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Gender and Mathematics

Panel Discussion and Lunch 12:45 - 14:15, Thursday July 27, 2017. Atrium, Trottier Building, McGill University, Montreal

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The panel will take place during the Mathematical Congress of the Americas in Montreal. It will discuss diversity issues and the gender gap in academia, more specifically, in science. It is organized by the Network of Women Mathematicians in Latin America and the Carribbean and CWM and the Canadian Mathematical Society. 

Panelists:

Heather Metcalf is Director of Research and Analysis for the Association for Women in Science (AWIS) where she leads empirical work on gender and the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) workforce. Dr. Metcalf has research, policy, and programmatic expertise on myriad topics in STEM, such as bias, educational and workplace cultures, harassment and discrimination, organisational and systemic change, recruitment and retention, mentoring, sense of fit, structural and cultural barriers and work-life integration, among others. She has undergraduate degrees in applied mathematics and computer science from the Clarion University of Pennsylvania and holds master’s degrees in computer science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and gender studies from the University of Arizona. Dr. Metcalf earned her doctorate from the University of Arizona’s Center for the Study of Higher Education, where she studied higher education science and technology policy. Dr. Metcalf’s research has been funded by the National Science Foundation and the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation. She also holds a patent on unconscious bias training materials, which teach researchers and practitioners to build equity into their daily thought and work. She has appeared to provide her expertise on gender issues in science on Public Radio International, The Atlantic, National Public Radio, The Chronicle of Higher Education and Scientific American.

Andrei Cimpian is Associate Professor of Psychology at New York University, where he directs the Cognitive Development Lab. One of Dr. Cimpian’s main areas of expertise is academic achievement and motivation. Among other topics, he has investigated gender stereotypes, gender gaps in achievement and representation, people’s beliefs about ability and talent, and the influence of praise and criticism on children’s achievement. He earned his Ph.D. in psychology from Stanford University. Dr. Cimpian’s research has been funded by several agencies, including the National Science Foundation, the American Psychological Foundation and the Spencer Foundation, and has been published in some of the top journals in psychology and education. Media outlets such as the New York Times, the Washington Post, and the Economist have reported on his work.

Contact:     Natalia GarciaColin  garciacolin.natalia@googlemail.com

Organizers:
Coordinación: Natalia García-Colín.  CONACyT-INFOTEC
Gabriela Araujo-Pardo. Instituto de Matemáticas, UNAM y Comisión de Equidad y Género de la Sociedad Matemática Mexicana.
Isabel Cortés. Departament of Mathematics and Computer Science, Universidad de Santiago de Chile. Colectivo de Mujeres Matemáticas Chilenas.
Mariel Sáez. Faculty of Sciences of the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Colectivo de Mujeres Matemáticas Chilenas.

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