About Jordana Goodman

Before joining Boston University, Prof. Goodman worked as a patent prosecutor in Boston. She received her B.S. in chemistry and anthropology from Brandeis University, her M.S. in chemical engineering from Worcester Polytechnic Institute, and her J.D. from Boston University School of Law. Her research focuses on gender and race equity issues in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (“STEM”), concentrating on intellectual property ownership and recognition as advancement tools for systemically underrepresented people in STEM fields. Her recent works have been published in Brooklyn Law Review, Science, and Duke Law and Tech. Review. In Ms. Attribution: How Authorship Credit Contributes to the Gender Gap, forthcoming in Yale Journal of Law and Technology, she uses quantitative and qualitative analysis to show that female patent practitioners are not equitably credited when composing patent applications and office action responses. In Sy-STEM-ic Bias: An Exploration of Gender and Race Representation on University Patents and Addressing Patent Gender Disparities, Professor Goodman addresses the underrepresentation of female inventors and inventors of color in STEM fields. Her forthcoming work focuses on techniques used to quantify success and barriers to equity, and she hopes to reframe equity discussions to be more inclusive and accelerate a more pluralistic and inclusive inventive environment.