Grad Grow Learning Opportunities

In addition to dissertation fellowships, the Clayman Institute offers a number of opportunities to support graduate students working on gender or gender related topics. The three Clayman Institute prizes honor the next generation of gender research scholars and afford leading graduate students the opportunity to present their research in a number of forums. Some prizes require a faculty nomination.

Co-sponsored by the Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology, this Clayman Institute study analyzes the barriers to the retention and advancement of women in technology in Silicon Valley. It identifies women in mid-level positions as at the most critical juncture of the career ladder, given that gender-related barriers tend to converge here. This reference equips women graduate students who are considering careers in industry with knowledge for selecting employers and evaluating workplace cultures, so as to choose the most fruitful career path.

Stanford Medicine's Contemplation by Design (CBD) is a campus-wide, multidisciplinary program designed to encourage all members of the Stanford community to enjoy the power of the pause. Quarterly, CBD classes, lectures, workshops, concerts and mixed media events are offered all around campus to provide skill-building experiences that further balance, tranquility, resilience and creative excellence.

Implicit or unconscious bias is a major source of error and poor decision-making. So how does one combat it? In this video, Stanford Professor and VMware Women's Leadership Innovation Lab director Shelley Correll gives an engaging overview of how gender bias informs evaluations of women in the workplace that often result in more limited opportunities for promotion and recognition. She details the latest research on gender stereotypes as a cognitive shortcut which disadvantages women relative to men.

If you have questions about design or design thinking, this is the site for you. The d.school's Design Questions Library covers subjects from teamwork to empathy and creativity, to design speed, and can direct you towards further resources in any areas that pique your interest. 

The d.school's Design Thinking Bootleg is a compendium of tools and method used by design thinkers, formulated into a convenient (pdf) deck of cards for you to keep around. Available in English, Spanish, and German, the deck covers the five different "modes" that are the components of design thinking: empathize, define, ideate, prototype, and test. Anyone interested in design thinking can use it for inspiration or to generate new ideas for potential ways of doing things.