Despite efforts to diversify science, tech, engineering, and math industries, the percentage of women in federal STEM jobs has remained virtually unchanged since 2005.
That's according to new research out of the University of Georgia, which analyzed workplace demographic data to find that employment of women in stem jobs across federal agencies rose only a fraction of a percent in nearly 20 years.
Researchers found that women in federal STEM jobs quit at disproportionately high rates, possibly due to a lack of supportive female colleagues and role models within their work environment.
Published in the journal Public Personnel Management, the study was led by Edward Kellough, a professor in UGA’s School of Public and International Affairs, and Lawrence Brown, a doctoral graduate in public administration and policy at UGA, and an assistant professor at the University of Illinois Chicago.
