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•Questions:
•1) What are perceptions of female college student leaders on the
current situation with respect to gender diversity in forest sector
education?
•2) What motivates female students to enter forest sector
education and industry?
•3) In what ways do gender stereotypes and expectations influence
the experiences of a collegiate forest student organization leader?
•4) In what ways do female college student leaders think the forest
sector education and industry could be made more attractive to
young females?
Rough outline of steps:
•1) Identify potential respondents
•2) Develop research proposal
•3) Apply for IRB approval
•4) Train for interviewing
•5) Reach out to respondents (41)
•6) Schedule interviews
•7) Interview, Interview, Interview
•8) Transcriptions of interviews
•9) NVivo thematic coding
•10) Work on publication
University locations:
1) SLU has campuses in the
towns of Umea, Upsala, Skara
and Alknarp in Sweden
2) OSU has campuses in
Corvallis and Bend, Oregon
3) UBC has a campus in
Vancouver, BC, Canada
4) UH has a campus in Helsinki,
Finland
Science Communication:
An important factor of research
important to Pipiet and I is
presentation of information
created through research. I got the
chance to be a rare undergraduate
guest with Pipiet on KBVR’s radio
segment, Inspiration
Dissemination with Kristen Finch.
Pipiet Larasatie, Taylor Barnett, Eric Hansen
*College of Forestry*
Pipiet also was a guest on
Orange Media Network’s
Spotlight show. I joined her in
spotlight segment about
women empowerment this
March. Researching gender
diversity in the forest sector is
empowering to both myself
and Pipiet, as well as all of the
women within the sector and
those entering in the near
future.
Scan to listen to our conversation
with Kristen on Inspiration
Dissemination
Scan to watch Pipiet’s
Womens network segment on
KBVR’s Spotlight series
Abstract:
In developed societies, there have been overall continuous efforts in recent years to
increase gender diversity that resulted in some positive benefits such as an increased
number of women in education, paid employment, and top management positions. It
can be argued that increasing gender diversity in the workplace is not only the right
thing to do, but the smart thing to do. However, prevalent economic exclusion still plays
a role in the workplace as evidenced by women averaging 15-20 percent less earnings
than men.
This qualitative study employs semi-structured interviews to examine perspectives of
female college students in leadership roles on gender aspects in the forest sector. Our
participants are 41 female student organization leaders from the top four forestry
universities in the world as reported by The Center for World University Rankings:
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Oregon State University, University of British
Columbia, and University of Helsinki.
Top 4 Forestry Universities:
Upcoming Opportunities:
Pipiet and I will be travelling across
South America to Curitiba, Brazil to
present our research at the
International Union of Forest
Research Organizations (IUFRO)
pentennial world congress
convention.
I will do an oral presentation in the
Society for Wood Science and Technology
(SWST) convention in Yosemite,
California this year, which will act as a
milestone for my participation in the
College of Forestry’s Mentored
Employment Program (MEP).
SWST Promotional and Apparel Items. (n.d.). Retrieved May 6, 2019, from
http://stores.thinkittheninkit.com/apparel/swst17
IUFRO Logo. (n.d.). Retrieved May 6, 2019, from
http://www5.uva.es/etsiiaa/2017/12/08/iufro-efi-young-scientists-initiative/