Women in STEM
The resources below have been selected for their content and strategies. They are drawn from different regions and decades and as such may contain language that is out of date or reflect regional differences.
- Abdelrahman, N., Irby, B. J., Ballenger, J., & Polnick, B. (2020). Girls and women of color in STEM: Their journeys in higher education. Information Age Publishing, Inc.
- Good, C., Rattan, A., & Dweck, C. S. (2012). Why do women opt out? Sense of belonging and women’s representation in mathematics. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 102(4), 700–717. doi: 10.1037/a0026659
- Irby, B. J., Abdelrahman, N., Polnick, B., & Ballenger, J. (2021). Women of color in STEM: Navigating the double bind in higher education. Information Age Publishing, Inc.
- Munoz, L. M. P. (2023). Women in science now: Stories and strategies for achieving equity. Columbia University Press.
- Ong, M. (2023). The double bind in physics education: Intersectionality, equity, and belonging for women of color. Harvard Education Press.
- Pollack, E. (2015). The only woman in the room: Why science is still a boys’ club. Beacon Press.
- Posselt, J. R. (2020). Equity in science: Representation, culture, and the dynamics of change in graduate education. Stanford University Press.
- Preston, A. E. & Russell Sage Foundation. (2004). Leaving science: Occupational exit from scientific careers. Russell Sage Foundation.
- Sugimoto, C. R., & Larivière, V. (2023). Equity for women in science: Dismantling systemic barriers to advancement. Harvard University Press.
- Thomas, U., & Drake, J. (2016). Critical research on sexism and racism in STEM fields. Information Science Reference.
- D’Ignazio, C., & Klein, L. F. (2020). Data feminism. The MIT Press.
- Kamath, A., & Packer, M. (2025). Feminism in the wild: How human biases shape our understanding of animal behavior. The MIT Press.
- Barlow, J. N. (2024). Writing Blackgirls’ and women’s health science: Implications for research and praxis. Lexington Books.
- Dogra, A., Jayaraj, N., & Saini, A. (2023). Lab hopping: A journey to find India’s women in science. Pengiun Random House India.
- Reser, A., & McNeill, L. (2021). Forces of nature: The women who changed science. Frances Lincoln.
- The Lost Women of Science Initiative. Lost Women of Science Podcast.
Chemistry and biochemistry
- Apotheker, J., & Sarkadi, L. S. (2011). European women in chemistry. Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA.
- Karikó, K. (2023). Breaking through: My life in science. Crown.
- Leigh, J. et al. (2022). Women in supramolecular chemistry: Collectively crafting the rhythms of our work and lives in STEM. Bristol University Press.
- Lykknes, A., & Van Tiggelen, B. (2019). Women in their element: Selected women’s contributions to the periodic system. World Scientific.
Mathematics
- Beery, J., Greenwald, S. J., & Kessel, C. (2022). Fifty years of women in mathematics: Reminiscences, history, and visions for the future of AWM. Springer.
Physics and astronomy
- American Astronomical Society Committee on the Status of Women in Astronomy. Women in Astronomy blog. https://womeninastronomy.blogspot.com/
- Altschuler, D. R., & Ballesteros, F. J. (2019). The women of the moon: Tales of science, love, sorrow, and courage. Oxford University Press.
- Prescod-Weinstein, C. (2021). The disordered cosmos: A journey into dark matter, spacetime, and dreams deferred. Bold Type Books.
Biology
- Brown, W. L., & Lemmon, S. A. P. (2021). The forgotten botanist: Sara Plummer Lemmon’s life of science and art. University of Nebraska Press.
- Crump, M., & Lannoo, M. J. (2023). Women in field biology: A journey into nature. CRC Press, Taylor & Francis.
- Roy, D. (2018). Molecular feminisms: Biology, becomings, and life in the lab. University of Washington Press.