Picture a Scientist

About Picture a Scientist

Women make up less than a quarter of STEM professionals in the United States, and numbers are even lower for women of color. But there is a growing group of researchers who are writing a new chapter for women scientists, exposing longstanding discrimination, and leading the way in making science more inclusive.

Ian Cheney and Sharon Shattuck directed Picture a Scientist, a 2020 documentary film. Mahzarin Banaji takes the lead as Self, Raychelle Burks as Self, Nancy Hopkins as Self, and Jane Willenbring as Self.

At 94 minutes long, it arrived in November 2020.

Members will find scientist, career, sexual harassment, and misogyny in it. American members can watch it on PBS Documentaries Amazon Channel. It carries a PG-13 rating.

Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within, The Invisible Man, and I'm Your Man make useful companions to Picture a Scientist, all filed under female scientist and chemist.