Women of Color and STEM - Statistics

100% of the women of color interviewed in STEM study experienced gender bias
(Yohana DESTA, Mashable; January 26, 2015)
http://mashable.com/2015/01/26/women-of-color-stem-research/#NLqVZApt_8qH

These Shocking Charts Show How Hard it is for Black Women in Science
(John LEVINE, Mic Daily; July 15, 2015)
https://mic.com/articles/122185/stem-black-women#.A2YoosBRQ

Amazing STEM heroes of #BlackWomenDidThat
(Carmen TRIOLA, Mashable; July 29, 2016)
http://mashable.com/2016/07/29/black-women-stem-hashtag/#_F5RsBdXhSqt



"Prove-It-Again is more common for Black women than for the other three groups of women: Black women (76.9%) were more likely than other women to report having to provide more evidence of competence than others to prove themselves..."


Excerpt from "Double Jeopardy? Gender Bias Against Women of Color in Science"; page 7.


Also...


Where Are the Black Women in STEM Leadership?
(Erika JEFFERSON, Scientific American; April 23, 2019)
https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/where-are-the-black-women-in-stem-leadership/

Want Black women students to stay in STEM?  Help them find role models that look like them
(Candace Beaty GWALTNEY, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis; March 27, 2019)
https://psychology.iupui.edu/2019/03/want-black-women-students-stay-stem-help-them-find-role-models-who-look-them

Women of Color in Academe Make 67 Cents for Every Dollar Paid to White Men
(Meghan ZAHNEIS, Chronicle of Higher Education;  June 11, 2018)
https://www.chronicle.com/article/Women-of-Color-in-Academe-Make/243636


Studies:

Advancing Women of Color in STEM:  An Imperative for U. S. Global Competitiveness
(ALFRED et al., 2018)


Representation and Pay of Women of Color in the Higher Education Workforce
(MC CHESNEY, 2018)
https://www.cupahr.org/wp-content/uploads/CUPA-HR-Brief-Women-Of-Color.pdf

Double Jeopardy in astronomy and planetary science:  Women of Color face greater risks of gendered and racial harassment
(CLANCY et al., 2017)
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/2017JE005256/epdf

Climate Control:  Gender and Racial Bias in Engineering?
(WILLIAMS et al., 2016)
https://research.swe.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/16-SWE-020-Work-Study-10_20_16-CP.pdf


Double Jeopardy?  Gender Bias Against Women of Color in Science
(WILLIAMS et al., 2014)
http://www.uchastings.edu/news/articles/2015/01/double-jeopardy-report.pdf

Women, Minorities and Persons with Disabilities in Science and Engineering
(National Science Foundation, 2015)
http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/2015/nsf15311/start.cfm

Expectations of brilliance underlie gender distributions across academic disciplines
(LESLIE et al., 2015)

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