STEMinist Reading Group
Fall 2026
This semester, we will build a discussion based on the following questions:
- Why are women underrepresented in math?Ìý
- What structures lead to these exclusions?Ìý
- What does it mean to be a mathematician?Ìý
- What does it mean to cultivate an environment that is inclusive as well as one that induces change?
The semester plan is as follows:
- 9/11 - "How women invented book clubs, revolutionizing reading and their own lives" by Jess McHugh + "The master's tools will never dismantle the master's house" speech by Andrew Lorde (optional)Ìý
- 9/25 - Selections from Feminist Theory: From Margin to Center by bell hooks
- 10/9 - Selections from Feminist Theory: From Margin to Center by bell hooks
- 10/23 - Selections from Inventing the Mathematician: Gender, Race, and Our Cultural Understandings of Mathematics by Sara Hottinger
- 11/6 - Selections from Inventing the Mathematician: Gender, Race, and Our Cultural Understandings of Mathematics by Sara Hottinger
- 11/20 - Selections from Inventing the Mathematician: Gender, Race, and Our Cultural Understandings of Mathematics by Sara Hottinger
Specific chapters/readings will be sent out each week by email. All are welcome and encouraged to come, even if you have not looked at the readings beforehand!Ìý
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Previous Readings:
- - Stanford University
- - Bell Hooks
- by Heather Z Brooks, et al.
- by Pia Tscholl
- by Katie Langin
- by Leona A. Harris
- by Jennifer Harbster
- by Michel Geovanni Santiago-MartÃnez
- from the Opinion Science pocast
- TheÌýMadameÌýCurie Complex: The Hidden History of Women in ScienceÌýby Julie Des Jardins: (1)ÌýÌýand (2)Ìý
- Whistling VivaldiÌýby Calude Steele:
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- Sexual Harassment of Women: Climate, Culture, and Consequences in Academic Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine: Ìýwith guestÌýDr. Lauren Czaplicki
- Ìý&ÌýÌýwith guest Ruthe Farmer
- , by Hershcovis et al. with guest Julie Volckens
- Ìýwith guest Casey Fiesler
- by Jillian Kramer
- by Chris Woolston
- by Bec Crew
- ** by Chad E. Kee
- from the 99% Invisible podcast
- ' by Abbe H. Herzig
- by Adriana Salerno
- by Adam Liptak and Anemona Hartocollis;
- by Hua Hsu
- by Jacey Fortin
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