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Gender Differences in Academia & COVID-19

Widening the Gap: Gender Differences in Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Early-Career Scholars

2021 MSUFCU Best History, Philosophy, and Sociology of Science presentation for the Lyman Briggs Research Showcase
Lexi Nadolsky, 2nd year
Arika Hawkins, 4th year
Guizhen Ma, 1st-year postdoctoral fellow

Abstract

Despite noticeable progress in recent years towards increasing representation of female academics at all career levels, gender disparities in opportunity, institutional support, and inclusivity remain in academia. For early-career scholars, these gender differences in work climate can manifest as disparities in opportunity, lack of access to resources, and a myriad of other inequitable factors that can hinder opportunity for success.
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Education, Exposure & Transphobia in the ER

2021 MSUFCU Honorable Mention Award for the Lyman Briggs Research Showcase
Differentiating the Effects of Exposure versus Medical Education on Transphobia Among a Sample of Emergency Room Practitioners
Ishaan Modi, 2nd year

Abstract

Transgender individuals are a marginalized population in the United States, facing systemic discrimination from housing to employment to education. However, an area of discrimination that is equally as omnipresent is in healthcare. Transgender individuals may often face microaggressions or explicit discrimination from providers or staff; when this occurs in the emergency room, this transphobia (prejudice against transgender people) could be deadly.
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Transracial Adoptee Psyche and Mental Health

2021 MSUFCU Diversity & Inclusion Award for the Lyman Briggs Research Showcase
Effects of Adoption on the Psyche and Mental Health of Transracial Adoptees
Abi Otwell, 4th year

Abstract

Transracial adoptees form a small minority group that is subject to an intriguing combination of social pressures that creates distinct stressors on mental health. Attempts to navigate two or more cultures when developing their racial/cultural self-identity can cause transracial adoptees to feel isolated from multiple social communities.
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