Center for the Study of Women, Science & Technology (WST)

Contact

225 North Avenue
Atlanta, GA 30332-0345
Ph. 404-894-1818
Fx. 404-385-0504
http://www.wst.gatech.edu
mary.fox@pubpolicy.gatech.edu
carol.colatrella@lcc.gatech.edu

The Center for the Study of Women, Science and Technology (WST) links issues in the study of science and technology with those of gender, culture and society. WST is the nation's first women's studies curriculum to bring together faculty and students to address issues of gender, science and technology in research and programmatic initiatives. WST is interdisciplinary, collaborative across Georgia Tech Colleges and in alliances with Atlanta-area colleges and universities and Georgia Tech alumnae, and cooperative in partnerships with students.

 

Recently Posted

WOMEN IN CHEMISTRY SYMPOSIUM Network Event
WOMEN IN CHEMISTRY SYMPOSIUMAll WST Center Events are co-sponsored with ADVANCE, free, and open to...

The Center’s program Girls Excelling in Math and Science (GEMS) Resource
The Center's program Girls Excelling in Math and Science (GEMS) was featured in a recent addition...

Principal Staff

Mary Lynn Realff, Co-Director
Ph. (404) 894-2496
E-mail: marylynn.realff@ptfe.gatech.edu

Carol Colatrella, Co-Director
Ph. (404) 894-1241
E-mail: carol.colatrella@lcc.gatech.edu

Mary Frank Fox, Co-Director
Ph. (404) 894-1818
E-mail: mary.fox@pubpolicy.gatech.edu

Irina Nikiforova, Teaching Assistant (2009-2010)
E-mail: irina.nikiforova@gatech.edu

Caitlin Smith, Teaching Assistant (2010)
Email: csmith81@gatech.edu

Areas of Expertise:

Access & Disparities, Awareness & Education, Diversity & Inclusion, Girls & STEM, Higher Education, Women in STEM, Women's Leadership, Women's, Gender & Feminist Studies, Equality, Diversity & Inclusion, Science, Technology, Engineering & Math (STEM)

Member Experts:


Projects & Campaigns

Focused Research Program. Research Areas include:

Educational processes and practices affecting outcomes for women in science and engineering

Factors governing careers of women in scientific and technological fields

Computing technologies that promote meaningful sense of control from women as well as men

Social and biological influences upon the physical and athletic performance of women and of men

Gender role orientation in adult development, including factors of job and life satisfactions, and coping strategies; and aging and cognition among women

Historical and contemporary studies of women, architecture, science, and design

Cultural representations of gender, science, and technology

Gender and ethics in development and use of technology

Inequalities by gender and race, on a global scale

Studies of risk within science, medicine, health movement, and the pharmaceutical industry

WST Residential Learning Community, co-sponsored with GT Department of Housing, 48 Resident Students, plus 70 other participants, and 39 faculty Mentors


WST Student-Faculty Research Partnerships

 

Reports & Resources

Representative Publications of WST Focused Research Group Faculty appear in Appendix 1 in Developing Women's Studies at Georgia Institute of Technology, Women's Studies Quarterly 30 (Fall/Winter 2002): 109-125.