CALL FOR PAPERS -VOLUME 7, 2001
Journal of Women and Minorities in Science and Engineering
Center for Interdisciplinary Studies
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Carol J. Burger, Ph.D., Editor-in-Chief
Now welcoming submissions for Volume 7, the Journal of Women and
Minorities
in Science and Engineering publishes original, peer-reviewed papers
that
report innovative ideas and programs, scientific studies, and
formulation
of concepts related to the education, recruitment, and retention of
underrepresented groups in science and engineering. Issues related to
women
and minorities in science and engineering are consolidated to address
the
entire professional and educational environment.
Subjects for papers submitted can include:
empirical studies of current qualitative
or quantitative research;
historical investigations of how minority status impacts science and
engineering;
original theoretical or conceptual analyses of science from feminist,
racial, and ethnic perspectives
reviews of literature to help develop new ideas and directions for
future
research;
explorations of feminist teaching methods, minority student/white
teacher
interactions;
cultural phenomena that affect the classroom climate.
To receive guidelines for manuscript preparation or to submit a
curriculum
vita if you are interested in reviewing papers for the journal contact:
Editorial Assistant
Journal of Women and Minorities in Science and Engineering
Center for Interdisciplinary Studies
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Blacksburg, VA 24061-0227
Phone: 540-231-6296 Fax: 540-231-7013
E-mail: JRLWMSE@VT.EDU
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SAMPLE
COPY should be directed to the publisher:
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Sample Contents of Volume 6, 2000 (in press):
No. 1
Making Women and Minorities in Science and Engineering for National
Purposes in the United States by Juan C. Lucena
The Impact of Gender on the Quality and Content of Electronic Mail
(Email)
Advice Professors Give to Students Applying to Graduate School by Rhea
Steinpreis et al
Troubled Waters: Where Multiple Streams of Inequality Converge in the
Math
and Science Experiences of Non-privileged Girls by Laurel Parrot et al
Women in the UK Construction Industry: A Cultural Discord? by Andrew
R.J.
Dainty et al
The Modified Attitude Toward Science Inventory: Developing an
Instrument to
be Used with Fifth Grade Urban Students by Molly H. Weinburgh and
Donald
Steele
No. 2
Career Issues and Laboratory Climates: Different Challenges and
Opportunities for Women Engineers and Scientists - Survey of FY'97
POWRE
Awardees by Sue V. Rosser and Mireille Zieseniss
Electronic Communities: A Forum for Supporting Women Professionals and
Students in Technical and Scientific Fields by Peg Boyle Single, Carol
B.
Muller, Christine Cunningham and Richard M. Single
Geoscience in Social Context: An Assessment of Course Impact on
Attitudes
of Female Undergraduates by Elizabeth McEneaney and Cheryl L. Radeloff
Perceived Gender Interaction and Course Confidence Among Undergraduate
Science, Mathematics, and Technology Majors by W. Jay Hughes
Gender, Families, and Science: Influences on Early Science Training
and
Career Choices by Sandra L. Hanson.
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