IEEE-SSIT
1999 International Symposium on Technology and Society
(ISTAS`99)
Women and Technology: Historical, Societal and Professional Perspectives
July 29-31, 1999
Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey
The roles of women in technology are more diverse, controversial, and important
today than ever before. Historically, women's involvement in the creation,
manufacture, and use of new technologies has been seriously neglected.
Even today, the public has an understanding of society that usually treats
women as "technological illiterates" with little stake in any aspect of
new technologies. Yet since the 1950s women have tried to technologically
empower themselves, particularly by entering the engineering profession.
They have done so in great numbers, although today it is glaringly obvious
that women are still underrepresented in engineering. Women in the field
still face gender-based obstacles, expectations, and biases despite decades
of efforts to eradicate these problems.
Call For Papers
We encourage contributions for topics related to this general theme:
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Impact of information technology on women and women's work.
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Women workers in industry and manufacturing.
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Women in the engineering workforce.
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Women faculty and students in science and engineering education.
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Motherhood and technology.
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Historical and current perspectives on women and technological development.
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Technology and gender inequality.
We also welcome papers in additional general areas of interest to the members
of SSIT: Environmental, health, safety, and peace-related implications
of technology. Social, economic, and ethical issues involving energy, information,
and telecommunications technologies. History of technology. Systems analysis
in public policy decisions. Research methods for technology-policy analysis.
Submit a one page abstract for a paper or poster, or a proposal for
a paper session or panel discussion to the Co-Chairs at email: David
Morton, Research Historian, IEEE History Center: d.morton@ieee.org, or
April Brown, Associate Professor, Dept. of Electrical Engineering, Georgia
Institute of Technology: april.brown@ee.gatech.edu
Mail: David Morton, IEEE History Center, Rutgers University, 39 Union
St., New Brunswick, NJ 08901-8538, or April Brown, Dept. of Electrical
Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332.
Deadlines: Proposals for Sessions, Panels, and individual papers: 1
March 1999. Notification of Acceptance: April 15, 1999. Manuscripts for
the Conference Proceedings: June 1, 1999.
Technical Co-Sponsors: IEEE
History Center, IEEE
Committee on Women in Engineering
Co-Sponsor: IEEE
Society on the Social Implications of Technology
Cooperating Institutions: Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
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