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Harriet Hartman, Ph.D.
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Sociology Department
Robinson Building
856-256-3787
Hartman@rowan.edu

RESEARCH SUMMARY:
My research focuses on two areas: gender and engineering, and Jewish identity. As an outgrowth of an NSF grant 2000-2002, I have been studying the reactions of male and female students to Rowan's engineering program as they progress through their undergraduate years. Rowan has incorporated key features which purport to be "female-friendly", and my research evaluates the success of these features. My research shows that compared to the male students, female students are as or more satisfied with engineering at Rowan, female retention is as high or higher, female's academic achievements are as high or higher-all important findings when compared to the gender gaps disadvantaging women in more traditional engineering programs.

My research on Jewish identity focuses on the National Jewish Population Surveys of 1990 and 2000-1 (just released), studying such topics as denominational differences, gender differences, and attachment to Israel of American Jews.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:
Hartman, H., & Hartman, M. (2002). Best practices in engineering: Is the impact gendered? Proceedings of American Society of Engineering Education, Montreal, Canada.

Hartman, H., & Hartman, M. (2001). A gender lens on Rowan University's College of
Engineering. NAMEPA/WEPAN 2001 Joint National, Conference Proceedings.
Champaign, IL: Stipes Publishing.

Hartman, H., & Hartman, M. (2000). Attachment to Israel of American Jews. Review of Religious Research, 41, 394.

Hartman, H., & Hartman, M. (1999). Jewish identity, denomination, and denominational mobility. Social Identities, 22.

Hartman, H., & Hartman, M. (1996). Gender Equality and American Jews. New York:
SUNY Press.

GRANT SUBMISSIONS (2002-present)
Making Undergraduate Engineering Education Work for Women: The Rowan Model- Engineering Information Foundation- Fiscal Year 2003

Gender Equality in Undergraduate Engineering Education: A Longitudinal Study- National Science Foundation- Fiscal Year 2002

GRANT AWARDS (2002-present)