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This week we are focusing on a particular kind of diversity and inclusion: gender in the workplace. This is an issue that is particularly important in the tech and finance industries today, where many of our lecture examples originate. However, these concerns are connected to just about every field, workplace, and career you can imagine.

Goals

Learn about issues around gender equity from lecture and readings
Develop a thesis and outline for your four-page essay on technology and the workplace

Required Content

Readings

Student Career Guide

Student Guide ch 07 = Researching workplaces and career communities.pdf

Textbook Chapters

Scholarly Articles for Reflections and Speeches

Claire Cain Miller, "Women did everything right. Then work got 'greedy,'" The New York Times (April 26, 2019).
Twine, F. W. (2018). Technology’s Invisible Women: Black Geek Girls in Silicon Valley and the Failure of Diversity Initiatives . International Journal of Critical Diversity Studies, 1(1), 58–79.

Recorded Lecture Videos

Please view the following lecture video.

Please also watch this 10-minute Vox/Netflix "explainer" on the gender wage gap, with some fascinating global case studies of success.

Finally, here is a 14-minute TED talk by Dame Stephanie Shirley, who is a key technology entrepreneur and innovator from the history of computer software development whom I'd wager you may have not heard of before now. Her story is fascinating and instructive, and well worth your time to watch.

Required Activities

Career Development Assignments

Identify an expert to interview

Essay-Related Assignments

Text Discussion

Week 5 Discussion | Gender equity

Coming Up

Make sure to read through the assignment instructions below to prepare for future weeks!

Revise your resume
Write a cover letter
Essay Assignment Part 4 - First draft and sources