"Women in Data" entries

Download our updated report, “Women in Data: Cutting-Edge Practitioners and Their Views on Critical Skills, Background, and Education,” by Cornelia Lévy-Bencheton and Shannon Cutt, featuring four new profiles of women across the European Union. Editor’s note: this is an excerpt from the free report.

Dr. Renetta Garrison Tull is a recognized expert in women and minorities in education, and in the STEM gender gap — both within and outside the academic environment. Dr. Tull is also an electrical engineer by training and is passionate about bringing more women into the field.

From her vantage point at the University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC) as associate vice provost for graduate student development and postdoctoral affairs, Dr. Tull concentrates on opportunities for graduate and postdoctoral professional development. As director of PROMISE: Maryland’s Alliance for Graduate Education and the Professoriate (AGEP) program for the University System of Maryland (USM), Dr. Tull also has a unique perspective on the STEM subjects that students cover prior to attending the university, within academia and as preparation for the workforce beyond graduation.

Dr. Tull has been writing code since the seventh grade. Fascinated by the Internet, she “learned HTML before there were WYSIWYGs,” and remains heavily involved with the online world. “I’ve been politely chided in meetings for pulling out my phones (yes plural), sending texts, and updating our organization’s professional Twitter and Facebook status, while taking care of emails from multiple accounts. I manage several blogs, each for different audiences … friends, colleagues, and students.” Read more…