Beyond traditional scientific training: The importance of community and empowerment for women in ecology and evolutionary biology

Beyond traditional scientific training: The importance of community and empowerment for women in ecology and evolutionary biology

While the biological sciences have achieved gender parity in the undergraduate and graduate career stages, this is not the case at the faculty level. The WEBS (Women Evolving the Biological Sciences) symposia go beyond traditional scientific training and professional development to address factors c...

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Main Authors: M. Claire Horner-Devine, Joyce W Yen, Priti N Mody-Pan, Cara Margherio, Samantha Forde
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2016-10-01
Series:Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
Subjects:
Persistence
Community
self-efficacy
intervention
Professional Development
empowerment
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fevo.2016.00119/full

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http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fevo.2016.00119/full

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