “Chilly Climate” Transform Women’s Experience, Relationships, and Achievement in Engineering

Interventions designed to counteract the negative psychological impacts of social marginalization can help close the gender gap in STEM fields. 
Gregory M. Walton, Christine Logel, Jennifer M. Peach, Steven J. Spencer, Mark P. Zanna
Read More

Problems in the pipeline: Stereotype threat and women's achievement in high-level math courses

Social forces, such as stereotype threat, can cause women to underperform men in math examinations. This achievement gap can be closed or even reversed when strategies are implemented during testing that eliminate this threat, such as including statements at the beginning of an exam that indicate both genders tend to perform equally well on it.
Catherine Good, Joshua Aronson, Jayne Ann Harder
Read More

The Negative Consequences of Threat: A Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Investigation of the Neural Mechanisms Underlying Women’s Underperformance in Math

When women are confronted with negative stereotypes about women and math ability, they underperform on math examinations, and activity in brain regions associated with depression and social rejection is seen.
Anne C. Krendl, Jennifer A. Richeson, William M. Kelle, Todd F. Heatherton
Read More