Research Foci:
WST research links issues in the study of science and technology with those of gender, culture, and society. The overarching research question is what is the relationship between gender and science and technology in culture and society?
Specific research topics of the WST Center faculty include:
- Careers of women in science and technological fields
- Cultural representations of gender, science, and technology
- Educational processes affecting outcomes for women in science and engineering
- Gender, computing, and information technology
- Gender orientation in adult development
- Historical and contemporary studies of women, architecture, and design
- Inequalities by gender and race on a global scale
- Studies of risk in science and medicine
Contact Information:
Mary Frank Fox
NSF Advance Professor of Sociology
Co-director, Center for Study of Women, Science, & Technology
Carol Colatrella
Associate Professor of Literature
WST Co-director
Mary Lynn Realff
Associate Professor of Textiles and Fiber Engineering
WST Co-director
Georgia Institute of Technology
Atlanta, GA 30332-0345
Phone: 404-894-1818
Email: mary.fox@hts.gatech.edu