For female leaders of tomorrow: Cultivate an interdisciplinary mindset

Monica Lopez-Gonzalez

doi:10.1109/WIE.2017.8285606

For female leaders of tomorrow: Cultivate an interdisciplinary mindset

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Abstract

The call for empowering women to participate fully in all sectors of society posits that women's participation is key to economic growth, political stability, and social transformation. Approaches to achieve such participation, however, are trivialized due to existing gender biases and women continue to lag behind in STEM professions. In this article I argue for the transformative power of an interdisciplinary mindset-particularly one engendered by a STEAM education whereby 'A' stands for Arts-As a catalyst for STEM careers and beyond. Furthermore, I conclude that STEAM will prevail in the hands of interdisciplinary leaders.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	2017 IEEE Women in Engineering (WIE) Forum USA East
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages	1-6
Number of pages	6
ISBN (Electronic)	9781538619407
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/WIE.2017.8285606
State	Published - Jul 2 2017
Externally published	Yes
Event	2017 IEEE Women in Engineering (WIE) Forum USA East, WIE 2017 - Baltimore, United States Duration: Nov 30 2017 → Dec 2 2017

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Name	2017 IEEE Women in Engineering (WIE) Forum USA East
Volume	2017-November

Conference

Conference	2017 IEEE Women in Engineering (WIE) Forum USA East, WIE 2017
Country/Territory	United States
City	Baltimore
Period	11/30/17 → 12/2/17

Keywords

STEAM
STEM
arts
cognitive sciences
empowerment
inter disciplinarity
leadership
mentorship
pre-university and university education
project-based learning

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Education
Gender Studies
Computer Science (miscellaneous)
Engineering (miscellaneous)

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For female leaders of tomorrow: Cultivate an interdisciplinary mindset. / Lopez-Gonzalez, Monica.
2017 IEEE Women in Engineering (WIE) Forum USA East. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2017. p. 1-6 (2017 IEEE Women in Engineering (WIE) Forum USA East; Vol. 2017-November).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

Lopez-Gonzalez, M 2017, For female leaders of tomorrow: Cultivate an interdisciplinary mindset. in 2017 IEEE Women in Engineering (WIE) Forum USA East. 2017 IEEE Women in Engineering (WIE) Forum USA East, vol. 2017-November, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., pp. 1-6, 2017 IEEE Women in Engineering (WIE) Forum USA East, WIE 2017, Baltimore, United States, 11/30/17. https://doi.org/10.1109/WIE.2017.8285606

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