The "Influences on Science Careers" study, which I am conducting with Anne Lincoln of Southern Methodist University, looks at which factors influence the decision to go into science as a career. We conducted an online survey of men and women who work in the 20 top graduate programs in physics and biology, including graduate students, postdocs, and professors. We have also completed 150 of 200 life history interviews with a sample of the respondents. Once completed, the study will illuminate the perceptions both men and women have about the educational experiences that factored into their decision to pursue an academic career in the sciences.

The research is supported by a grant from the GSE division of the National Science Foundation.

Ecklund, Elaine Howard, “How Scientists Explain Differences in Proportion of Women in Academic Physics and Biology,” Department of Sociology, Florida State University, October.

Ecklund, Elaine Howard, Anne E. Lincoln, Cassandra Tansey, “How Scientists Perceive Sex Segregation in Biology and Physics,” American Sociological Association, Las Vegas, August.

Ecklund, Elaine Howard, Sarah James, Anne E. Lincoln, “Taking Science from the Ivory Tower to the Dinner Table: How Scientists Perceive Community Outreach,” American Sociological Association, Las Vegas, August.

Lincoln, Anne E., and Elaine Howard Ecklund, “Male Scientists Want to be Fathers, and Other Ways the Science Career Influences Family Life for Men and Women,” American Sociological Association,” Atlanta, August.

Lincoln, Anne E, and Elaine Howard Ecklund, “Toward Understanding Gender in the Academy: Faculty Experiences in Gender-Integrated and Male-Dominated Science Fields,” Conference on Gender, Work, and Organizations, Keele University, UK, June.

Ecklund, Elaine Howard and Anne E. Lincoln, “Toward Underlying Reasons for Gender Stratification in the Sciences: Preliminary Findings from the Perceptions of Women in Science Study,” Southern Sociological Society, Atlanta, April.

Ecklund, Elaine Howard and Anne E. Lincoln. " Male Scientists Regret Parenthood Decisions more than Female Counterparts." American Sociological Association annual meeting, Atlanta, August.

Lincoln, Anne E, and Elaine Howard Ecklund, "Toward Understanding Gender in the Academy: Faculty Experiences in Gender-Integrated and Male-Dominated Science Fields," Keele University, UK, June.

Ecklund, Elaine Howard and Anne E. Lincoln. "Toward Underlying Reasons for Gender Stratification in the Sciences," Southern Sociological Society, Atlanta, April.