{"62794":{"#nid":"62794","#data":{"type":"news","title":"NSF Award Enables Fox\u0027 Innovative Project on Transmission of Knowledge about Women in Science and Engineering","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EMary Frank Fox, ADVANCE professor, School of Public Policy, has been \nawarded a two-year $300,000 grant by the National Science Foundation as \nPrincipal Investigator for the study of \u201cThe Transmission Zone between \nthe Producers and Consumers of Knowledge about Women in Science and \nEngineering.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EFox and her collaborator, Gerhard Sonnert (Harvard University), were \nmotivated to undertake this project because a deep gap continues to \ndivide the research producers and the broader consumers of knowledge \nabout women in science and engineering\u2014with some consumers (including \nworking scientists) experiencing frustration about not being able to get\n pertinent knowledge in a form that works for them.\u0026nbsp;Although a wealth of\n data and knowledge about women in science and engineering exists, this \nknowledge often fails to reach intended consumers:\u0026nbsp;working scientists, \nstudents, administrators, and all those interested in understanding and \nenhancing the participation and performance of women in science and \nengineering.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EFox\u2019s project is a strategic study that investigates the key \ndimensions of the problem of this \u201ctransmission zone\u201d and identifies \nblockages and inefficiencies in the current system of transmission of \nknowledge, with broader implications for promising initiatives and \nmodels of such transmission.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EUsing multiple methods\u2014bibliometric means, individual interviews, and\n organizational analyses\u2014the project is innovative, even unique.\u0026nbsp;It \ntakes knowledge about women in science and engineering as a focal case, \nand recognizes and addresses the transfer of knowledge from producers to\n consumers as \u201cnon-automatic,\u201d and more problematic, than previously \nassumed in prevailing research about the diffusion of knowledge.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EFox says \u201cthis project takes a leap from research and theory on \ndiffusion of knowledge that has preceded it.\u0026nbsp;It goes beyond the passive \nbroadcast model of knowledge, and aims to identify and understand active\n and effective agents of knowledge transmission in the nationally and \ninternationally critical area of women in science and engineering. The \nproject intends to map the various channels of diffusion, identifying \nways in which effective diffusion of knowledge about women in science \nand engineering can overcome costs of cognitive load, effort, and time \namong potential consumers.\u0026nbsp;In reality, the broadcast model of \npublication may suffice for scientists when working within their own \nresearch subareas, but \u2018knowledge transfer\u2019 does not operate in this way\n when the targeted audience goes well beyond non-specialists who, \nnonetheless, have a crucial need to know.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EMary Frank Fox, ADVANCE professor, School of Public Policy, has been \nawarded a two-year $300,000 grant by the National Science Foundation as \nPrincipal Investigator for the study of \u201cThe Transmission Zone between \nthe Producers and Consumers of Knowledge about Women in Science and \nEngineering.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27418","created_gmt":"2010-11-16 13:21:35","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:07:46","author":"Lauren Langley","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2010-11-16T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2010-11-16T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"62795":{"id":"62795","type":"image","title":"Mary Frank Fox","body":null,"created":"1449176394","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 20:59:54","changed":"1475894547","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:42:27","alt":"Mary Frank Fox","file":{"fid":"191577","name":"Fox_Photo_(2)_200x300.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Fox_Photo_%282%29_200x300_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Fox_Photo_%282%29_200x300_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":31752,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Fox_Photo_%282%29_200x300_0.jpg?itok=z-JV-QJI"}}},"media_ids":["62795"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.spp.gatech.edu\/aboutus\/faculty\/MaryFox","title":"Mary Frank Fox bio"}],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"}],"categories":[{"id":"135","name":"Research"}],"keywords":[{"id":"3976","name":"mary frank fox"},{"id":"363","name":"NSF"},{"id":"626","name":"public policy"},{"id":"167090","name":"SPP"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ERebecca Keane\u0026nbsp; 404-894-1720\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["rebecca.keane@iac.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}