This week’s goal was to have an outline of the Activism Project ready and start gathering data that will be used to flesh out the details of the project.

The following question will guide the development of the Activism project over the upcoming weeks: What role should higher education institutions play in promoting more women to choose careers in STEM fields?

I will try to keep a global perspective (as opposed to focusing on the American landscape alone) as I gather data. The sociocultural aspects of the gender bias in STEM are a necessary component in formulating strategies that will be most effective in closing the gender gap in a given cultural context.

I did not face any technological challenges in this week’s assignments. Zotero was a very intuitive tool to use, which made the process of data gathering and categorizing very easy. The bigger challenge is in whittling down the vast amount of research data that is available, and creating a coherent argument that will support the Activism Plan.