Closing the Gender Gap In STEM

Our latest episode features a Women in STEM discussion from a livestream panel hosted by MIND on March 10th featuring MIND’s Content Design Manager Nina Wu, The STEAM Connection founder Danielle Boyer, and Invent the Change Founder and CEO Jay Flores. Their discussion centered on gender gaps in STEM and STEAM education and the workforce, and what individuals and organizations can do to drive the cultural changes that need to occur in order to make STEM and STEAM more inclusive.   

Topics Covered in the Podcast:

3:00 Intros
5:30 The STEM Gender gap conversation in 2021
8:00 Power and culture in the STEM industry
13:00 Removing barriers and biases
20:30 Meeting students at what they're passionate about
24:00 Danielle's STEAM origins
28:00 Creating a sustainable culture change
33:00 Actions we all can take
37:00 Closing thoughts and recommendations

If you’d prefer to watch the panel instead, you can head over to MIND’s YouTube channel. 

You can follow Danielle Boyer on LinkedIn here, and learn more about The Steam Connection at steamconnection.org. Danielle also co-hosts a weekly podcast called Hands-On Techie Talks, a “family EduTech podcast encouraging hands-on learning for children through technology and engineering.” The podcast can be found on all major platforms and you can listen on the STEAM Connection website as well.

You can follow Jay Flores on LinkedIn here, learn more about Invent the Change, and keep up with his current projects at www.jayfloresinspires.com. Episodes of Jay’s video series “It’s Not Magic, It’s Science” can be found on his YouTube channel. Here are some of the other links mentioned in the podcast:

American Indian Science and Engineering Society (https://www.aises.org/)
National Society of Black Engineers (https://www.nsbe.org/home.aspx)
Society of Women Engineers (https://swe.org/)
Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (https://www.shpe.org/)

Thanks to Nina, Danielle and Jay for a wonderful conversation, and thanks to you for listening to the podcast! If you enjoy the show, please leave us a review on iTunes, Google Play, Spreaker or wherever you are listening. Subscribe to get future episodes as soon as they are released!