Women/STEM

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For some women, the life of a scientist becomes a juggling act when you toss in family needs at home.

I'm Brandis Griffith with your research minute - Researchers at the University of Kansas are asking why some women advance after earning P-H-D's in science, technology, engineering or mathematics but then disappear from the profession.

Karen Multon and Barbara Kerr, in teh School of Education, are looking at how a woman's relationship with a significant other impacts her career.

With a three-year grant, they hope to learn where the milestones and danger zones are for those women.

“What kinds of supports and barriers are in place for these women to enter the field, get the education they need and hopefully, later on down the line, we’ll be able to look at persistence, that is remaining in the field.”

The researchers are also collecting data on women's socioeconomic statuses and geographic locations to see how that distance from privilege affects their careers.

For more informatino, log on to research-minute-dot-k-u-dot-edu.

From the University of Kansas, I'm Brandis Griffith.

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KU researchers investigate effects of marriage, family on women in science

LAWRENCE — Two University of Kansas researchers are studying why women who choose careers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics advance as young professors, scientists or educators but then disappear from the profession.

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