Tag: gender bias
5 tips for women to negotiate a higher salary
Alexandra Mislin, American University
Equal Pay Day falls in 2023 on March 14 — a date determined by how...
What will 2022 bring in the way of misinformation on social...
Anjana Susarla, Michigan State University; Dam Hee Kim, University of Arizona, and Ethan Zuckerman, UMass Amherst
At the end...
Trailblazing women who broke into engineering in the 1970s reflect on...
Laura Ettinger, Clarkson University
Engineering in the U.S. has long been – and continues to be – a male-dominated...
Women have disrupted research on bird song, and their findings show...
Kevin Omland, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Evangeline Rose, University of Maryland, and Karan Odom, Cornell University
Americans often idealize scientists as unbiased, objective observers....
2020 campaign shows the more women run, the more they are...
Elizabeth C. Tippett, University of Oregon
When Victoria Woodhull ran for president in 1872, she was depicted as “Mrs. Satan” in a political cartoon.
When...
The war on women coaches
Laura Burton, University of Connecticut and Nicole LaVoi, University of Minnesota
During the past women’s college basketball season, two prominent head coaches, University of...
Public shaming of workplace harassers may force employers to stop protecting...
Elizabeth C. Tippett, University of Oregon
Since the Harvey Weinstein scandal broke, a growing number of workplace harassment victims have decided to go public. Since...
How the US tax code bypasses women entrepreneurs
Caroline Bruckner, American University
As Republicans in Congress put the finishing touches on a tax plan that’s aimed at overhauling the system, there is one...
EXPLORING NATURE
The chickadee in the snowbank: A ‘canary in the coal mine’...
Benjamin Sonnenberg, University of Nevada, Reno
Wet snow pelts my face and pulls against my skis as I climb...
