Title: When holding brilliance stereotypes is not a brilliant idea

　　Speaker： Dr. Lin Bian，The University of Chicago

　　Time: June 18, 2024, 10:00-11:30 am

　　Venue: Room 1113, Wangkezhen Building

　　Host: Dr. Yang Zhou

　　Abstract

　　Women are consistently underrepresented in certain sectors of academia, especially in the domains of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM). My research has identified a powerful cultural message that is in part responsible for this gender disparity: the stereotype associating intellectual talent more with men than women. In this talk, I will provide experimental evidence supporting this theory and developmental data suggesting that the gender brilliance stereotype and its consequences take root in early childhood. Finally, I will share some findings on potential ways to bridge the gender gap at its developmental roots. 

　　Brief introduction

　　Dr. Lin Bian is an Assistant Professor of Psychology at the University of Chicago. Before moving to Chicago, she was the Evalyn Edwards Milman Assistant Professor at Cornell University. Lin obtained her B.S. in Psychology at Zhejiang University (2011) and her Ph.D. in Developmental Psychology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (2017). Then she was a Postdoctoral Scholar at Stanford University (2017-2018). 

　　Lin’s research has been published in top journals such as Science, PNAS, Psychological Science, American Psychologist, and featured in major media outlets including BBC, NBC, NYTimes, NPR, The Atlantic, and Xinhua Net. Her work has been recognized by the US National Science Foundation CAREER Award, the Boyd McCandless Award (American Psychological Association), the Association for Psychological Science Rising Star, and Forbes 30 Scientists under 30.