Mary Frank Fox

Advance Professor School of Public Policy Phone: 404-894- 1818 Email: mary.fox@pubpolicy.gatech.edu Web sites: http://www.prism.gatech.edu/~mf27 Ph.D., University of Michigan Field: Sociology

Research:

Study of Careers Among Computer Science Faculty, Georgia Tech HUB of National Center for Women and Information Technology, funded by National Science Foundation (NSF).

Study of Programs for Women in Science and Engineering, supported by NSF.

Research Program of the GT - NSF ADVANCE Institutional Transformation Initiative.

Research Program of the Women's International Research Engineering Summit (WIRES), supported by NSF.

Publications:

Mary Frank Fox, Gerhard Sonnert, and Irina Nikiforova. "Successful Programs for Undergraduate Women in Science and Engineering: Adapting vs. Adopting the Institutional Environment." Research in Higher Education 50 (June 2009): 333-353.

Mary Frank Fox. "Women and Men Faculty in Academic Science and Engineering: Social-Organizational Indicators and Implications." American Behavioral Scientist 51 (2009).

Mary Frank Fox. "Collaboration between Science and Social Science." Research in Social Problems and Public Policy 16 (2008): 17-30.

Mary Frank Fox. “Institutional Transformation and the Advancement of Women Faculty: The Case of Academic Science and Engineering.” In Higher Education: Handbook of Theory and Research, vol. 23. Edited by J. C. Smart. Springer Publishers, 2008.

Gerhard Sonnert, Mary Frank Fox, and Kristen Adkins. “Undergraduate Women in Science and Engineering: Effects of Faculty, Fields, and Institutions Over Time.” Social Science Quarterly 88 (December 2007): 1333-1356.

Mary Frank Fox and Sushanta Mohapatra. "Social-Organizational Characteristics of Work and Publication Productivity Among Academic Scientists in Doctoral-Granting Departments. " The Journal of Higher Education 78 (Sept/Oct 2007): 542-571.

Mary Frank Fox, Carol Colatrella, David McDowell, and Mary Lynn Realff. “Equity in Tenure and Promotion: An Integrated Institutional Approach” In Transforming Science and Engineering: Advancing Academic Women. Edited by A. Stewart, J. Malley, and D. LaVaque-Manty. Ann Arbor, Michigan: The University of Michigan Press, 2007.

Mary Lynn Realff, Carol Colatrella, and Mary Frank Fox. “Inter-connected Networks for Advancement in Academic Science and Engineering: Theory, Practices, and Implementation.” In Transforming Science and Engineering: Advancing Academic Women. Edited by A. Stewart, J. Malley, and D. LaVaque-Manty. Ann Arbor, Michigan: The University of Michigan Press, 2007.

Mary Frank Fox, Deborah G. Johnson, and Sue V. Rosser (eds.). Women, Gender, and Technology. Urbana, Illinois: University of Illinois Press, 2006.

Mary Frank Fox and Carolyn Fonseca. “Gender and Mentoring of Faculty in Science and Engineering: Individual and Organizational Factors.” International Journal of Learning and Change (special issue on ‘Mentoring: A tool for social and human capital learning’) 1 (no. 4, 2006): 460-483.

Mary Frank Fox and Carol Colatrella. “Participation, Performance, and Advancement of Women in Academic Science and Engineering: What is at Issue and Why.” Journal of Technology Transfer (issue on Women in Science) 32 (2006): 373-382.

Mary Frank Fox. “Women and Academic Science: Gender, Status, and Careers.” In Dissolving Disparity, Catalyzing Change: Are Women Achieving Equity in Chemistry? Edited by C. Marzabadi, V. Kuck, S. Nolan, and J. Buckner. Oxford University Press, 2006.

Mary Frank Fox. “Gender, Family Characteristics, and Publication Productivity Among Scientists.” Social Studies of Science 35 (February 2005): 131-150.

Mary Frank Fox. "R. K. Merton: Life Time of Influence." Scientometrics 60 (May 2004).

Mary Frank Fox. “Gender, Faculty, and Doctoral Education in Science and Engineering.” In Equal Rites, Unequal Outcomes: Women in American Research Universities. Edited by L. Hornig. New York: Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers, 2003.
Also published in German translation in: Zwischen Vorderbühne und Hinterbühne. Beitrage zum Wandel der Geschlechterbeziehungen in der Wissenschaft (Between Front Stage and Hinterbühne), Edited by Theresa Wobbe. Bielefeld, Germany: Transcript-verlag, 2003.

Sue V. Rosser, Mary Frank Fox, and Carol Colatrella. “Developing Women’s Studies at Georgia Institute of Technology.” Women’s Studies Quarterly Special Issue “Then and Now: The 30th Anniversary of Women’s Studies” (Fall/Winter 2002): 109-125.

Mary Frank Fox. “Women, Science, and Academia: Graduate Education and Careers.” Gender & Society 15 (October 2001):654-666.

Mary Frank Fox and Paula E. Stephan. “Careers of Young Scientists: Preferences, Prospects, and Realities by Gender and Field.” Social Studies of Science 31(February 2001):109-122.

Mary Frank Fox. “Women in Science and Engineering: What We Know About Education and Employment.” In Scientists and Engineers for the New Millennium: Renewing the Human Resource. Edited by D. Chubin and W. Pearson. Washington, D.C.: Commission on Professionals in Science and Technology, 2001.

Mary Frank Fox. "Science Studies and Feminism." Routledge International Encyclopedia of Women. Edited by C. Kramarae and D. Spender. New York: Routledge, 2000..

Mary Frank Fox. “Organizational Environments and Doctoral Degrees Awarded to Women in Science and Engineering Departments.” Women’s Studies Quarterly 28 (Spring/summer 2000): 47-61.