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References
We welcome you to contact any of us with your ideas, as well as with any concerns you have about the current climate in the department.
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Recent research of interest
- No intrinsic gender differences in children’s earliest numerical abilities
- Kersey et al 2018
- Sexual Harassment of Women: Climate, Culture, and Consequences in Academic Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
- National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
- Messages about brilliance undermine women's interest in educational and professional opportunities
- Bian et al 2018
- Fixed and growth mindsets in physics graduate admissions
- Scherr et al 2017
- Investigating approaches to diversity in a national survey of physics doctoral degree programs: The graduate admissions landscap
- Potvin et al 2017
- Double jeopardy in astronomy and planetary science: Women of color face greater risks of gendered and racial harassment
- Clancy et al 2017
- Nature Astronomy Focus: Gender equity in astronomy
- Why are some STEM fields more gender balanced than others
- Cheryan et al 2016
- Expectations of brilliance underlie gender distributions across academic disciplines
- Leslie et al 2015
- Science faculty’s subtle gender biases favor male students
- Moss-Racusin et al 2012
- How stereotypes impair women’s careers in science
- Reuben et al 2013
- What’s in a Name: Exposing Gender Bias in Student Ratings of Teaching
- MacNell et al 2012
- The Paradox of Meritocracy in Organizations
- Castilla & Benard 2010
- Exploring the Color of Glass: Letters of Recommendation for Female and Male Medical Faculty
- Trix & Penska 2003
Useful Resources
Equity and inclusion in physics and astronomy
- APS Statistics on Minorities and Women in Physics
- LGBT Climate in Physics Report from the APS Committee on LGBT Issues
- Vision Statement from the 2015 Inclusive Astronomy conference at Nashville
- LGBT+ Inclusivity in Physics and Astronomy: A Best Practices Guide, from lgbt+physicists and the AAS SGMA
Unconscious bias
- Unconscious Bias flyer from the Royal Society
- Google's training video about unconscious bias
- Google unbiasing tool
- UC Hastings Work Life Law Center
- One of the most important recent studies to come out of that center, focused on the “double jeopardy” that women of color in STEM experience.
- Project Implicit: tests which measure implicit bias
Stereotype threat
- Excellent book on Stereotype Threat: Whistling Vivaldi, by Claude Steele
- Reducing Stereotype Threat: Compilation of resources and research about stereotype threat.
- An extended review of stereotype threat: Stereotype threat in organizations: Implications for equity and performance (Walton, Murphy, & Ryan, 2015, Annual Review of Organizational Psychology and Organizational Behavior)
- Empirically Validated Strategies to Reduce Stereotype Threat (from Walton, Cohen, and Steele)
- Stereotype threat: A Close Encounter - See it, Feel it, Fix it. The 2012 Stanford University School of Education and Cubberley Lecture with Claude Steele and Geoff Cohen (May 10, 2012).
Inclusive classrooms
- Example syllabus notes on classroom climate from Pat Burchat (Stanford Physics)
- Structure Matters: Twenty-One Teaching Strategies to Promote Student Engagement and Classroom Equity. Tanner, K.D., CBE: Journal of Life Science Education, 12, 1-10, (2013).
- Stanford’s VPTL resources on diversity and inclusion
- Center for the Integration of Teaching, Research & Learning: Site with collected resources on a wide variety of teaching related topics, including inclusion. Free account creation necessary.
- What can I do today to create a more inclusive community in CS? From Cynthia Lee, Stanford CS