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This volume examines major issues facing successful women in academic science. In doing so, Sue Rosser outlines the persisting and shifting perspectives of women who have achieved seniority and remained in academia during the last fifteen years through survey data from women who received POWRE awards from the NSF. Some evidence suggests that budget cuts and an increasing reliance on technology have impacted higher education and exacerbated gender issues, but until now, little research has focused directly on the lingering effects of these changes.

In this timely and invaluable study, Sue Rosser chronicles the plight of women faculty across the USA noting the difficulties, double standards and backlash that they routinely face.

"Throughout history, many myths concerning the capabilities of women have received the stamp of approval from the world of science. Meanwhile, the scientific community itself has been notoriously slow in welcoming the work of women scientists. Is there a connection?" "Women, Science, and Myth: Gender Beliefs from Antiquity to the Present addresses this pivotal question head-on, offering a clear-eyed look at an area of lingering controversy in the world of science. It approaches the subject chronologically and in terms of long-running issues and themes. It examines the ways scientists have researched gender throughout history, the influence of those results on society's perceptions of women, and the impact those findings have had on the scientific community and on women, women scientists, and women's rights movements. the result is a timely and revealing resource that celebrates science's legitimate accomplishments while unmasking the "proven by research" sources of misbegotten beliefs about gender."--Jacket.

This volume examines major issues facing successful women in academic science. In doing so, Sue Rosser outlines the persisting and shifting perspectives of women who have achieved seniority and remained in academia during the last fifteen years through survey data from women who received POWRE awards from the NSF. Some evidence suggests that budget cuts and an increasing reliance on technology have impacted higher education and exacerbated gender issues, but until now, little research has focused directly on the lingering effects of these changes.

Why are there so few women in science? In Breaking into the Lab, Sue Rosser uses the experiences of successful women scientists and engineers to answer the question of why elite institutions have so few women scientists and engineers tenured on their faculties. Women are highly qualified, motivated students, and yet they have drastically higher rates of attrition, and they are shying away from the fields with the greatest demand for workers and the biggest economic payoffs, such as engineering, computer sciences, and the physical sciences. Rosser shows that these continuing trends are not only disappointing, they are urgent: the U.S. can no longer afford to lose the talents of the women scientists and engineers, because it is quickly losing its lead in science and technology. Ultimately, these biases and barriers may lock women out of the new scientific frontiers of innovation and technology transfer, resulting in loss of useful inventions and products to society.

First Published in 2004. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

A vital collection of essays on women's health and women's health studies, edited by leaders in the field.

"In Biology and Feminism: A Dynamic Interaction, Sue V. Rosser offers an intriguing explanation of the possible bias of biological theories. Rosser maintains that the modern scientific method, accepted as objective and factual, may instead be colored by the values and assumptions of the traditional, male scientist. Her study offers critiques of the traditional scientific research method from the viewpoint of a number of different feminist theories. Rosser also details the contribution of several eminent women of science, past and present, to illustrate the impact of feminism on biological theories, and points out that ironically, biology has had a much greater impact on feminism than feminism has had on biology. Finding that the standard methods of teaching biology have changed little, Rosser presents models for transforming curricula. Her proposed changes aim to identify and correct unconscious biases and teach student store spect differences. Embracing a wide range of studies, this innovative and thoughtful commentary will be of use to biology, health sciences, women's studies, anthropology, sociology, psychology, and history students alike."--Jacket.

"Throughout history, many myths concerning the capabilities of women have received the stamp of approval from the world of science. Meanwhile, the scientific community itself has been notoriously slow in welcoming the work of women scientists. Is there a connection?" "Women, Science, and Myth: Gender Beliefs from Antiquity to the Present addresses this pivotal question head-on, offering a clear-eyed look at an area of lingering controversy in the world of science. It approaches the subject chronologically and in terms of long-running issues and themes. It examines the ways scientists have researched gender throughout history, the influence of those results on society's perceptions of women, and the impact those findings have had on the scientific community and on women, women scientists, and women's rights movements. the result is a timely and revealing resource that celebrates science's legitimate accomplishments while unmasking the "proven by research" sources of misbegotten beliefs about gender."--Jacket.