The Presence of Female Conveners Correlates with a Higher Proportion of Female Speakers at Scientific Symposia

ABSTRACT We investigated the hypothesis that the gender of conveners at scientific meetings influenced the gender distribution of invited speakers. Analysis of 460 symposia involving 1,845 speakers in two large meetings sponsored by the American Society for Microbiology revealed that having at least...

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Main Authors: Arturo Casadevall, Jo Handelsman
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2014
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/c8382935dca348d4bb8318930ed00355
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