WGGS Tumblr: Women In Science by Alana Briseno

A curated Tumblr for information regarding women in science and people of color in science.

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Confronting Sexual Harassment in Science

It's not just movie moguls and politicians; the problem is rampant in STEM fields as well. But recent moves by major organizations could mark a sea change in addressing this entrenched, degrading behavior.

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4 big takeaways from a huge new report on sexual harassment in science

Science needs to have its #MeToo moment.

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NIH revoked funding from 14 scientists over sexual harassment last year

The agency has faced sharp criticism over its handling of harassment allegations.

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This neuroscientist is fighting sexual harassment in science—but her own job is in peril

Twitter warrior BethAnn McLaughlin takes aim at harassers

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We Are Never Just Scientists

The gender and racial gaps in scientific professions illustrate the need for greater inclusion at all levels

Science is under threat, and people around the world are mobilizing in defense. But if we want to support science, we must also stand up for what makes it great—diversity. Some of our biggest discoveries, like the Higgs boson and the human genome sequence, were possible because of the collective work of many scientists from different backgrounds.  A diversity of ideas is essential for science and for addressing the world’s most pressing problems. However, to promote diversity, we must confront the structural inequalities and discrimination that are prevalent in science and society.  

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Racism is creeping back into mainstream science – we have to stop it | Angela Saini

‘Scientific’ eugenics is grabbing a foothold in respected journals. The claim that these theories are part of a credible debate should worry us all, says Angela Saini, author of Inferior

Researchers with extreme views on race number relatively few but, having languished on the margins of their fields for many years, they are now managing to push their ideas into the mainstream, including into respectable scientific journals.

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Many researchers face discrimination at work — perhaps in higher proportions than do those in other professions.

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3 challenges faced by female researchers in the developing world

Women in STEM talk about how international foundations and editorial boards can support gender equality

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How Women Are Harassed Out of Science

The discrimination young researchers endure makes America’s need for STEM workers even greater.

Today, this kind of quid pro quo may be less common, but sexual harassment at universities persists. The spate of lawsuits, investigations, and recent resignations at the University of California, Berkeley, University of Chicago, and UCLA,  accompanied by older cases leaked to the press and an increase in women going public about their experiences, have made that clear. Graduate students and postdocs are particularly vulnerable, because their futures depend so completely on good recommendations from professors. And STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) students are more dependent than others. Their career progress hinges on invitations to work on professors’ grants or—if students have their own projects—access to big data sets or expensive lab equipment controlled by overwhelmingly male senior faculty.

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Amid new lawsuit, can the tide turn for women in science?

The Global Window on Higher Education

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Structural, interpersonal and identity-related challenges can be buffered by a strong gender identity and sense of voice.

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'Physics was built by men': Cern suspends scientist over remarks

Italian professor’s presentation deemed ‘unacceptable’ by Geneva research centre

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$20M lawsuit: University of Arizona underpays women science professors

Thursday’s filing was brought under the federal Equal Pay Act, which makes wage disparity based on sex illegal, and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which more

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The truth about discrimination in science, from six female professors

We are the (rare) success stories.

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More than half of female surgeons in the UK have faced or witnessed discrimination in the workplace, suggest the results of a confidential online poll.

More than half of female surgeons in the UK have faced or witnessed discrimination in the workplace, suggest the results of a confidential online poll.

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‘I Want What My Male Colleague Has, and That Will Cost a Few Million Dollars’

Women at the Salk Institute say they faced a culture of marginalization and hostility. The numbers from other elite scientific institutions suggest they’re not alone.

Women at the Salk Institute say they faced a culture of marginalization and hostility. The numbers from other elite scientific institutions suggest they’re not alone.