PODCAST EPISODES WITH ASSOCIATED CURRICULUM AND RESOURCES
“Invisible Barriers in STEM Education” on Scholars Strategy Network’s No Jargon podcast. Full episode for streaming and download, associated resources, and automated transcript available at the episode link: https://scholars.org/podcast/invisible-barriers-stem-education
“Stoking the Fire of Equity: Kindness, Humanity and Science.” See also discussion guide, transcript, and audio.
EVIDENCE-BASED NEWS ARTICLES AUTHORED
On affirmative action: “Harvard case could represent the end of race in college admissions” – October 23, 2018 – published on The Conversation; republished on Salon.com, San Francisco Chronicle, Houston Chronicle, Chicago Tribune, etc.
On the gender STEM gap: “The key to fixing the gender gap in math and science: Boost women’s confidence” – November 27, 2018 – published on The Conversation; republished on Phys.org, San Francisco Chronicle, Houston Chronicle, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, etc.
EXPERT COMMENTARY
On STEM interest and major choice: Brookshire, B. (2017). Science classroom excitement is infectious. Retrieved from Science News for Students.
On gender in computing and engineering fields: AAUW Webinar 3/31/17 with K. Buse and R. Hughes. https://news.fsu.edu/news/2017/03/31/expert-pitch-fsu-researchers-work-narrow-gender-gap-engineering-computer-science
On gender, career aspirations, and leadership: Payne, K. (2016). What Does Clinton’s Historic Nomination Mean For The Next Generation? Retrieved from WFSU News, Tallahassee, FL: http://news.wfsu.org/post/what-does-clinton-s-historic-nomination-mean-next-generation
On school quality: Bernardo, R. (2016). 2016’s States with the Best & Worst School Systems. WalletHub. Retrieved from WalletHub.com website: https://wallethub.com/edu/states-with-the-best-schools/5335/#lara-perez-felkner ; Reference material was not included in the main article but is available here.
COVERAGE OF RESEARCH FINDINGS (not updated since 2019)
2019: Coverage in general.
- New National Science Foundation grant featured in FSU News, “FSU researchers study community college pathways to computing degrees,” with accompanying radio story.
- Diverse Issues in Higher Education, “New Volume Adds Nuance to Research on Undergraduate Women in STEM” by Tiffany Pennamon, 3/11/19
- Young Post, “The truth behind gender stereotypes: are boys really better at maths and science, and girls better at languages and communication?” by Nicola Chan, 2/28/19
2017: Coverage of Frontiers in Psychology article “Gendered Pathways: How Mathematics Ability Beliefs Shape Secondary and Postsecondary Course and Degree Field Choices”: (Altmetric info here; currently in top 5% of all research outputs scored by Altmetric)
- FSU News, Kara Irby, 4/6/17 “Under challenge: Girls’ confidence level, not math ability hinders path to science degrees.” Now with a radio story, which aired on WFSU radio 4/28/17
- Alliance for Excellent Education, Kristen Loschert, “I Think I Can’t: Lack of Confidence in Math Keeps Girls Out of STEM Careers,” 4/18/17
- AASWomen Newsletter, Women in Astronomy, Maria Patterson, 4/7/17.
- Bridge to Tomorrow, Paul Cottle, 4/6/17 “Maybe this is part of why women only earn one-fifth of the bachelors’ degrees in engineering, computer science and physics: Girls are as good at math as boys are, but they don’t think they are.”
- Bustle, Susanna Weiss, “What Keeps Women Out Of STEM Fields? This Study Says It’s Not Incompetence,” 4/10/17
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Brit + Co, Nicole Breese, “This Is the Disappointing Reason Women Aren’t Pursuing More Careers in Math and Science,” 4/8/17
- Discover Magazine, Degrees of Separation, Lacy Schley, 12/17.
- The Financial Express, IANS, “What stops girls from pursuing science? Low confidence level,” 4/10/17
- Femina, Marity Mira, “Egy dolog, amiben bizonyítottan rosszabbak a nők, és ezt most a tudomány mondja,” 4/17/17 Google translate version from Hunagarian here
- Free Press Journal, PTI, “Why don’t girls opt for science degrees?” 4/10/17.
- Frontiers Blog, “Under challenge: Girls’ confidence level, not math ability hinders path to science degrees,” 4/24/17
- Hindustan Times, “Lack of confidence, not maths ability keeping girls out of science: Study.” 4/9/17
- New Delhi TV (NDTV). Anisha Singh, “Low Confidence in Mathematics Hinders Women From Pursuing Science Degrees, Says Research,” 4/10/17
- The NewsMinute, Indo Asian News Service (IANS), “Low confidence levels stop women from pursuing ‘hard science.” 4/10/17
- Politico, Morning Education Report, Benjamin Wermund, with help from Caitlin Emma, Kimberly Hefling and Sergio Bustos, “Higher ed leaders make pitch for federal research dollars on Trump’s terms”… “REPORT ROLL CALL“, 4/7/17
- PsychCentral, Rick Naubert, 4/7/17 “Confidence Boost Can Help Girls Move into Science Professions.“
- PhysicsWorld, Sara Tesh, “Flash Physics: Superconductor is flexible, girls underestimate maths ability, super-Earth has atmosphere“, 4/7/17
- Romper, Kenza Miller, “Young Girls Face A “Confidence Gap” In STEM, So Here’s How To Support Them“, 4/11/17
- Science News for Students, Bethany Brookshire, “Confidence in math predicts girls’ participation in STEM,” 5/4/17
- Southern Living & Hello Giggles, Ashley Rey, “Science has some pretty sad news about girls and math”, 4/8/17
- State of Mind, Ilaria Loi, “Differenze di genere nelle credenze sulle proprie abilità matematiche: l’influenza sulle scelte accademiche,” 5/3/17
- Translated from Italian w/ Google Translate/Chrome: “Gender differences in beliefs about their math skills: the influence on academic choices“
- Translated from Italian w/ Google Translate/Chrome: “Gender differences in beliefs about their math skills: the influence on academic choices“
- Tampa Bay Times, Gradebook, Jeffrey Solochek, “ICYMI: Florida education news week of 4.2.17 in review“, 4/7/17
- Techly, Stefan Kostarelis, “Lack of confidence leads talented female students to give up STEM,” 4/10/17
- Tribune India, “Girls’ low confidence in math hinders path to science degrees.” 4/10/17
2015: Coverage of Teachers College Record article “Perceptions and Resilience in Underrepresented Students’ Pathways to College”:
- Corresponding Center for Postsecondary Success policy brief “Perceptions Matter: How Schools Can Enhance Underrepresented Students’ Success on the Rocky Path to College.”
- Cited in “ICYMI: Florida Education News in Review, Week of Sept 13,” by Jeffrey S. Solocheck, Tampa Bay Times (9/19/15).
- Education Business Weekly, December 2, 2015:99. “Teaching; Research Data from Florida State University Update Understanding of Teaching (Perceptions and Resilience in Underrepresented Students’ Pathways to College).”
- FSU News, September 15, 2015: “Researcher: Social support in schools is key to student success.”
- See also FSU EdNews press release. Reproduced in Newswise, FL Lambda Rail, The Indian Eye, NZ Health Tec, Global News Connect, Technology.org
- Capital Soup, September 16, 2015: “FSU Researcher: Social support in schools is key to student success.”
2015: WXTL-TV ABC 27 Interview on STEM Education. In north Florida/south Georgia, watch @abc27 TV, Aug 20 between 615 & 7am. Clip and associated story viewable here at this link.
2015: Coverage of “Perceived mathematical ability under challenge: a longitudinal perspective on sex segregation among STEM degree fields”:
* Google translate is useful for foreign-language articles. http://translate.google.com/
- ABC News 27, August 20, 2015, interview by Kellie Bartoli: “Tech Smart: Bridging the Gender Gap.”
- Big Think, June 9, 2015, by Dustin Petzold: “Girls Underestimate Their STEM Aptitude, Boys Overestimate.” Reproduced in Democratic Underground.
- EurekaAlert!/AAAS, June 9, 2015: “Misperception discourages girls from studying math-intensive science, shows study.” Reproduced in the following websites: Communications of the Association for Computing Machinery, Florida State 24/7, Jersey Tribune, Lab Manager, Newswise, NZHealthTec.com, Phys.org, Science Codex, ScienceDaily, and Women in Academia Report.
- FSU EdNews, June 11, 2015: “FSU study receives local, national and international attention.”
- FSU News, July 8, 2015, by Joseph Zeballos: “Misconception discourages girls from studying STEM fields, FSU study finds.”
- Re-posted on USA Today news site: “Misconception discourages girls from studying STEM fields, FSU study finds”
- Hookii, June 17, 2015, by Steve Diamond. Donne e scienza: è un problema di mentalità e percezione di sè [EN].
- Industrial Engineer, Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers (IISE), 47.8 (August 2015): 15. For girls in STEM, perception affects reality: Women who think math can be learned pursue more technical degrees.
- The Problem with Believing in Innate Talent.”
- Medical Daily, June 9, 2015, by Kristin Magaldi: “Women in Science: Poor Self-Perceived Ability in Math Leads to Less Female Scientists, STEM Subjects.”
- Metronews (France), June 11, 2015, by Elodie Christmas – “Idée reçue n°24 : les filles sont moins bonnes en maths que les garçons”
- Motherboard, June 9, 2015, by Victoria Turk: “How Misperceptions About Math Contribute to the Science Gender Gap.”
- Pharmacy Times, June 30, 2015, by Corey Allikas: “Growth Mindset” Could Encourage More Women in Science, Math Fields.”
- Science 2.0, June 10, 2015, by News Staff: “Why Some Girls Don’t Study Math-Intensive Science.” Reproduced on Pakistan Affairs.
- Tallahassee Democrat, June 9, 2015: “Study: Math fears discourage girls from STEM fields.” Reprinted in TLH Page 3C June 10 2015.
- Tendencias21 (Spain) June 11, 2015, by Yaiza Martínez. “Una percepción errónea aleja a las mujeres de la ciencia”. Reproduced in Investigacion y Desarrollo.
- The Conversation, June 9, 2015, by David Miller: “Beliefs about innate talent may dissuade students from STEM.” Reproduced on IFL Science! blog, Phys.org, and World Economic Forum.
- US News and World Report, July 10, 2015, by David Miller: “Fostering a Growth Mindset Is Key to Teaching STEM.”
Lara Perez-Felkner, Ph.D. 