Washingtech Tech Policy Podcast With Joe Miller

Roberta Rincon is the Society of Women Engineers' (SWE) Manager of Research. Before joining SWE, Roberta Rincon was a Senior Research and Policy Analyst at The University of Texas System. She has over 15 years of experience in higher education policy research, coordinating various award and faculty recruitment programs, analyzing the impact of state legislative actions, and preparing white papers on topics ranging from classroom utilization to student success. Roberta received her B.S. in Civil Engineering from The University of Texas at Austin, an MBA and an M.S. in Information Management from Arizona State University, and recently completed her Ph.D. in Educational Policy and Planning from UT Austin. In this episode we discussed how to: reduce gender bias in STEM. prevent the attrition of women away from STEM fields. improve the representation of women in tenured, full-time STEM professorships. improve school compliance with Title IX of the U.S. Education Amendments of 1972 (prohibiting sex discrimination