Dr. Mary Wyer
- Psychology in the Public Interest
- Associate Professor
- Email: mary_wyer@ncsu.edu
- Phone: 919.515.7997
Research Interests
Topics related to the psychosocial dynamics of inequality in higher education; topics related to images, attitudes, and experiences of women and people of color in science, mathematics, engineering, and technology fields; topics related to persistence in undergraduate majors, graduate programs, and professional careers in science, mathematics, engineering, and technology fields
Recent Publications
- Wyer, M. (2003). The importance of field in understanding persistence among science and engineering majors. Journal of Women and Minorities in Science and Engineering, 9, 273-286.
- Wyer, M. (2003). Intending to stay: Images of scientists, attitudes toward women, and gender as influences on persistence among science and engineering majors. Journal of Women and Minorities in Science and Engineering, 9, 1-16.
- Wyer, M., Barbercheck, M., Giesman, D., Ozturk, O.O., and Wayne, M. (Eds.) (2001). Women, science and technology. New York: Routledge.
- Wyer, M. (2001). Over the edge: Developing feminist frameworks in SME education. In M. Mayberry, B. Subramaniam, and L. Weasel (Eds.), A new generation of feminist science studies (pp. 72-80). New York: Routledge.
- Wyer, M. & Severin, L. (Eds.) (2000). The science and politics of the search for sex differences [Special issue]. NWSA Journal, 12 (3).
- Wyer, M. & Adam, A. (Eds.) (1999/2000). Women and computer technologies [Special issue]. IEEE Technology and Society Magazine, 18 (4).
- Subramaniam, B. and Wyer, M. (1998). Assimilating the "culture of no culture" in science: Feminist interventions in (de)mentoring graduate women. Feminist Teacher, 12 (1), 12-28.
