Why Aren’t More Women Pursuing STEM Careers?

from Modern Notion · host Emma Morgenstern

On today’s show, novelist and English professor Eileen Pollack is discussing her new book, The Only Woman in the Room: Why Science Is Still a Boys’ Club (Beacon Press, September 2015). Pollack graduated from Yale with a bachelor’s degree in physics, but she believes that a lack of encouragement, and even active discouragement, led her to…

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On todays show, novelist and English professor Eileen Pollack is discussing her new book, The Only Woman in the Room: Why Science Is Still a Boys Club (Beacon Press, September 2015). Pollack graduated from Yale with a bachelors degree in physics, but she believes that a lack of encouragement, and even active discouragement, led her to pursue a career in the humanities instead of male-dominated STEM fields. This book is a response to Larry Summerss famous comments about women in science, urging us as a society to foster womens increased participation in STEM. Music this hour: “Forgiven Not Forgotten” by Jahzzar, from the album Kuddelmuddel “Flutter” by Jahzzar, from the album Onus “Soldiertype (militarised)” by Ketsa, from the album What’s Without’s Within andnbsp;