Women in Science
Three Circles of Alemat
I have analyzed and been involved in understanding the challenges women face in science globally and have designed programs to address the challenges. The three circles of alemat PEER awardee program for female scientists mentoring from USA National Academies of Science, I am the president of the organization for women scientists in the Arab world in Jordan. Organized the first gender summit for the Arab world 2017. Member UN women Jordan advisory council. I have also advocated for women in science and am on multiple boards and juries for women awards in science eg falling walls, Nature etc. and a public speaker.
Select publications:
de Vasconcellos JF, Abedalthagafi M, Calo S, Dajani R, Dlamini Z, Hidalgo B, Le Goff C, Vasanthakumar A. Editorial: Women in science: Genetics. Front Genet. 2022 Oct 3;13:1038317. doi: 10.3389/fgene.2022.1038317. PMID: 36263431; PMCID: PMC9574392.
Dajani R, Tabbaa Z, Al-Rawashdeh A, Gretzel U, Bowser G. Peer mentoring women in STEM: an explanatory case study on reflections from a program in Jordan, Mentoring & Tutoring: Partnership in Learning. 2021 29:3, 284-304, doi: 10.1080/13611267.2021.1927429
Dajani R, Dhawan S, Awad S. The Increasing Prevalence of Girls in stem Education in the Arab World: What Can We Learn? Sociology of Islam May 2020 Volume 8 issue 2 Page 159-174 DOI: 10.1163/22131418-00802002
Leading women scientists to the global stage Dajani R Nature MiddleEast Oct 21, 2020 doi:10.1038/nmiddleeast.2020.110
Dajani R. What do we mean when we talk about gender and science? An interview with Professor Emerita Evelyn Fox Keller (MIT), author of Reflections on gender and science, Interdisciplinary Science Reviews. 2019 44:2, 221-226, DOI: 10.1080/03080188.2019.1607048
Dajani R. Five Scarves, Doing the Impossible: If we can reverse cell fate why cant we redefine success Nova Science 2018 ISBN ISBN: 978-1-53613-774-3 Categories: Editor’s Picks, Social Issues, Justice and Status, Sociology
Dajani R “How being a Muslim Female Scientist helped me do better science” Cultures Disparities Issue American Society for Microbiology 2017 http://asmcultures.org/3-4/10
Dajani R and Bani-hani K “Female education and workforce trends in health-related disciplines in Jordan” Nature Middle East Dec 22, 2014 http://www.natureasia.com/en/nmiddleeast/article/10.1038/nmiddleeast.2014.285
Dajani R. How women scientists fare in the Arab world. Nature. 2012 Nov 1;491(74ex22):9. doi: 10.1038/491009a. PMID: 23128188.
I have also written a book Five scarves: doing the impossible that addresses these issues. It was reviewed in nature https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-05891-7 and nature middle east https://www.natureasia.com/en/nmiddleeast/article/10.1038/nmiddleeast.2018.64. It was also recommended by world economic forum as one of seven books every changemaker should read https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2022/05/seven-books-that-will-inspire-change-social-innovators/. This is the TED talk that is about the book https://www.ted.com/talks/rana_dajani_if_we_can_reverse_cell_fate_why_can_t_we_redefine_success?language=en