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Film Description
Essential viewing for students, educators, counselors, policy makers and parents, THE GENDER CHIP PROJECT is being hailed as an important resource for addressing the disparity of representation of women in the science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) fields.
Film Length
54:00
About the Film
Although women comprise the majority of undergraduates in America, only 20 percent are earning degrees in engineering and computer science. With statistics like these—and controversies such as the firestorm created when a prominent university president suggested women lack innate abilities in math and science—it’s clear that the road to success in the high-stakes STEM professions is not an easy one for young women.
The Gender Chip Project illustrates this challenge as it follows five extraordinary women majoring in the sciences, engineering and math at Ohio State University. Meeting regularly throughout their four years of school, they create a community to share their experiences and struggles as women stepping into traditionally male domains, and find support in dialog with their female professors.
It is a rare and subtle portrait of five extraordinary young women attending this midwestern university who take up the challenge to succeed in fields which are now only reluctantly accepting of women. Now chaptered for easier use, the DVD shows how these extraordinary students are finding their own way to navigate and succeed in these male-dominated areas of study.
Praise for The Gender Chip Project
“…provocative and stimulating…provides a window into the relevant issues that a diverse group of women face in their college years as they sort through their interests and experiences in the fields of science and technology.”
Jane Margolis
Co-Author, Unlocking the Clubhouse: Women in Computing
“…does an outstanding job of capturing the real voices of women and their journey within the still chilly STEM education system.”
Karen Peterson
Executive Director, Puget Sound Center for Teaching, Learning, and Technology
“A probing, eye-opening unpacking of the equation women and science that rocks preconceptions and twists open unexpected gendered issues about math, medicine, technology and engineering.”
Patricia R. Zimmermann, Ph.D.
Professor of Cinema and Photography, Ithaca College
“Insightful. Highly recommended with great potential for use in many collections. Beneficial to teachers, guidance counselors and school administrators [and to] those who have the obligation of developing gender neutral curricula.”
Educational Media Reviews Online
“Should inspire teenage girls to investigate nontraditional college majors and careers.”
Booklist
Action Toolkit
A free Action Toolkit is available (click here) and is designed to facilitate the most effective ways of using the film in the classroom, screenings, and workshops. These resources have been aggregated here for their value and convenience for adults who are encouraging girls considering STEM in college and careers.
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This project was funded by THE NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
This is a Thirty Leaves Production with Media Working Group, in association with the Ohio State University’s Wexner Center for the Arts’ Media Program. This film was supported by the National Science Foundation, Wexner Center Residency Award Program, the Ohio State University, Offices of Academic & Student Affairs, the Ohio State University Alumni association, Wexner Center Foundation, Ohio Arts Council, the National Endowment for the Arts, and Media Working Group, Inc.
