S05 EP#2: Bias in Hiring

Hash it Out

Bias in Hiring starts with several components including gender bias, stereotypes, or salary negotiation. Whether it's the classic robbery of Rosalind Franklin's recognition throughout her career or Lisa Meitner's discredit for her nuclear fission discovery.

While women play a critical role in science and technology, women career scientists still face gender bias, accounting for only 28 percent of engineering graduates and 40 percent of graduates in computer science and informatics. The practice of ascribing women's accomplishments to men is called the "Matilda Effect."

The prominent examples of Rosalind Franklin, Lisa Meitner, and Jocelyn Bell Burnell are but the tip of the iceberg when it comes to women who made significant contributions to scientific history and were rewarded by being written out of it and denied awards and recognition in their lifetime.

In this episode, we will be discussing bias in hiring for women across industries, specifically in STEM; examples of gender bias, overcoming these challenges, and campus efforts to educate female students to tackle this issue.

Resources to Help You Empower Women in STEM

1. STEM like Girl

2. Girls Who Code

3. Women4Change

4. Society of Women Engineers

5. Salary Negotiation

6. Advancing Women Mentoring Program at IUPUI

7. American Medical Women’s Association (AMWA)