# Professor Sabrina Howell discusses her new research on how James Damore's memo at Google impacts women in technology

1 Faculty News October 20, 2017 ![Inc. logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/con_032187.jpg?itok=TSGPgNt6)>

Excerpt from [Inc.](https://www.inc.com/sophie-jarvis/james-damores-google-memo-hurt-women-in-tech-more-than-you-thought-science-says.html?cid=hmhero) -- "There is substantial evidence that women, on average, are less confident about their own abilities than men are. It stands to reason that receiving a signal, in this case via Damore's internal memo at Google, that they are biologically less well suited to high-tech careers might contribute to discouraging some women from entering the field."

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