Episode 8: Confidence, Failure, and Changing the Culture of STEM

from The Equation Unsolved · host Emily R

Emily Rhine speaks with Dr. Stephanie Wong-Noonan, a professor of biological sciences at Carnegie Mellon University, about how failure, grading culture, motherhood, and the lack of visible role models shape women’s confidence in STEM. The episode moves from personal setbacks to institutional change, asking what it would take to make belonging sustainable.

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