This book explores the underrepresentation of women in STEM fields, focusing on environmental and social barriers like stereotypes, gender bias, and departmental climate. It specifically addresses the challenges faced by women of color in higher education, aiming to highlight and overcome these obstacles.
Though there has been a rapid increase of women’s representation in law and business, their representation in STEM fields has not been matched. Researchers have revealed that there are several environmental and social barriers including stereotypes, gender bias, and the climate of science and engineering departments in colleges and universities that continue to block women’s progress in STEM. In this book, the authors address the issues that encounter women of color in STEM in higher education.
