Diversity Report
Reports of the Committees on the Status of Women Faculty at MIT

Nancy Hopkins, Lotte Bailyn, Lorna Gibson, Evelynn Hammonds
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

• Report of the Provost's Advisory Comittee on the Status of Women Faculty (May 2004)

• Reports of the committees on the Status of Women Faculty--Overview (March 2002)

  • Statement by the Provost

  • Report of the School of Architecture and Planning

  • Report of the School of Engineering

  • Report of the School of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences

  • Report of the Sloan School of Management

  • Report of the School of Science(2002 update)

• A Study on the Status of Women Faculty in Science at MIT (1999)

Research Paper
Bridging the Gap: Gender Equity in Science, Engineering and Technology

Dr. Mary Gatta, Dr. Mary Trigg
Rutgers University
[2001]

 For many years researchers have investigated gender equity in science,
engineering and technology educational programs and workplaces. These
studies have been used to, among other things, raise awareness of gender
discrimination; inform policy discussions; and as an impetus to address instances
of gender discrimination. Read Report

Magazine Article
Four Part Series: Women Without Tenure

Cathy Ann Trower
Science Magazine Staff Writer
[July 2002]

• Part I

• Part II: Gender Sieve

• Part III: Why They Leave

• Part IV: Why It Matters, What to Do?

ASPB Newsletter
Women In Plant Biology

Jessica Teahan Farmer, Wendy Farmer Boss
American Society of Plant Biologists
[May/ June 2005]

Tapping the Puzzle Piece: The Legacy of Pride in Science

It would begin the second night after her arrival, after we had all had our say on whether or not the Thanksgiving turkey was done enough and had drunk a sufficient amount of wine. We would gather in the living room by the fire. My brother would dust off the brown vinyl card table and bring it up from the basement; then Grandmother Mary would pull out that year’s jigsaw puzzle from her suitcase. We’d spend some time examining the cover of the box, sometimes an elegant cathedral in Europe, sometimes a bucolic country scene. With a quick shake and a flourish, she happily removed the lid and dumped the contents onto the table.  Read More

Journal Article
Women In The National Academy

Interview with: Mary-Claire King, Ellen D. Williams, Marcia K. McNutt, Karen B. Strier
Chronical of Higher Education, The Faculty
[June 10, 2005]

4 newly honored scientists talk about being selected, their work, and making their mark in research. The National Academy of Sciences elected 19 female members this spring -- the largest number of women ever chosen in one year. The election comes at a time of intense national discussion about the role of women in science, in part because of recent comments by Lawrence H. Summers, president of Harvard University, who said one reason fewer women than men become scientists is a possible difference in aptitude. Read More