When Do Female Role Models Benefit Women? The Importance of Differentiating Recruitment From Retention in STEM

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Computing Whether She Belongs: Stereotypes Undermine Girls’ Interest and Sense of Belonging in Computer Science (2016, background): “A critical component of solving this problem involves increasing girls’ interest in taking introductory computer science courses (de Cohen & Deterding, 2009; Drury, Siy, & Cheryan, 2011).”
The Effects of a Female Role Model on Academic Performance and Persistence of Women in STEM Courses (2016, background): “Drury et al. (2011) suggested that male role models can effectively recruit women into STEM fields but that female role models are necessary to retain these students.”
Why Are Some STEM Fields More Gender Balanced Than Others? (2017, unknown): “…l e i s i n t e nd e d s o l e l y f o r t h e p e r s on a l u s e o f t h e i nd i v i du a l u s e r a nd i s no t t o b e d i s s e m i n a t e d b r o a d l y . does not always correspond to increased interest (Cheryan, Drury, et al., 2013; Drury, Siy, & Cheryan, 2011; Gilmartin et al., 2007).”