About the Center

Professionals in the STEMM fields have been trained to be objective, systematic thinkers. However, they are often not aware that they too have gender and race biases, which distort the process of fair evaluation and fair reward, waste talent, and impede innovation.  These biases are not simply cognitive and individual.  They are learned from the broader culture and emerge in interaction with others.

Women are underrepresented and often undervalued in engineering, the physical sciences, and many medical specialties.  We, the affiliates and directors of CRG-STEMM, are scholars from a wide range of disciplines who study how gender disparities unfold in the fields of science, technology, engineering, mathematics, and medicine (STEMM). We study this process among different populations and at different points in career trajectories, from STEMM graduates interviewing for first jobs to scientists in industry to established engineers at top research universities.

Our broader goal is to promote workplace cultures that foster inclusion, productivity, and equity at UC San Diego and in STEMM industries more broadly.