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Being Asian American Women Scientists and Engineers in the United States: Intersection of Ethnicity and Gender by Varma, Roli

“…A high level of educational and occupational achievements in science and engineering (S&E) in the US has changed the image of Asian Americans from the “yellow…”
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U.S. Science and Engineering Workforce: Underrepresentation of Women and Minorities by Varma, Roli

“…Increasingly, industrial leaders, governmental officials, and academic scholars have become concerned whether the United States can successfully compete in…”
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Challenges and Opportunities: Asian Women in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics by Varma, Roli, Falk, John H., Dierking, Lynn D.

“…This special issue brings selected papers from an international conference which brought a group of approximately 30 Science Technology and Society and…”
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Dissecting culture at work: Conversation with Indian immigrant scientists & engineers in the US industrial sector by Varma, Roli

“…Scientists and engineers’ social background, cultural upbringing, educational training, and world outlook influence how they perform the work and interact with…”
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Return Migration to India: Decision-Making among Academic Engineers and Scientists by Sabharwal, Meghna, Varma, Roli

“…The decision‐making process among migrants, whether to leave their country of birth for a foreign country or deciding to return to their native country is…”
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Why so few women enroll in computing? Gender and ethnic differences in students' perception by Varma, Roli

“…Women are seriously under-represented in computer science and computer engineering (CS/CE) education and, thus, in the information technology (IT) workforce in…”
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Technological Fix: Sex Determination in India by Varma, Roli

“…Prenatal diagnostic technologies have been used for the purpose of detecting sex—leading to abortion of female fetuses—and have posed new challenges to the…”
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Convergence or Divergence: Practice of Science by Migrant Faculty in India and the United States by Sabharwal, Meghna, Varma, Roli

“…Do immigrant faculty trained in American higher education institutions adopt the outlook and practices of native US scientists and engineers ("convergence"),…”
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India-Born in the U.S. Science and Engineering Workforce by Varma, Roli

“…With the intense debates over the extent to which foreign-born in the U.S. science and engineering (S&E) workplace displace U.S.-born, very few have focused on…”
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Reviews of Recent Publications by Aspray and Nelson by Varma, Roli, Marshall, Owen

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Comparative Analysis of Brain Drain, Brain Circulation and Brain Retain: A Case Study of Indian Institutes of Technology by Varma, Roli, Kapur, Deepak

“…The migration of students in science and engineering (S&E) is a global phenomenon that affects the economic, technological and social progress of societies and…”
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Are We Eating our Seed Corn?: Basic Research in the US Corporate Sector by Varma, Roli

“…Since the mid-1980s, industrial research in the United States has gone through major organizational changes. Funding for centralized corporate research…”
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Grass Is Greener on the Other Side: Return Migration of Indian Engineers and Scientists in Academia by Sabharwal, Meghna, Varma, Roli

“…Studies on skilled return migration from developed to developing countries have focused on the industrial sector. This article focuses on why academic…”
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Access, satisfaction, and future: undergraduate education at the Indian Institutes of Technology by Varma, Roli, Kapur, Deepak

“…The Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) are among the most prestigious technical institutes in India (and perhaps in the world) for undergraduate…”
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Are Asian Indian Scientists and Engineers in Academia Faced with a Glass Ceiling? by Sabharwal, Meghna, Varma, Roli

“…Scholarly studies on glass ceiling show that there are invisible barriers that prevent people of color and women to rise into management positions. These…”
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Women in Computing: The Role of Geek Culture by Varma, Roli

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Gender differences in factors influencing students towards computing by Varma, Roli

“…This paper examines students' pre-college experience with computers. It finds significant gender differences in how students develop interest in computers;…”
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Project Selection Models or Professional Autonomy? by Varma, Roli

“…Scholarship on managing professionals has emphasized the centrality of autonomy to industrial scientists in selecting research projects, but has proposed…”
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DECODING THE FEMALE EXODUS FROM COMPUTING EDUCATION by Varma, Roli

“…This study uses primary empirical data to better understand women's reasons for leaving undergraduate computer science and computer engineering education…”
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Asian Americans: Achievements Mask Challenges by Varma, Roli

“…This article focuses on the existence of the "glass ceiling" to upward career mobility experienced by Asian Americans in professional occupations. It questions…”
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