Interview: Black and Latina Women Scientists Sometimes Mistaken for Janitors

On 6 February 2015, my research with my colleagues was featured in an article by Brigid Schulte for The Washington Post.

The article, ‘Black and Latina Women Scientists Sometimes Mistaken for Janitors,’ explores the findings of a new report by the Center for WorkLife Law at the University of California. The report, ‘Double Jeopardy? Gender Bias Against Women of Color in Science,’ finds four types of gender bias against women: having to prove yourself repeatedly, walking a tightrope between being seen as either too masculine or too feminine, running into the maternal wall and motherhood bias, and experiencing a tug of war as one of the few women in an organisation. Read an excerpt below.

“There’s not only a leaky pipeline problem, the plumbing itself is broken,” wrote Zuleyka Zevallos, Buddhini Samarasinghe and Rajini Rao, three women scientists who started the Web site STEM Women, to highlight the bias women in science encounter in an effort to change the culture.

Read more on The Washington Post.