PhDivas

PhDivas

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PhDivas episodes

  • S01E03 | Are women preferred 2:1 over men in STEM? …nah.
    A Cornell study just came out with this headline: 'Women preferred 2:1 over men for STEM faculty positions'
    There's A LOT of things wrong with this. So, we had a discussion.
    Coverage of the Study
    Cornell's press release: http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/2015/04/women-preferred-21-over-men-stem-faculty-positions
    CNN: http://www.cnn.com/2015/04/13/opinions/williams-ceci-women-in-science/
    NYTimes: http://www.cnn.com/2015/04/13/opinions/williams-ceci-women-in-science/
    Criticism
    Article in Slate: http://www.slate.com/articles/double_x/doublex/2015/04/no_sexist_hiring_in_stem_fields_a_vaunted_new_study_makes_that_claim_unconvincingly.html
    The Other Sociologist: http://othersociologist.com/2015/04/16/myth-about-women-in-science/
    Claire G. Griffin: http://claireggriffin.com/blog-1/2015/4/15/women-preferentially-hired-in-stem-but-does-that-solve-the-problem?hc_location=ufi
    Storify #stillaproblem: https://storify.com/kejames/still-a
    PNAS Submission Process http://www.pnas.org/site/misc/reviewprocess.pdf
    33 min
  • S01E01 | Women And Icons
    Who did the PhDivas look up to? Role models and possibility models.
    Real Colored Girls' "The Problem with Beyhive Bottom Bitch Feminism": https://realcoloredgirls.wordpress.com/2013/12/15/the-problem-with-beyhive-bottom-bitch-feminism/
    32 min

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Podcast about academia, culture, and social justice across the STEM/humanities divide. Dr. Liz Wayne and Dr. Christine "Xine" Yao are two women of color Ivy League PhDs navigating higher education.…