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Picture a Scientist documentary showcases just how hard it is for female scientists to overcome bias

‘Picture a Scientist’ documentary showcases just how hard it is for female scientists to overcome bias Darcel Rockett, Chicago Tribune © Antonio Perez / Chicago Tribune/Chicago Tribune/TNS Physicist Kawtar Hafidi works at Argonne National Laboratory. Jane Willenbring’s opening salvo in the documentary “Picture a Scientist” is one that still brings tears to her eyes. The geomorphologist recalls taking her daughter to work one day and the 3-year-old saying she wanted to be a scientist just like her mom. “That was the horrible, sort of lose-it, triggering moment that I ever had. I actually started crying at the time,” said the director of Stanford University’s Cosmogenic Isotope Laboratory. “She’s 3. So, she doesn’t understand why I’m crying. So, I told her they were happy tears. But they weren’t just happy tears. I was thinking about someone treating her like trash in 20 years, like I had been treated like trash.”

University of illinoisUnited statesSharon shattuckCorinne moss racusinPaula johnsonKathryn clancyDavid marchantNancy hopkinsDawnne lepretreJane willenbringKawtar hafidiBrian chaneyStanford university cosmogenic isotope laboratorySkidmore collegeArgonne national laboratory on janWellesley college

Female scientists talk discrimination in Picture a Scientist

Screenings have been taking place across America, spotlighting systemic racism and harassment, and arguing for the advancement of women in STEM fields.

University of illinoisUnited statesSharon shattuckCorinne moss racusinPaula johnsonKathryn clancyDavid marchantNancy hopkinsDawnne lepretreJane willenbringKawtar hafidiBrian chaneyScripps institution for oceanographyStanford university cosmogenic isotope laboratorySkidmore collegeWellesley college

Documentary Shares Stories of Harassment Against Women in STEM

23 December 2020 by: Andrea Korte Jane Willenbring shares her story of harassment in science in the documentary Picture A Scientist. | Sharon Shattuck & Ian Cheney Jane Willenbring shares her story of harassment in science in the documentary Picture A Scientist. | Sharon Shattuck & Ian Cheney A recent documentary shines a light on the discrimination and harassment faced by women in science – and affords the chance to explore just how much more work remains to make the scientific enterprise equitable, said participants in a Dec. 9 virtual panel organized by AAAS on the film “Picture a Scientist.” “We can put data down on a piece of paper and we can look at statistics and we can show you graphs over time,” said Cyndi Atherton, director of science at the Heising-Simons Foundation, which provided principal funding for “Picture a Scientist.” The film cites a report on sexual harassment in STEM released in 2018 by the National Academies of Sciences,

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