Webinar

Subtle Micro-Messages Impact the Success of Women and Girls in STEM

 

November 02, 2009

 

Register for the November and December 2009 Webinars

Funded by a grant from the National Science Foundation, GSE/EXT: STEM Equity Pipeline Project, Grant No. HRD-0734056


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WEBINAR SERIES
Session 1: Monday November 16, 2009
Session 2: Monday December 14, 2009
Time: 1pm EST, 12pm CT, 11am MT, 10am PT

Subtle Micro-Messages Impact the Success of Women and Girls in STEM

Presenter: Dr. Robbin Chapman, Manager of diversity recruiting for the School of Architecture and Planning, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA

Description:
Micro-inequities are those subtle "micro-messages" that devalue, discourage, and dismiss women and girls as exceptional scholars, scientists, and engineers.  To increase women in STEM careers requires examining practices to ensure equitable treatment in the classroom. During these two webinars learn:

 *   About micro-messaging, micro-affirmation, and micro-inequity.
 *   Practical, hands-on techniques to recognize, challenge and educate others about micro-inequities.
 *   Strategies for sending micro-messages that fuel positive behaviors and outcomes for women and girls in STEM fields.

Session 1 provides the building blocks to understanding micro-messaging and its impact on communication and performance.

Session 2 delves deeper into the core concepts plus gives participants tools for taking action to diagnose and devise interventions in micro-inequities that they perceive in the classroom and workplace.

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