While it may seem that women are freely choosing to opt out of math-intensive STEM careers, these choices are constrained by implicit STEM-male stereotypes that may have been unconsciously ingrained since childhood, researcher says

Findings could help refine education efforts and policies geared toward girls and STEM

“We know that women are underrepresented in fields whose members believe you have to be brilliant to succeed,” explains study's lead author

In their recent study, published in the Journal of Virology, the University of Wisconsin–Madison researchers examined 35 years worth of invited speaker rosters from four prominent virology meetings

“We found that if you give them access to same opportunities, then girls and boys have the same response—equal interest and confidence,” researcher says

According to a recent study, a larger number of women in evaluation committees does not increase the quantity or quality of female candidates who qualify

Over recent decades and across the globe women have surpassed men in college enrollment and degree attainment yet women remain underrepresented in physical, engineering, mathematics, and computer sciences

FSU researchers Lara Perez-Felkner and Roxanne Hughes  are helping to lay a research-based foundation that might finally yield headway on this troubling issue

Book by plant biologist touches on issues many women in science face

Identifying challenges; finding and implementing solutions