Labor Day finds

⭃Havard business review recently studied three organizations in-depth using a combination of surveys, interviews, and direct observation, and noted a consistent theme: While everyone in the organization experienced collaboration overload, women felt the burden disproportionately. Check out the reasons why this might be the case in the article, "In collaborative work cultures, women carry more of the weight."

⭃The article, "A Summary Report from the Research Partnership on Women in Science Careers" is an academic approach to understanding the problems women face in STEM fields. It states that "women still contend with sexual harassment, stereotype threat, a disproportionate burden of family responsibilities, a lack of parity in compensation and resource allocation, and implicit bias. Strategies to address these barriers using the Bronfenbrenner ecological model at the individual, interpersonal, institutional, academic community, and policy levels include effective mentoring and coaching, having a strong publication record, addressing prescriptive gender norms, positive counter-stereotype imaging, career development training, networking, and external career programs such as the AAMC Early and Mid-Career Programs and Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine (ELAM)." 



⭃In another academic approach to understanding the reasons behind the gender gap in STEM fields, "Gender Disparities in Faculty Rank: Factors that Affect Advancement of Women Scientists at Academic Medical Centers" is an article that comprehensively covers many contributing factors. "Qualitative analysis demonstrated several emergent themes that affect women’s advancement, including gendered expectation norms (e.g., good citizenship, volunteerism), work-life balance, mentorship/sponsorship, adoption of a team science approach, tenure process milestones, soft money research infrastructure, institution specific policies (or lack thereof), and operating within an MD-biased culture. These findings are compared with the extant literature of women scientists in STEM institutions. Factors that emerged from these focus groups highlight the need for evidence-based interventions in the often overlooked STEM arena of academic medical centers."

⭃Check out the article, "Why Women Don’t Apply for Jobs Unless They’re 100% Qualified." The statistic that men will apply for a job if they meet only 60% of the job qualifications, but women will only apply if they feel that they meet 100% of the required qualifications may not be for the underlying reasons that you think. This article highlights that this may be not because women are less confident, but that their view of the hiring process is a bit different than their male counterparts. 



⭃Graduate students, Ph.D.'s, and Professors alike suffer from imposter syndrome. Read this Huffington Post article about one doctor's experience that helped her own her Imposter Syndrome and use it for the better.


⭃Register or submit an abstract for the 8th World Congress of International Association for Women Mental Health in Paris this coming March (2019) here!


⭃In the article, "Relying on Women, Not Rewarding Them," it says, "Women shoulder a disproportionately large workload at home in ways that might disadvantage them professionally. But are female professors also 'taking care of the academic family' via disproportionate service loads? A new study says yes and adds to a growing body of research suggesting the same." This service can lead to less time devoted to research and teaching efforts, which in turn can widen the gap between gender income averages. 


⭃Read about how "activists are protesting imbalanced conferences, editorial boards, and other professional activities by refusing to join," in the article "To Highlight Gender Gaps, Scientists Decline Opportunities." For example, "Jonathan Eisen, a microbiologist at the University of California, Davis, first declined an offer to join a 'manel' in 2014. Since then, he’s called attention to dozens of male-dominated scientific meetings on his blog, and many more men, are following suit."