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In this episode we discussed a recently released research and policy brief titled “Utah Women in STEM Education: A 2025 Update.” The good news is that Utah women’s participation in the STEM workforce has grown, from 17.1% in 2015, to 24.0% in 2023. Yet, there is still a huge gap. Importantly, you cannot get more women in STEM unless more women get college degrees in STEM areas, which means there is interest and preparation at the high school, middle-school, and I would even say the elementary school levels in a variety of fields related to science, technology, engineering, and math.
Dr. Susan Madsen (a Professor of Organizational Leadership in the Jon M. Huntsman School of Business at Utah State University, and the Founding Director of the Utah Women & Leadership Project and A Bolder Way Forward) interviewed two guests to the podcast for this episode. First, Dr. Stacy Firth (an Associate Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of Utah, specializing in K-12 and undergraduate engineering education) and Dr. Robyn Blackburn (a research fellow at the Utah Women & Leadership Project and one of the authors of this research brief).
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In this episode we discussed a recently released research and policy brief titled “Utah Women in STEM Education: A 2025 Update.” The good news is that Utah women’s participation in the STEM workforce has grown, from 17.1% in 2015, to 24.0% in 2023. Yet, there is still a huge gap. Importantly, you cannot get more women in STEM unless more women get college degrees in STEM areas, which means there is interest and preparation at the high school, middle-school, and I would even say the elementary school levels in a variety of fields related to science, technology, engineering, and math.
Dr. Susan Madsen (a Professor of Organizational Leadership in the Jon M. Huntsman School of Business at Utah State University, and the Founding Director of the Utah Women & Leadership Project and A Bolder Way Forward) interviewed two guests to the podcast for this episode. First, Dr. Stacy Firth (an Associate Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of Utah, specializing in K-12 and undergraduate engineering education) and Dr. Robyn Blackburn (a research fellow at the Utah Women & Leadership Project and one of the authors of this research brief).
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