Short Biography
Angela B. Ginorio
is associate professor in Women Studies, and adjunct associate professor in the
Departments of Psychology and American Ethnic Studies at the University of
Washington-Seattle. She teaches courses on "Women and/in Science,"
“Issues for ethnic minorities and women in science and engineering” and
"Women and Violence.”
She developed and directed the
Rural Girls in Science Program that operated out of the University of
Washington from 1992-2006. She just finished
work as P.I. of the Sloan funded Interdisciplinary
Social Science Approaches to the Participation of Ethnic Minorities in
STEM.
Her scholarship focuses on science
studies focused on ethnic minorities and women in STEM, access issues in
education for Latino/as and first-generation college students, and violence
against women. She is a fellow of the
American Psychological Association.
Brief Vita
Current
Positions
1999-present Associate Professor –
Women Studies
Adjunct Associate Professor -
Psychology
Adjunct Associate
Professor - American Ethnic Studies
Courses: Women and/in Science, Issues for Ethnic
Minorities and Women in Science and Engineering, Women and Violence
Principal Fields of Interest
Social studies of
science, with a focus on access to, and experiences in science and engineering
of under-represented groups (students and faculty of color, women, students
from rural backgrounds, first-generation students).
Knowledge claims of victims
Psychosocial and
educational issues for Latinas.
Grants and
Awards - Recent or Relevant
Interdisciplinary
Social Science Approaches to the Participation of Ethnic Minorities in STEM. (Sara Díaz,
co-P.I.). Award from the Sloan
Foundation, $23,592, October 2006 - September 2007.
Issues
for Ethnic Minorities & Women in Science & Engineering: Lecture Series
and Dissemination. (Marjorie Olmstead,
co-P.I.) Award from the UW ADVANCE program, two quarters of R.A.
support (Winter & Spring Quarters 2005).
Las Primeras/Los Primeros: College Bound Club of the Rural Girls in Science.
Award from Alcoa Corporation, $31,000, October 2001 – June 2003.
Road to the future of the Rural Girls in Science
Program. Award from Alcoa Corporation,
$20,000, July 2000 - June 2001.
Assessing our progress:
Rural Girls in Science. Award from Alcoa
Corporation, $16,000, October 1999 – June 2000.
Rural Girls in Science
and Computer Summer Camp. Grant
from Paul G. Allen Foundation, $10,000, October 2000 – May 2001.
Rural Girls in Science
and Computer Camp. Grant from Microsoft’s Community Affairs,
$20,000, June - December 1999.
Computer Support to
Rural Girls in Science Project. Grant
from Microsoft’s Community Affairs, $35,000 plus thirty computers with all
necessary software valued at $60,000+, July 1998 - June 1999.
Ethnic Minorities and Women in Science and
Engineering: Barriers and Solutions.
Grant from Arts and Sciences Exchange Program, $7660, July 1998 - June
1999.
Identification of
Aspects of the Career-Development Processes of Working Graduates, Graduate
Students, and Undergraduates, in Mathematics, Science and Engineering. (Elaine Seymour, U of
Colorado, co P-I.) Grant from the
Sloan Foundation to the University of Colorado-Boulder, $45,500 sub-contract to
UW, March 1996 -
December 1997.
Rural High School Girls and Science:
Meeting the Challenge Through a Comprehensive
Approach. Grant from the National
Science Foundation, $893,408, October 1994 - December 1997. Supplemental for $18,909 granted April
1997. This grant was augmented by a
donation of $27,000 from Microsoft Corporation, and of $25,000 by other local
foundations.
Women in Science
Research Conference Follow-up. Grant
from the Sloan Foundation to the CURIES group, (University of Michigan,
grantee), $3,000 sub-contract to UW, July 1995- June 1996.
Ethnic Minority High School
Students in Mathematics and Science. Grant
from the Sloan Foundation to the National Action Council for Minorities in
Engineering, $3,000 sub-contract to UW, July 1994- January 1995.
Retrospective Study of
Science and Engineering Majors at the University of Washington. Grant from the Sloan Foundation, $9,489,
February - September 1993.
Science Education at the
College Level Lecture Series. Grant
from the Fund for the Improvement of Post-Secondary Education's Lecture Series,
$5,000, June 1992- January 1993.
Summer Science Program
for Rural High School Females (Nancy Cook, co-P.I.). Grant from the Discuren
Foundation, $119,265, January 1992 - December 1993
Publications - Recent or Relevant
(* peer reviewed,
•author’s order is alphabetical)
Peer- Reviewed Journal
Articles & Chapters in Edited Books
*° Ginorio, A. B., Lapayese, Y,
& Vásquez, M. J. T (2007). Gender
equity for Latina/os. Ch. 23 in S. Klein
(General Editor) & B. Richardson, D. A. Grayson, L. H. Fox, C. Kramarae, D. S. Pollard, & C. A. Dwyer (Eds.) Chapter 23 in Handbook on Achieving Gender Equity Through Education. (2nd ed.) (pp. Xx -xx). New York City: Lawrence Erlbaum
Associates.
°Ginorio, A. B. (forthcoming). The
situated and punctated participation of women in the
information society: Ethno-race, class, and gender. Women
in science and technology. (Eds: Nancy Felipe Russo, Connie Chan, Mary Beth Kenkel, Cheryl Travis, & Melba Vásquez). Washington, D.C.: American Psychological
Association.
*Ginorio,
A. B., Fournier, J. & Frevert, K. (2003,
February). The Rural
Girls in Science Program. Educational
Leadership, 61(8), 79-83.
Ginorio, A.
B. & Olmstead, M. (2002). Physics
and women studies working together: Issues for ethnic minorities and women in
science and engineering. In Musil, Caryn McTighe
(Ed.), Gender, science, and the undergraduate curriculum: Building two-way
streets. (Pp. 71-82). Washington, D.C.: American Association of
Colleges & Universities.
* Ginorio,
A. B., Huston, M., Frevert, K. & Bierman, J. (2002). Rural
Girls in Science: From pipelines to affirming education. Journal of Women and Minorities in Science
and Engineering, 8, 305-325.
(Special issue: At the crossroads: women, science, and engineering)
Hollenshead, C.
& Ginorio, A. B. (2001). Affirmative Action: Controversy and
opportunity. In Balancing the equation: Where are the women and girls in science,
engineering, and technology. (pp. 52-55).
Available from NCRW, 11 Hanover Square – 20th Fl, New York,
NY 10005. Special
report from the National Council for Research on Women. (Invited)
*Ginorio,
A. B., Marshall, T., & Breckenridge, L. (2000). The feminist and the scientist: One and the
same. Women’s Studies Quarterly, XXVIII (1 & 2),
271-295.
*Ginorio,
A. B. & Grignon,
J. (2000). "The transition to and from high school
of ethnic minority students."
In Campbell, Jr. G., Denes, R., &
Morrison, C. (Eds.) Access
Denied: Race, Ethnicity and the Scientific Enterprise. (pp. 151-173) NY: Oxford Press. (Invited)
*•Clewell, B. C. & Ginorio, A.
B. (1996). Examining women's progress in the
sciences from the perspective of diversity.
In Davis, C. C., Ginorio, A. B., Hollenshead, C. S., Lazarus, B., & Rayman,
P. (Eds.) The Equity Equation: Fostering the
Advancement of Women in the Sciences, Mathematics, and Engineering (pp. 163-231). San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
•Davis, C. S., Ginorio, A. B., Hollenshead, C.
S., Lazarus, B., & Rayman, P. (Eds.) (1996). The Equity Equation:
Fostering the Participation of Women in Science, Mathematics, and Engineering. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
Ginorio, A. B. (1996). A culture of meaningful
community. In Bridging
the Gender Gap in Engineering and Science:
The Challenge of Institutional Transformation. (pp. 28-32).
(Available from Carnegie Mellon University, 5000
Forbes Ave.-WH 419, Pittsburgh, PA.
15213). (invited)
*Ginorio,
A. B. (1995). Warming the Climate for
Women in Academic Science.
Washington, D.C.: Association of American Colleges and
Universities. (38 pages)
Lectures, Papers and
Presentations
2006, June “Girls Do Science: Increasing Achievement in High School.” Paper in the plenary panel
at “Why the difference?” Conference in The
College of St. Catherine in St. Paul, MN.
2004, May “Oral histories and
interventions in science.” Invited
presenter in conference “Nurturing the next generation: Research on gender and
science and engineering,” Henry Luce Foundation, New York, NY.
2002, March “Faculty
women of color in science and engineering” (with Evelynn
Hammonds). Presentation to NSF’s program officers meeting.
2000, August Access issues to science and technology for diverse
women. Paper as part of the
Presidential Mini-convention Symposium on “Diverse Perspectives and
contributions of women to science and technology.” American Psychological
Association Annual Conference, Washington, D.C.
2000, June “On being “The First”:
Rural Girls in Science. Paper at Symposia “NSF 50th Anniversary Celebration”,
University of Washington, Seattle, WA.
2000,
April *One size does not fit all: The case of women and ethnic
minorities. Paper in plenary panel “How
do we know when we’ve achieved scientific literacy? And who will decide?” at the AAC&U’s Rethinking Scientific Literacy in the Age of
Diversity and Specialization Conference, Charleston, SC.
Teaching
(*
course I developed)
1999-present *Women 485/Phsyics 428: Issues for
Ethnic Minorities and Women in Science and Engineering
1994-present *Women 427: Women and Violence
*Women 488: Women and/in Science
2004, 2006 *Women 490: Feminist Understanding
of Victims
1995, 2008 *Women 490: Issues for Women of
Color in Academia
1997-2000 *Women 490: Gendered Technologies
2000 *Women 590: Grant
writing
2002-2006 Women 491, 492: Women Studies
Thesis I and II
Consulting, Review, and Service Activities
Member of the Research Advisory Council to the Franklin
Institute’s (Philadelphia) “The impact of informal science on girls’ interest,
engagement, and participation in science communities”, February 2005 - present.
Member, External
Advisory Board, ADVANCE Project at the University of Puerto Rico - Humacao, January 2005 - 2007.
Committee of Visitors
for the “Research on Gender in Science and Engineering Program” at NSF, 22-23
May 2006.
Member, Blue Ribbon
Panel on Higher Education of the NSF sponsored “Building Engineering and
Science Talent” Initiative, November 2001 – 2003.
Carnegie Technical Education
of Carnegie Mellon University’s “Promoting diversity in web-based education of
software developers” NSF grant, March 2000 – 2002.
Massachusetts
Institute of Technology’s “Shape of the Tech Stream” diversity project,
Cambridge, MA; October 2000-January 2001.
Other Positions
1987-2000 Director, Northwest Center for
Research on Women, University of Washington: Developed research initiatives and
programs that foster and maintain scholarly excellence in gender-related
research; supervised the staff that implements them. Served as a resource to people concerned with
these issues in and out of the academic community. Research focus: Women and Ethnic Minorities
in Science and Technology. Received grants and gifts amounting to more than $1,000,000 to support
special projects.
1983-92 Director,
Women's Information Center, University of Washington: Administered and
coordinated the programs of the Center, developed new programs and supervised
the staff that implemented them.
Programs were aimed at the dissemination of information for and about
women through classes and workshops, resources and referrals, conferences and
events, and two publications. In
addition there was a re-entry program and an art gallery. Generated funds through
grants and other means to partially support the programs.
1981-82 Counselor, Special Services
Program, University of Washington: Group and individual counseling of
economically disadvantaged students in the academic, vocational, professional,
and personal areas. Developed and
implemented programs to address students’ needs.
February
2008