Gender Imbalance in U.S. Geoscience Academia

Authors

Mary Anne Holmes, University of Nebraska-LincolnFollow
Suzanne O'Connell, Wesleyan UniversityFollow
Connie Frey, Southern Illinois University EdwardsvilleFollow
Lois Ongley, Unity CollegeFollow

Date of this Version

2008

Comments

Published in Nature Geoscience (2008) 1(2): 79-82. Copyright 2008, Nature Publishing Group. Used by permission.

Abstract

Geoscientists explain women’s under-representation in our field along three dominant themes: the structure of academia, historically low numbers of women, and women’s views and choices. Which factor they perceive as most important depends overwhelmingly on their gender.