Darinka Radovic, Ph.D.

2026 Chicago Summit Paper Presentation Topic

Disciplinary Stereotypes at the Transition to Engineering Specialization: Structural Mechanisms of Gender Segregation Across Majors

Biography

Dr. Darinka Radovic is Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Education at Universidad de Las Américas and Associate Researcher in the Center for Mathematical Modelling, in Chile. Her research focuses on gender gaps and identity development in education, spanning both school and university contexts, as well as socioemotional development in educational settings. Driven by a commitment to equity and evidence-based policy, Dr. Radovic combines mixed methods research with applied institutional work, leading initiatives to mainstream gender perspectives across teaching, research, and university governance. She has secured competitive funding from national Chilean agencies (including ANID and CNED) and international sources (Google Award for Inclusion Research for the application of data science methods to assess gender bias and equity in engineering) to study affirmative policies for women in STEM, educational trajectories, and the role of disciplinary cultures in shaping gender inclusion. More recently, she has opened a new line of research on socioemotional learning in early childhood education and teaching practices that support that development in the classroom.