Conference Session

Interactive Panel on Advocacy Tips: an Initiative to Provide Individuals the Tools to Advocate for Women and Underrepresented Minorities

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Adrienne Robyn Minerick, Michigan Technological University; Roger A. Green, North Dakota State University; Canan Bilen-Green, North Dakota State University; Kristen P. Constant, Iowa State University; Beth M Holloway, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Sandra D. Eksioglu, Mississippi State University; Debra M. Gilbuena, Oregon State University

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

 and  engineers  are  electing  to  pursue  careers   elsewhere.  The  timing  of  the  tenure  clock  is  especially  difficult  for  young   families  and,  as  research  has  shown,  is  even  more  challenging  for  women   faculty.    The  exclusion  of  potential  faculty  who  place  high  value  work-­‐life   balance  is  not  only  a  loss  to  the  functioning  of  the  academy,  but  also  is   damaging  to  the  students  who  do  not  see  role  models  among  the  faculty  that   they  would  like  to  (or  even  feel  they  can)  emulate.     Panelist  5:  I  think  the  biggest  challenge  that  we  have  in  creating  gender   equity  in  STEM  is  that,  at  every  level