4th Network Gender & STEM Conference, July 31-August 2, 2018

Reimagining Who Does STEM and Why Through Research, Education, and Action
Network Gender and STEM education and occupational pathways and participation
National Expert Organization on Girls/Women and Science/Technology
University of Oregon, College of Education

This conference aims to present empirical research and instructional practice, exploring how STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) educators, practitioners, and students form STEM identities, how those identities are formed or constrained by existing structures, and the ways that instruction and educational policy can broaden conceptions of who can and could do STEM research and practice. Complementary perspectives will address how such pathways can be facilitated at various points along students’ and young adults’ educational and occupational development.