STEM fields vs. gender studies comic - image

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STEM is Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math

STEAM is Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math

The arts have a major impact on the design of products so why not include it?

Since I work with college students, I may be reading this cartoon differently than others. The women look at the STEM booth and see a guy so figure it is not for them. They look at the gender studies booth and see a woman so figure that would be a better place to go.

When we want to attract both young men and women to our engineering classes, both sexes staff our booth at the same time.

I can tell you, first hand, that a team made up of both men and women is far more effective than one that is only men or only women.

Rick