In this webinar, Deepa Srikantaiah and Naureen Bhullar will present their research on young women’s aspirations to pursue STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) careers in Bangalore, the IT capital of India.
Their research followed eight young women in the beginning of their careers over six months to understand their educational background, how they got to their current position in a STEM field, what their aspirations are to continue working in STEM, and how social and cultural backgrounds influence their career decision making processes.
Although women were the focus of the study, four men were also interviewed in the beginning of their careers in similar organizations to have a comparison across gender. The theoretical framework is based on Urie Bronfenbrenner’s ecological systems model (1994), which helped build the personal stories of the women in their STEM careers. Multiple interviews were conducted with the women about these systems and settings to determine the potential influences on their lives. This model enabled the researchers to look at their past and present influences and how it shaped them in their current form.
This webinar presentation will focus on preliminary findings from the study highlighting the support these women received to pursue STEM, the challenges they faced, and also the opportunities they see for the future.
Deepa Srikantaiah, Ph.D., recently completed a Fulbright-Nehru US Scholarship at the Indian Institute of Management Bangalore in India and is currently a resident scholar at the Institute. Before going to India, Dr. Srikantaiah was a Senior Associate in Math Education at Creative Associates International, a USAID contractor, where she provided technical expertise and leadership in mathematics instruction with an emphasis on early grades and foundational skills in both formal and non-formal education settings. Dr. Srikantaiah was also an Education Specialist at the Global Partnership for Education Secretariat, where she initiated and headed the work on early grade mathematics education. Dr. Srikantaiah started her career teaching chemistry and her passion for teaching and education led her to pursue graduate work in education. She has over 10 years of experience working on mathematics, science, technology and engineering education programs in the United States and Internationally. Dr. Srikantaiah has also worked at the Center on Education Policy and at the Human Development and Education Network at the World Bank. Dr. Srikantaiah holds an M.A. and Ph.D. in International Education Policy from the University of Maryland.
Naureen Bhullar, Ph.D., is a Post-doctoral Research Associate at Indian Institute of Management Bangalore (IIMB) with social psychologist Ramadhar Singh. She received her Ph.D. in Developmental and Biological Psychology from Virginia Tech and taught in the Department of Psychology at Widener University in Chester, Pennsylvania for five years. Her research interests include emotions and emotional contagion, meaning of life, and autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in adolescents and adults.
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