Gender inequity in speaking opportunities at the American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting
Publication type
journal article
Publication date
2018
Author(s)
Ford, Heather L.
Brick, Cameron
Blaufuss, Karine
Dekens, Petra S.
Language
English
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Abstract
Implicit and explicit biases impede the participation of women in science, technology, engineering, and mathematic (STEM) fields. Across career stages, attending conferences and presenting research are ways to spread scientific results, find job opportunities, and gain awards. Here, we present an analysis by gender of the American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting speaking opportunities from 2014 to 2016. We find that women were invited and assigned oral presentations less often than men. However, when we control for career stage, we see similar rates between women and men and women sometimes outperform men. At the same time, women elect for poster presentations more than men. Male primary conveners allocate invited abstracts and oral presentations to women less often and below the proportion of women authors. These results highlight the need to provide equal opportunity to women in speaking roles at scientific conferences as part of the overall effort to advance women in STEM.
Journal
Nature Communications
ISSN
2041-1723
Volume
9
Issue
1
Pagination
1358
Rights
2018 The Author(s)