{"672577":{"#nid":"672577","#data":{"type":"event","title":"2024 WST Distinguished Lecture: Professional Cultures and Inequality in STEM","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe\u0026nbsp;2024 WST Distinguished Lecture will feature\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003EErin Cech\u003C\/strong\u003E, associate professor in the Departments of Sociology and Mechanical Engineering (by courtesy) at the University of Michigan. She will be joined by \u003Cstrong\u003EKaye Husbands Fealing\u003C\/strong\u003E, dean and Ivan Allen Jr. Chair in the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts, and \u003Cstrong\u003EMichelle Rinehart\u003C\/strong\u003E, Georgia Tech vice provost for faculty, for a discussion on \u0022Professional Cultures and Inequality in STEM.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ECech earned her Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of California, San Diego, and undergraduate degrees in electrical engineering and sociology from Montana State University. Her\u0026nbsp;research examines cultural mechanisms that reproduce inequality in the workforce broadly, and specifically, in STEM fields. Her research is funded by multiple grants from the National Science Foundation. She has published two recent books: \u003Cem\u003EThe Trouble with Passion: How Searching for Fulfillment at Work Fosters Inequality \u003C\/em\u003E(2021) and\u003Cem\u003E Misconceiving Merit: Paradoxes of Excellence and Devotion in Academic Science and Engineering \u003C\/em\u003E(with M. Blair-Loy; 2022).\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ERSVP requested. RSVP via email to\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:mary.fox@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Emary.fox@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EFeaturing\u0026nbsp;Erin Cech, associate professor at the University of Michigan, for a presentation on \u0022Professional Cultures and Inequality in STEM.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Featuring\u00a0Erin Cech, associate professor at the University of Michigan, for a presentation on \u0022Professional Cultures and Inequality in STEM.\u0022"}],"uid":"36009","created_gmt":"2024-01-30 23:53:53","changed_gmt":"2024-01-30 23:53:53","author":"cwhittle9","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2024-04-11T15:30:00-04:00","event_time_end":"2024-04-11T17:30:00-04:00","event_time_end_last":"2024-04-11T17:30:00-04:00","gmt_time_start":"2024-04-11 19:30:00","gmt_time_end":"2024-04-11 21:30:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2024-04-11 21:30:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"location":"Bill Moore Student Success Center, Clary Theatre","extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"},{"id":"1288","name":"School of History and Sociology"},{"id":"1283","name":"School of Literature, Media, and Communication"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"192056","name":"WST women science technology"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"1795","name":"Seminar\/Lecture\/Colloquium"}],"invited_audience":[{"id":"78761","name":"Faculty\/Staff"},{"id":"177814","name":"Postdoc"},{"id":"174045","name":"Graduate students"},{"id":"78751","name":"Undergraduate students"}],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EMary Fox\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:mary.fox@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Emary.fox@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EDivali Legore\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:divali@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Edivali@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}