S3 E5: Shattering Glass Ceilings for Women: Going Head First Against Gender Bias with Dr. Amy Diehl
Episode Overview:
The best way to solve an issue in society, is to finally admit that there is in fact an issue in society. We as women try in our ways to break down the barriers to entry, to be allowed to hold typically male-dominated roles, but for our guest today-- she’s taken this as a life mission through her work.
Dr. Amy Diehl is a professional in the Tech Industry, being the Chief Information Officer at Wilson College in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania
Listen in as Dr. Diehl walks us through her life and her fight against Gender Bias in the world-- particularly a scale she created with Dr. Amber Stephenson from Clarkson University, and Drs. Leanne Dzubinski and David Wang from Biola University that contain evaluations to identify the 6 Primary Factors of Gender Bias.
Episode Highlights:
- Amy’s life in college
- How she connected with other women from shared adversity in a male-dominated field
- How her female bosses became her mentors
- Her book on Gender Barriers after her dissertation
- 6 Primary Factors of Gender Bias that she identified
About Amy Diehl:
Dr. Amy Diehl is an information technology leader who is currently the Chief Information Officer at Wilson College in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania
Drawing from her own experience, she’s published her doctoral dissertation focused on how women leaders in higher education make meaning of adversity, making her a woman in the field actively dedicated to dispelling gender bias in the workplace.
In 2019, she was named a Central Penn Business Journal Woman of Influence and received the 2016 Women and Leadership Affinity Group Outstanding Scholarship for Emerging Scholars Aware from the International Leadership Association.
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