Societies & Organizations
- Association for Women in Science
- 500 Women Scientists
- Professional Woman's Magazine
- Women's Leadership Council
- Society for Women in Marine Science
- American Association of University Women
- Society for Canadian Women in Science and Technology
- Women in Leadership
- STEMINIST
- Organization for Women in Science for the Developing World
Websites & Webinars
Scholarship Opportunities For Women
Peer Reviewed Papers & Reports
- Beede,D., T. Julian, D. Langdon, G. McKittrick, B. Kahn, and M. Doms. 2011. Women in STEM: A gender gap to innovation. US Department of Commerce, ESA Brief #04-11
- Ceci, S., and W.M. Williams. 2010. Understanding current causes of women's underrepresentation in science. PNAS. 108(8): 3157-3162
- Doyle,K., Levtov, R.G., Barker, G., Bastian, G.G., Bingenheimer J.B., Kazimbaya S., et al. 2018. Gender-transformative Bandebereho couples’ intervention to promote male engagement in reproductive and maternal health and violence prevention in Rwanda: Findings from a randomized controlled trial. PLoS ONE 13(4): e0192756
- Greider, C.W. et al., 2019. Increasing gender diversity in the STEM research workforce. Science, 366 (6466): 692-695
- Grogan, K. 2019. How the entire scientific community can confront gender bias in the workplace. Nature Ecology and Evolution 3:3-6
- Handelsman, J., N. Cantor, M. Carnes, D. Denton, E. Fine, B. Grosz, V. Hinshaw et al. 2005. More women in science. Science. 309(5738): 1190-1191
- Helmer, M., M. Schottdorf, A. Neef and D. Battaglia. 2017. Gender bias in scholary peer review. eLife, 6:e21718. DOI: 10.7554/eLife.21718
- Holman, L., D. Stuart-Fox and C. E. Hauser. 2018. The gender gap in science: How long until women are equally represented? PLOS Biology. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.2004956
- Hooker, S.K., S.E. Simmons, A.K. Stimpert and B.I. McDonald. 2017. Equity and career-life balance in marine mammal science? Marine Mammal Science. 33(3): 955-965
- Howe-Walsh, L., S. Turnbull, E. Papavasileiou and N. Bozionelos. 2016. The influence of motherhood on STEM women academics’ perceptions of organizational support, mentoring and networking. Advancing Women in Leadership Journal, 36, 54-63.
- Kasumovic, M. M. and J.H. Kuznekoff. 2015. Insights into sexism: Male status and performance moderates female-directed hostile and amicable behavior. PloS one, 10(7), e0131613.
- Lariviere, V., C. Ni, Y. Gingras, B. Cronin, and C.R. Sugimoto. 2013. Bibliometrics: Global gender disparities in science. Nature 504: 211-213
- Lee, J., J.C. Williams, S. Li. 2017. Parents in the pipeline: retaining postdoctoral researchers with families. Center for Worklife Law
- Lockwood, P. (2006). “Someone like me can be successful”: Do college students need same-gender role models? Psychology of Women Quarterly, 30(1), 36-46.
- Martin,L.J. 2012. Where are women in ecology? Frontiers in Ecology, 10(4): 177-178
- Nicholson, E et al. 2015. Accounting for career breaks. Science. 348(6236):830
- Parsons, E.C.M. and A. Scarlett. 2020. The problem of toxic internships in the environmental field: Guidelines for more equitable professional experiences. Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences. 10: 352-354
- Sardelis, S., S. Oester, and M. Liboiron. 2017. Ten strategies to reduce gender inequality at scientific conferences. Frontiers in Marine Science, 4, 231.
- Tallis, H., J.Lubchenco et al. 2014. A call for inclusive conservation Nature, 27-29, 515
- Williams, J.C., K.W. Phillips, and E.V. Hall. 2014. Double Jeopardy? Gender bias against women in science. Report webinar available here
- Williams, J.C. and R. Dempsey. 2014. What works for women at work: four patterns working women need to know. New York, New York University Press. p. 365
Media Articles & Blogs
- Breaking the Surface Women of Cetology. Whalewatcher, Journal of the American Cetacean Society 2020. 43 (1)
- Science Suffers from Harassment. Scientific American
- Gender Discrimination in Science Is Especially Common. Carey Funk, Scientific American
- 6 ways women can network without leaving their desks. Gwen Moran, Fortune.com
- Gender discrimination in science is especially common. Carey Funk, Scientific American
- The special challenges of being both a scientist and a mom. Rebecca Calisi, Scientific American
- Solving the skewed sex ratio on science journal editorial boards. Simon Hoggart, Animal Ecology in Focus
- Solving the skewed sex ratio problem in science. Simon Hoggart, Animal Ecology in Focus
- International day of women and girls in science. Sarah Marley, Animal Ecology in Focus
- Women in Science and Abuse of Power. Sarah Marley, Animal Ecology in Focus
- How men can help women in STEM: Shut-up, sit back and listen. Bastien Greshake Tzovaras, Scientific American
- The best ways to eliminate the gender pay gap? Ban salary negotiations. Laura Kray, The Washington Post
- Nobel scientist Tim Hunt: Female scientists cause trouble for men in labs. Rebecca Ratcliffe, The Guardian
- Why is a woman who loves science so surprising. Christine Dell'Amore, National Geographic News
- Male scientists writes of life as a female scientist. Shankar Vedantam, The Washington Post
- Women in Marine Science…. Good girls don’t? Lee Anne Campbell, Nor-Easter 1990
- Why women don’t apply for jobs unless they’re 100% qualified. T.S. Mohr, Harvard Business Review
- A gender-diverse lab is a good lab. CJA Bradshaw, Conservation Bytes