Sheila Tobias Explained

Sheila Tobias
Birth Date:26 April 1935
Birth Place:New York City, U.S.
Death Place:Tucson, Arizona, U.S.
Occupation:Researcher, college administrator, lecturer

Sheila Tobias (April 26, 1935 – July 6, 2021) was an American college administrator who studied the gender gap in math and science at the college level.

Early life

Tobias was born in Brooklyn, New York,[1] the eldest daughter of Paul Tobias and Rose Steinberger Tobias.[2] She graduated from Radcliffe College in 1957, and earned two master's degrees (an MA in 1961 and an MPhil in 1974) from Columbia University.[3]

Career

Tobias was a journalist in Germany and London after college, wrote for the New York Herald Tribune,[4] and taught history courses at the City College of New York. She worked at Cornell University as assistant to the vice president for academic affairs from 1967 to 1970, and organized an early women's studies course at Cornell.[5] From 1970 to 1978, she was associate vice provost of Wesleyan University, helping the school through the process of becoming co-educational.[6] [7] At Wesleyan, she began studying math anxiety (a phrase she coined) and other phenomena around the gender gap in STEM fields. She opened a math clinic, staffed by tutors and counselors, and published her first book, Overcoming Math Anxiety (1978).[8] [9]

Tobias moved to Tucson in the 1980s. She taught women's studies courses at the University of Arizona, and was outreach coordinator for the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation's Professional Science Master's Degree initiative.[10] [11]

Tobias served on the board of the Association for Women in Science,[12] and was co-president of Veteran Feminists of America.[13] She was active in the National Organization for Women (NOW),[14] the Pima County/Tucson Women’s Commission, and the Women’s Studies Advisory Council at the University of Arizona. She served on the Committee on the Status of Women in Physics of the American Physical Society in the 1980s, and was a delegate to the International Conference on Women in Physics, held in Paris in 2002. In 2006, her name was added to the Women's Plaza of Honor at the University of Arizona.[15]

Personal life

Tobias married Carlos Stern in 1970; they divorced in 1982. She married a physics professor, Carl Tomizuka in 1987; he died in 2017. She died at a nursing home in Tucson on July 6, 2021, aged 86.[16] [17] Her papers are held in the Schlesinger Library.

Books

Selected articles and essays

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: July 28, 2021. In Memoriam: Sheila Tobias, 1935-2021. December 19, 2021. Women In Academia Report.
  2. Web site: Collection: Papers of Sheila Tobias, 1947-2018. December 19, 2021. Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute.
  3. Feder. Toni. August 11, 2020. Q&A: Sheila Tobias on her nonscience path to becoming a science activist. Physics Today. 2020. 4. 0811a. EN. 10.1063/PT.6.4.20200811a. 2020PhT..2020d.811. . 241214785.
  4. Book: Kiernan, Frances. Seeing Mary Plain: A Life of Mary McCarthy. May 17, 2002. W. W. Norton & Company. 978-0-393-32307-8. 531. en.
  5. Tobias. Sheila. January 1, 1978. Women's studies: Its origins, its organization and its prospects. Women's Studies International Quarterly. en. 1. 1. 85–97. 10.1016/S0148-0685(78)90396-2. 0148-0685.
  6. News: Greenberg. Barbara. November 23, 1972. Sheila Tobias: Encouraging Example of American Woman as Victim/Victor. 58. Hartford Courant. December 19, 2021. Newspapers.com.
  7. Web site: Zach. May 19, 2013. "Forces Greater Than Ourselves": An Interview with Sheila Tobias, Wesleyan's First Female Provost. December 19, 2021. Wesleying. en-US.
  8. News: Lehmann-Haupt. Christopher. September 11, 1978. Attention 'math anxiety' victims: Sheila Tobias says you're not inept. 24. The Baltimore Sun. December 19, 2021. Newspapers.com.
  9. Book: Tobias, Sheila. Overcoming math anxiety. 1993. W.W. Norton. 0-393-03577-8. Rev. and expanded. New York. 27810100.
  10. Web site: Sheila Tobias on Re-Thinking Teaching Math, Science. December 19, 2021. Education World.
  11. Book: Brint. Michael E.. Integrated Science: New Approaches to Education A Virtual Roundtable Discussion. Marcey. David. Shaw. Michael C.. November 2, 2008. Springer Science & Business Media. 978-0-387-84853-2. 103. en.
  12. News: Horton. Renee Schafer. November 27, 2007. Gender gap in math, science? Not for her. 1. Tucson Citizen. December 19, 2021. Newspapers.com.
  13. Web site: August 2010. Sheila Tobias Author, Consultant, Speaker on Mathematics, Co-President of Veteran Feminists of America. December 19, 2021. Veteran Feminists of America.
  14. News: Silvey. Martha Jane. May 2, 1972. Long Haul is Ahead for Women's Rights. 8. The Knoxville News-Sentinel. December 19, 2021. Newspapers.com.
  15. Web site: Sheila Tobias. December 19, 2021. Women's Plaza of Honor, University of Arizona.
  16. News: Sheila Tobias, Who Defined 'Math Anxiety,' Dies at 86. Sandomir. Richard. The New York Times. September 9, 2022. September 9, 2022. limited.
  17. Web site: Palmer. Kathryn. July 21, 2021. Sheila Tobias, Tucson feminist who investigated math anxiety, dies at 86. December 18, 2021. Arizona Daily Star. en.
  18. News: Hanscom. Leslie. February 13, 1983. For Readers Who Can't Tell a MRV from a GLCM. 174. Newsday. December 19, 2021. Newspapers.com.
  19. Book: Tobias, Sheila. Succeed with Math: Every Student's Guide to Conquering Math Anxiety. 1987. College Entrance Examination Board. 978-0-87447-259-2. en.
  20. Book: Tobias, Sheila. They're Not Dumb, They're Different: Stalking the Second Tier. Research Corporation. 1990.
  21. Book: Elshtain. Jean Bethke. Women, Militarism, and War: Essays in History, Politics, and Social Theory. Tobias. Sheila. 1990. Rowman & Littlefield. 978-0-8476-7470-1. en.
  22. Book: Tobias, Sheila. Revitalizing Undergraduate Science: Why Some Things Work and Most Don't. 1992. Research Corporation. 978-0-9633504-1-1. en.
  23. Book: Tobias. Sheila. The Hidden Curriculum—Faculty-Made Tests in Science: Part 2: Upper-Division Courses. Raphael. Jacqueline. June 29, 2013. Springer Science & Business Media. 978-1-4899-0482-9. en.
  24. Book: Tobias, Sheila. Faces Of Feminism: An Activist's Reflections On The Women's Movement. February 26, 2018. Routledge. 978-0-429-98022-0. en.
  25. Book: Baffert. Anne. Science Teaching as a Profession: Why It Isn't. How It Could Be.. Tobias. Sheila. June 10, 2010. NSTA Press. 978-1-936137-76-3. en.
  26. Tobias. Sheila. 1991. Math Mental Health: Going Beyond Math Anxiety. College Teaching. 39. 3. 91–93. 10.1080/87567555.1991.10532434. 27558470. 8756-7555.
  27. Tobias. Sheila. Urry. Meg. Venkatesan. Aparna. May 17, 2002. Physics: for women, the last frontier. Science. English. 296. 5571. 1201–1202. 10.1126/science.296.5571.1201. 12016274. 34981120. free.
  28. Tobias. Sheila. Birrer. Frans. August 1, 1998. The Science-Trained Professional: A New Breed for the New Century. Industry and Higher Education. en. 12. 4. 213–216. 10.1177/095042229801200405. 79814278. 0950-4222.
  29. Tobias. Sheila. Birrer. Frans A. J.. November 1999. Who will study physics, and why?. European Journal of Physics. en. 20. 6. 365–372. 10.1088/0143-0807/20/6/302. 1999EJPh...20..365T . 250899313 . 0143-0807.
  30. Tobias. Sheila. March 1, 1999. Some Recent Developments in Teacher Education in Mathematics and Science: A Review and Commentary. Journal of Science Education and Technology. en. 8. 1. 21–31. 10.1023/A:1009473319902. 1999JSEdT...8...21T . 60949615. 1573-1839.
  31. Tobias. Sheila. March 1, 2000. From Innovation to Change: Forging A Physics Education Reform Agenda for the 21st Century. Journal of Science Education and Technology. en. 9. 1. 1–5. 10.1023/A:1009433505945. 195226637. 1573-1839.
  32. Tobias. Sheila. Leader. Shelah. 1999. Vox Populi to Music. Journal of American Culture. en. 22. 4. 91–101. 10.1111/j.1542-734X.1999.2204_91.x. 1542-734X.
  33. Tobias. Sheila. Baffert. Anne. May 4, 2012. Empowering Science Teachers. Science. en. 336. 6081. 519. 10.1126/science.1223116. 22556217. 2012Sci...336..519T . 10451931. 0036-8075.

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