'Increased representation of women, ethnic groups not enough to overcome biases in STEM'

India, July 14 -- Down to Earth speaks to Meena Balagopal,educational researcher and ecologist, CSU, on gender bias and racism in STEM disciplines

Gender diversity and representation of women have been the long-sought goal across Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) disciplines. But can representation alone improve diversity in science and eliminate gender bias?

A recent study by Colorado State University (CSU) researchers has found that undergraduate women in life and physical sciences continued to experience gender biases from their peers - even when they outnumbered men in these courses.

Despite having a higher average grade point and a statistically higher course grade, both men and women presumed that the men outp...