Conference Session

Faculty Career Development

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sarah Miraglia, Syracuse University ; Sharon W. Alestalo, Syracuse University; Shobha K. Bhatia, Syracuse University

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

, andefficacy of, the program as reported by former and current WiSE-FPP Associates. We find thatmentoring for career success, access to a community of like-minded women and the developmentof strategies for maintaining a viable work/life balance continue to be important to women’sperseverance in STEM fields and show how WiSE-FPP supports women’s persistence andresilience.IntroductionThe science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) worlds of academia and industryunderwent undeniable changes in composition over the last half of the 20th century.i Once theexclusionary domain of white men, both sectors have made strides towards gender diversity inemployment. Though notable improvements have been made, the pace of change has beenuneven across