Sapna Cheryan

Sapna Cheryan (an haife ta a shekara ta 1978) Masaniyar ilimin halayyar jama'a ce ta Amurka. Ita Cikakken farfesa ce a fannin ilimin halayyar jama'a a Sashen ilimin halayya a Jami'ar Washington .

 Early life and education 
An haifi Cheryan ne ga mahaifiyar mai kula da taimakon kudi Leela Cheryan da kuma farfesa mai bincike Munir Cheryan a Chicago, Illinois .  Yayinda take girma, ta zama mai sha'awar batutuwa da ke kewaye da launin fata, jinsi, da daidaito.name="x"> Ta sami digiri na farko a fannin ilimin halayyar dan adam da nazarin Amurka kafin ta shiga Jami'ar Stanford don PhD. A matsayinta na dalibi mai digiri, ta fara lura da cewa yanayin aiki ko yanayin ilmantarwa na iya rinjayar zaɓin waɗanda suka shiga fagen kai tsaye. Wannan ya kai ta ga bunkasa rubutunta mai taken Shirye-shiryen kasancewa: kare barazanar ainihi.Shirye-shiryen kasancewa: kare asalin da ake barazana.

Bayan kammala karatunsa daga Stanford, Cheryan ta auri Giri Shivaram a shekara ta 2008.  Giri Shivaram likitan rediyo ne a asibitin yara na Seattle .

 Ayyuka 
Bayan samun digirinta na PhD, Cheryan nan da nan ta shiga bangaren ilimin halayyar dan adam a Jami'ar Washington (UW) tare da takamaiman mayar da hankali kan ra'ayoyin jinsi da nuna bambanci."Sapna Cheryan" . advance.washington.edu. Retrieved June 19, 2020. Ta kafa UW's Debunking Stereotypes Workshop tare da dalibai Amanda Tose, Marissa Vichayapai, da Lauren Hudson don ƙarfafa ƙarin mata su shiga fannonin Kimiyya, fasaha, injiniya, da lissafi (STEM). Cheryan ta kuma jagoranci aikin bincike wanda ya yi amfani da kididdiga daga Gidauniyar Kimiyya ta Kasa (NSF) don tabbatar da cewa mummunan ra'ayi na masana kimiyyar kwamfuta na iya haifar da karancin mata da suka shiga fagen. A sakamakon bincikenta, ta sami lambar yabo ta NSF ta Junior Faculty Career Award ta 2009 don "bincike mai ban sha'awa, ilimi mai kyau da haɗin ilimi da bincike a cikin mahallin manufofin kungiyoyinsu. "  Ta kuma sami Ƙungiyar Mata ta Jami'ar Amurka ta 2011 da ake kira Honoree saboda ƙoƙarin da ta yi na cimma daidaito ga mata a fannonin kimiyya. 

A lokacin shekara ta 2012-13, Cheryan ta gudanar da karatu uku a New York a matsayin abokin Russell Sage Foundation. Aikin bincike ya mayar da hankali kan tasirin da ake yi wa 'yan adawa da Amurka a kan kungiyoyin baƙi a Amurka. Ta kuma yi nazarin mummunan tasirin da namiji mai ban sha'awa da aka nuna a cikin kafofin watsa labarai ke da shi a kan mata da ke shiga fannonin STEM. Cheryan da abokan aikinta na bincike sun gudanar da karatu biyu game da yawan mata masu karatun digiri da ke halartar UW da Jami'ar Stanford; da farko suna tambayar su su bayyana manyan kimiyyar kwamfuta kuma na biyu suna tambayar su karanta labarin jarida. A ƙarshen binciken, Cheryan ya kammala cewa mata sun fi maza rinjayar ra'ayoyi marasa kyau da ke kewaye da filayen STEM. A shekara mai zuwa, tsohon shugaban kasar Barack Obama ya gayyaci Cheryan zuwa Fadar White House bayan an yanke shawarar kirkirar "kyautar ƙirar ajiyar kimiyya ta kwamfuta" don girmama ta.

A cikin 2015, Cheryan ta ci gaba da bincikenta game da ra'ayoyin ta hanyar komawa Stanford don gudanar da wani binciken, a wannan lokacin yana mai da hankali kan namiji da ake ganin maza. Ta yi amfani da bayanan karya don ƙaddara ga mahalarta maza, waɗanda ke matse na'urar hannu, cewa suna da matsakaici ko rauni fiye da takwarorinsu na mata. Ta biyo bayan gwajin ta ta hanyar yin tambayoyi game da kiwon lafiya da jiki, a lokacin da ta lura da maza sau da yawa suna wuce gona da iri don su zama namiji. Bayan ta fahimci wannan, ta gudanar da binciken rukuni na biyu na maza inda dalibai za su amsa gwajin namiji tare da tambayoyin zabi da yawa game da abubuwan da masu amfani da halayen mutum. Wadanda suka ci ƙarancin ƙira a gwajin, kodayake duk sakamakon sun kasance bazuwar, sun ji buƙatar biyan kuɗi ta hanyar zaɓar ƙarin samfuran masu amfani da maza a matsayin diyya ga lokacin su. Ta kuma jagoranci binciken da aka mayar da hankali ga mata inda ta nemi daliban digiri na farko su yi hulɗa tare da 'yan wasan kwaikwayo maza da mata waɗanda suka yi kamar su manyan masana kimiyyar kwamfuta ne. Rabin mahalarta sun yi hulɗa tare da 'yan wasan kwaikwayo waɗanda suka dace da ƙwayoyin ƙwayoyin cuta, ƙwararrun ƙwararrun' yan kimiyya waɗanda suka yi iƙirarin jin daɗin abubuwan shaƙatawa, yayin da sauran suka yi hulɗa da' yan wasan kwaikwayo da suka yi ado kuma suna aiki kamar "ɗaliban kwaleji na yau da kullun". Sakamakon binciken ya nuna cewa mata sun fi rinjayar ra'ayoyi a kimiyyar kwamfuta fiye da jinsi.

A cikin shekaru 2016-17, Cheryan ta ci gaba da gudanar da karatu daban-daban kan yadda ra'ayoyi ke janye 'yan mata kai tsaye don neman aiki a STEM. Cheryan da abokan aikinta sun gano cewa al'adun STEM da rashin ƙarfafawa ga mata su mai da hankali kan lissafi da kimiyya sune manyan abubuwan da ke haifar da bambancin jinsi a fannonin STEM. Ta kuma jagoranci wani binciken da ake kira Gay Asian Americans Are Seen as More American Than Asian Americans Who Are Presumed Straight, wanda ya gano cewa Amurkawa sun ga 'yan asalin Asiya na iya magana da Turanci sosai fiye da waɗanda ba a bayyana ainihin jima'i ba. Cheryan kuma ta sami matsayi na baƙi a cikin sadarwa a Cibiyar Nazarin Ci gaba a cikin Kimiyya ta Halin a Jami'ar Stanford a lokacin shekara ta ilimi.

A sakamakon bincikenta game da jinsi, STEM, da kuma ra'ayoyin Matel, Mattel ta kusanci Cheryan a cikin bazara na 2018 don ba da shawara game da sabbin 'yan tsana na Barbie. An nada ta a cikin mutum 12 na Majalisar Ba da Shawara ta Duniya ta Barbie don "taimaka da sanar da kuma inganta shirye-shiryen alamar Barbie". A lokacin rani na 2019, an inganta Cheryan daga Mataimakin farfesa zuwa Cikakken farfesa na ilimin halayyar jama'a a Sashen Psychology.

 Bayani 

 Manazarta 

Rukuni:Haihuwan 1978
Rukuni:Rayayyun mutane