Presenter: Megan Bruun
Mentor: Sara Hodges, Psychology
Oral Presentation
Major: Psychology
The amount that an individual talks in a conversation is influenced by gender and status. Within STEM fields, gender and status may be confounded because of women’s underrepresentation. The analysis of talkativeness in STEM fields allows for a better understanding and discussion of this male-dominated environment. In this study, dyads (n = 77) made up of undergraduates and graduate students in the same STEM discipline talked about the undergraduates’ prospects for graduate school. The conversations were videotaped and later coded for percentage of time that the undergraduate and graduate student spent talking during the conversation. It is predicted that females in these dyads will talk less because of their minority status in STEM fields. However, in same sex dyads, because of their higher status, graduate student will talk more than undergraduates.