We do not have enough women engineers in the United States. When I look around the undergraduate classes that I teach I don’t see very many female faces. Why? Certainly, there are influences from home, school and peers. There are negative stereotypes — like pocket protectors and Barbie dolls that say, “I hate math.”
Author: Wendy C. Crone, Ph.D. is Associate Professor of Engineering Physics and Director of the Women Faculty Mentoring Program at the University of Wisconsin — Madison.