Women generally speak far less than men in undergraduate engineering classes, but this is not always the case, according to Princeton researchers. When classes are taught by women instructors, the gender gap practically disappears. Photo by iStock March 23, 2022 Nikita Dutta (*21) did her PhD with Professor Craig Arnold as part of the MAE department and PRISM. Her doctoral work focused on characterizing structural evolution and structure-property relationships in solution-processed optoelectronic materials. At Princeton, she also pursued an interest in STEM education as a graduate fellow at the McGraw Center and a university administrative fellow at the Education & Outreach Office of the Princeton Center for Complex Materials. She is currently a Director’s Postdoctoral Fellow at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory in Colorado. Read more: Study points to strategies for closing the participation gender gap in engineering courses
