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Sheila Tobias
During Women's History Month, 1999, the grant helped fund Sheila Tobias' visit to Rowan University. Sheila gave two outstanding public talks and visited with many individuals on campus. Sheila's talk on 3/2/99 was called "Overcoming Math Anxiety" and was co-sponsored by the Math Department, the grant, the College of Education, and the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. Sheila also gave the luncheon address for Women's History Month on 3/3/99 was entitled "The Future of Feminism: Lessons from the Past" and was co-sponsored by the College of Communication and the Gloucester County Commission on Women.
Overview of Project
Rowan's science and mathematics programs are strong; as is its Women's Studies program, but there has not been much interaction between these programs in terms of curriculum. Our project reflect what we take to be appropriate first steps in building relationships between the sciences and Women's Studies so that scholarship on gender will be integrated into the science curriculum and vice versa. We think our project may help other institutions to identify ways to begin to build these relationships. In terms of the sciences, our project focuses on Biological Sciences, Chemistry, Physics and Mathematics. Here, our goal is twofold: to introduce science and math faculty to the new scholarship on gender and science of relevance to their disciplines and to initiate and facilitate discussion about how that scholarship can be integrated in the content and pedagogy of specific courses.
Principal Investigators
| Dr. Virginia Brown
Department of Psychology Liberal Arts and Sciences Institute, Director ginmar@voicenet.com |
Dr. Karen Magee-Sauer
Department of Chemistry and Physics sauer@moon.rowan.edu |
| Dr. Janet Caldwell
Department of Mathematics caldwell@rowan.edu |
Dr. Hieu Duc Nguyen
Department of Mathematics nguyen@rowan.edu |
| Dr. Janet Moore Lindman
Department of History Women's Studies, Coordinator lindman@rowan.edu |
Dr. Maria Tahamont
Department of Biology tahamont@elan.rowan.edu |
| National Advisory Board Member
Dr. Cathy Middlecamp Department of Chemistry University of Wisconsin-Madison chmiddle@facstaff.wisc.edu |
| 3/97 | "Dialogues Across the Divides: Bridging the Cultures of Science, Humanities and Social Sciences" Closing Plenary, AAC&U, Tempe, AZ, J. Lindman |
| 9/97 | "Building Bridges between Women's Studies and the Sciences" a presentation at "Inclusive and Interdisciplinary: Building the Curriculum," A National Conference, Portland, ME, V. Brown, J. Lindman & M. Tahamont |
| 3/98 | "Women in Science: Differences and Equalities," a panel discussion on WGLS radio during Women's History Month, Rowan University, V. Brown, K. Magee-Sauer & M. Tahamont |
| 3/98 | "Mathematics for and by Women," a Women's History Month presentation, Rowan University, J. Caldwell |
| 5/98 | "Bridging the Gap: Women's Studies and the Sciences," presentation at the Rowan Professional Conference, V. Brown, J. Caldwell, J. Lindman, H. Nguyen, K. Magee-Sauer & M. Tahamont |
| 10/98 | "Hostility Towards Women in Science," presentation to the Society of Women Engineers, Rowan University, J. Lindman |
| 10/98 | "Building a Supportive Environment: What
Works," panel presentation at the PKAL workshop "Women in Science: An Underutilized
Resource," DePauw University, Greencastle, IN, M. Tahamont
Concurrent Case Study - "Bridging the Gap: Women's Studies and the Sciences" at same meeting |
| 11/98 | "Broadening the Circle: Diversifying the Science Curriculum," panel presentation at the AAC&U National Meeting "Diversity and Learning," Philadelphia, PA, M. Tahamont |
| 12/98 | "Feminist Perspectives from an (albeit) Male Professor," presentation to the Math Department, Rowan University, H. Nguyen |
| 2/99 | "Even in the Least Likely Places: Curricular Transformation in the Sciences," South Jersey Alliance Spring Conference, "Who's Sitting in My Classroom? And What Does It Mean to Me?" New Jersey Project, Gloucester County College, M. Tahamont |
| 3/99 | "Engendering Psychology: Exemplars in Teaching, Research & Practice," presentation for Women's History Month, Rowan University, V. Brown |
| 4/99 | "A Follow Up Discussion to Women in Engineering: Identifying Issues, Providing Solutions," presentation to the Society of Women Engineers, Rowan University, J. Lindman |
| 4/99 | "Feminist Pedagogy in the Science Classroom," New Jersey Project Guest Speaker, St. Peter's College, Newark, NJ, M. Tahamont |
New and Revised Course Syllabi
Goals
Bibliography
Bonnie B. Spanier, Im/partial Science. (Indiana University Press, 1995).
Sally Gregory Kohlstedt & Helen E. Longino, eds., Women, Gender and Science. (The University of Chicago Press, 1997).
Jane Duran, Philosophies of Science, Feminist Theories. (Westview Press, 1997).
Janet T. Civian, Paula Rayman & Belle Brett, Pathways for Women in the Sciences: The Wellesley Report, Part I. (Wellesley Centers for Women, Publications, 1993).
Janet T. Civian, Paula Rayman & Belle Brett, Pathways for Women in the Sciences: The Wellesley Report, Part II. (Wellesley Centers for Women, Publications, 1997).
Irena Koprowska, A Woman Wanders Through Life and Science. (State University of New York Press, 1997).
Nina Lykke & Rosi Braidotti, eds., Between Monsters, Goddesses and Cyborgs: Feminist Confrontations with Science, Medicine and Cyberspace. (Zed Books, 1996).
Anne B. Shtier, Cultivating Women, Cultivating Science: Flora's Daughters and Botany in England, 1760-1860. (Johns Hopkins University Press, 1996).
Bruce Clarke, Dora Marsden and Early Modernism: Gender, Individualism and Science. (University of Michigan Press, 1996).
Barbara Laslett, ed., Gender and Scientific Authority. (University of Chicago Press, 1996).
Ruth Lewin Sime, Lise Meitner: A Life in Physics. (University of California Press, 1996).
Sandra Hanson, Lost Talent: Women in the Sciences. (Temple University Press, 1996).
Sue V. Rosser, ed. Teaching the Majority: Breaking the Gender Barrier in Science, Mathematics and Engineering. (Teachers College Press, 1995).
Sue V. Rosser, Re-engineering Female Friendly Science. (Teachers College Press, 1997).
Claudia Henrion, Women in Mathematics: The Addition of Difference. (Indiana University Press, 1997).
Sally G. Kohlstedt and Helen E.Longino, eds. Women, Gender, and Science: New Directions. Osiris, University of Chicago Press, 1998.
Vandan Shiva, Biopiracy: The Plunder of Nature and Knowledge. South End Press, 1997.
Karen J. Warren, ed. Ecofeminism: Women, Culture, Nature. Indiana University Press, 1997.
Reed Boland and Anika Rahman, Promoting Reproductive Rights: A Global Mandate. Center for Reproductive Law and Policy, 1997.
Angela M. Pattatucci, ed. Women in Science: Meeting Challenges and Transcending Boundaries. Sage Publications, 1998.
Kathy Davis, ed. Embodied Practices: Feminist Perspectives on the Body. Sage Publications, 1997.
Christina Lee, Women's Health: Psychological and Social Perspective. Sage Publications. 1998.
Thank you for visiting the Women and Scientific Literacy project page.
I am grateful to Cathy Middlecamp and Greg Hecht for all their help with
this page.
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