Girls and women in STEM: a never ending story

Introduction / Janice Koch and Beverly Irby

Intersections of African American women in STEM and lingering racial and gender bias / Catherine Martin-Dunlop and Whitney Johnson

African American women's resilience in hard science majors / Ezella McPherson

Reflections of eight Latinas and the role of language in the middle school science classroom / Carolyn Parker

Maternal perspectives on getting a degree in computer science: does class trump race? / Louise Ann Lyon

The evolution of the chilly climate for women in science / Roxanne Hughes

The effect of alternative assessments in natural science on attitudes toward science in grade 8 girls in South Africa / Nicole N. Wallace and Annemarie Hattingh

The role of out-of-school time in encouraging girls in STEM / Merle Froschl and Barbara Sprung

STEM summer institute: a model program for stem integration for girls / Crystal T. Chukwurah and Stacy S. Klein-Gardner

Robotics programs: inspiring young women in STEM / Cecilia (Ceal) D. Craig

Looking through a mirror with a third eye: improving mathematics teaching in culturally diverse classrooms / Sylvia Taube and Barbara Polnick

The FORWARD program / Catherine Mavriplis, Rachelle S. Heller, Paul Sabila, and Charlene Sorensen.