scholarly journals Engaging Women: Addressing the Gender Gap in Women’s Networking and Productivity

2017 ◽  
Vol 50 (02) ◽  
pp. 461-466 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tiffany D. Barnes ◽  
Emily Beaulieu
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Small Group ◽  
Political Science ◽  
Gender Gap ◽  
National Science Foundation ◽  
Annual Conference ◽  
Political Methodology ◽  
Group Settings ◽  
National Science ◽  
Original Survey

ABSTRACT Women earn 40% of new PhDs in political science; however, once they enter the profession, they have strikingly different experiences than their male counterparts—particularly in the small but influential field of political methodology. For several years, the Society for Political Methodology, with support from the National Science Foundation, has attempted to address this gender gap through the Visions in Methodology (VIM) program. VIM features an annual conference that brings women together to present and discuss their research and to participate in professional-development sessions. Do programs like VIM have the desired impact? Using an original survey of political scientists, this study provides insights into the ways that bringing women together in small-group settings like VIM might facilitate networking and enhance productivity. In particular, the study finds that women who attend the VIM conference are better networked and more productive in terms of publication.

scholarly journals The 2011 National Science Foundation Political Science Awards

2012 ◽  
Vol 45 (01) ◽  
pp. 124-126
Keyword(s):  
Political Science ◽  
National Science Foundation ◽  
Research Training ◽  
Basic Research ◽  
Science Research ◽  
Fiscal Year ◽  
The Political ◽  
Science Program ◽  
Political Processes ◽  
National Science

The Political Science Program at the National Science Foundation (NSF) announces it awards for basic research support and dissertation improvement grants for fiscal year 2011. The Program funded 25 new projects and 44 doctoral dissertation improvement proposals. The Political Science Program spent $5,234,470 on these research, training and workshop projects and $483,822 on dissertation training grants for political science students. The program holds two grant competitions annually —Regular Research, August and January 15; Dissertation Improvement, September 16 and January 15— and constitutes a major source of political science research funding as part of fulfilling NSF's mission to encourage theoretically focused empirical investigations aimed at improving the explanation of fundamental social and political processes and structures.

scholarly journals Selecting in or Selecting Out? Gender Gaps and Political Methodology in Europe

2019 ◽  
Vol 53 (1) ◽  
pp. 122-127
Author(s):  
Malu A. C. Gatto ◽  
Anita R. Gohdes ◽  
Denise Traber ◽  
Mariken A. C. G. van der Velden
Keyword(s):  
Political Science ◽  
Doctoral Training ◽  
Science Students ◽  
Methods Courses ◽  
Gender Gaps ◽  
Political Methodology ◽  
European Universities ◽  
The Us ◽  
Original Survey ◽  
Phd Programs

ABSTRACTStudies investigating gender gaps in the doctoral training of political science students have focused so far overwhelmingly on the US context. Although important research within this context has made strides in identifying the persistent challenges to women’s incorporation in political methodology, much remains unknown about whether women and men have different experiences in methods training during their PhD programs. We contribute to this debate by analyzing data from an original survey on the methods-training experiences of political science PhD students at different European universities. We assess whether gender gaps exist with respect to PhD students’ methods training and confidence in employing methods skills. Our findings show that women cover significantly fewer methods courses in their doctoral training. When women do participate in methods training, they show levels of method employment similar to their male colleagues. We discuss the implications of these findings in the context of European doctoral training.

scholarly journals Political Science Funding Black Out in North America? Trends in Funding Should not be Ignored

2013 ◽  
Vol 46 (03) ◽  
pp. 599-604 ◽  
Author(s):  
David J. Plazek ◽  
Alan Steinberg
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
North America ◽  
Political Science ◽  
National Science Foundation ◽  
Political Process ◽  
The United States ◽  
The Political ◽  
Science Funding ◽  
National Science ◽  
One Year

AbstractRecent actions in Congress that threaten political science funding by the National Science Foundation (NSF) have caught the attention of political scientists, but this was not the first attack and not likely to be the last. Less than one year ago, the Harper government ended the Understanding Canada program, an important source of funding for academics in the United States and abroad. This article stresses the value of the program and the importance of this funding steam by demonstrating what the grants have done both more generally as well as for the authors individually. In addition, by looking at the political process that led to the end of the Understanding Canada program and the similarities in the attacks on NSF political science funding, this article identifies potential reasons why these funds were and are at risk. We conclude by arguing that normative action in support of political science is a necessity for all political scientists.

2009 National Science Foundation Political Science Program Awards

2010 ◽  
Vol 43 (01) ◽  
pp. 159-162
Keyword(s):  
Political Science ◽  
National Science Foundation ◽  
Research Training ◽  
Basic Research ◽  
Science Research ◽  
Fiscal Year ◽  
The Political ◽  
Science Program ◽  
Political Processes ◽  
National Science

The Political Science Program at the National Science Foundation (NSF) announces it awards for basic research support and dissertation improvement grants for fiscal year 2009. The program funded 56 new projects and 34 doctoral dissertation improvement proposals. (Additional program funds were spent on continuing grant increments. These result from awards that were made in previous fiscal years, but where funds are being disbursed on a yearly basis instead all up front.) The Political Science Program spent $10,461,799 on these research, training, and workshop projects and $383,238 on dissertation training grants for political science students. In addition, the program contributed $345,000 to support three Graduate Research Fellowships. The program holds two grant competitions annually (Regular Research, August and January 15; Dissertation Improvement, January 15) and constitutes a major source of political science research funding as part of fulfilling NSF's mission to encourage theoretically focused empirical investigations aimed at improving the explanation of fundamental social and political processes and structures.

Algebraic Thinking: A Theme for Professional Development

1997 ◽  
Vol 90 (2) ◽  
pp. 150-154
Author(s):  
Faye Ruopp ◽  
Al Cuoco ◽  
Sue M. Rasala ◽  
M. Grace Kelemanik
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Mathematics Teachers ◽  
National Science Foundation ◽  
Algebraic Thinking ◽  
Education Development ◽  
National Science ◽  
Development Center

Education Development Center (EDC), Incorporated, with support from the National Science Foundation (ESI-9253322), created a professionaldevelopment program for mathematics teachers, Teachers Time and Transformations (TTT), with algebraic thinking as its content focus.

Early Childhood Corner: Listening to Teachers: Planning for Professional Development

2002 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 36-39 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julie Sarama
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Academic Achievement ◽  
Early Childhood ◽  
Mathematics Education ◽  
National Science Foundation ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
School Mathematics ◽  
Early Childhood Mathematics ◽  
National Science ◽  
Recent Project

“Teachers are the key to academic achievement for students.” This statement is widely accepted, but professional development in early childhood mathematics education faces a number of barriers. What are those barriers? What do teachers have to say about developing their own knowledge of the teaching and learning of mathematics? What should be done to address these problems? Answering these questions was the goal of a recent project funded by the National Science Foundation called “Planning for Professional Development in Pre-School Mathematics: Meeting the Challenge of Standards 2000.” This article shares some of the answers I found in the course of that project.

scholarly journals Explaining Gender in the Journals: How Submission Practices Affect Publication Patterns in Political Science

2018 ◽  
Vol 52 (1) ◽  
pp. 71-77 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul A. Djupe ◽  
Amy Erica Smith ◽  
Anand Edward Sokhey
Keyword(s):  
Political Science ◽  
Gender Gap ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Individual Level ◽  
Publication Rates ◽  
Publication Patterns ◽  
Original Survey ◽  
Political Science Journals ◽  
Selection Of

ABSTRACTIn recent work, Teele and Thelen (2017) documented the underrepresentation of female-authored scholarship in a broad selection of political science journals. To better understand these patterns, we present the results of an original, individual-level survey of political scientists conducted in the spring of 2017. Confirming Teele and Thelen’s speculation, our evidence indicates that differences in submission rates underlie the gender gap in publication—a pattern particularly pronounced for the discipline’s “top three” journals. Leveraging original survey items, we pursue explanations of the submission gap, finding that both methodological specialization and attitudes toward publication strategies play roles. Importantly, we also conclude that men and women obtain differential returns on their investments in coauthorship: although male and female respondents report identical propensities to coauthor, coauthorship boosts submission and publication rates more strongly for men than women. We discuss the implications of our findings for ongoing conversations about inequality in political science.

Report on Political Science Grant Support from the National Science Foundation

1979 ◽  
Vol 12 (03) ◽  
pp. 326-328
Author(s):  
Gerald C. Wright
Keyword(s):  
Political Science ◽  
Political Institutions ◽  
National Science Foundation ◽  
Science Research ◽  
Theoretical Research ◽  
The Political ◽  
Economic Science ◽  
Science Program ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
National Science

The Political Science Program at the National Science Foundation provides support for basic empirical and theoretical research on political institutions and processes. The goal of the program is to facilitate the development of scientific theory and knowledge on political behavior, the operation of political systems, and the actions of governments. The program seeks to meet this goal by supporting research on a very wide range of substantive topics falling under the rubric of politics. As part of its long-range planning, the program attempts to identify areas of intellectual growth for program emphases. In making funding decisions, however, the determining factor is the scientific merit of the proposed work rather than topical or methodological closeness to the major emphases in program plans.Support for basic political science research has been growing at a faster rate than overall NSF support for the social sciences. From fiscal 1977 to 1979 the Political Science Program allocation grew 35 percent compared to a 17 percent increase in the overall funding for the Division of Social and Economic Science.

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