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Women in Engineering Division Technical Session - Retaining and Developing Women Faculty

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Gretchen L. Hein, Michigan Technological University; Daniela Faas, Harvard University; Anne M Lucietto, Purdue University; Jacquelyn Kay Nagel, James Madison University; Diane L Peters P.E., Kettering University; Rebecca M. Reck, Kettering University; Mary C. Verstraete, The University of Akron; Deborah J. O'Bannon P.E., University of Missouri, Kansas City

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building.Not only do professional societies provide opportunities for networking and career building, butthey also provide affirmation that there are others in similar roles. Although there are financialand time constraints to becoming active within a professional society not affiliated with one’stechnical area, when academics feel that their involvement is valuable to their careerdevelopment they will invest necessary time and money into the professional society.Similarities exist between how professional societies retain/attract faculty from underrepresentedgroups and how universities accomplish the same goal.This research paper focuses on how one professional organization, SWE, is providingopportunities to women in academia that include

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Women in Engineering Division Technical Session - Retaining and Developing Women Faculty

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Elizabeth Dell, Rochester Institute of Technology (COE); Margaret B. Bailey P.E., Rochester Institute of Technology (COE); Maureen S. Valentine, Rochester Institute of Technology (CAST); Sharon Patricia Mason, Rochester Institute of Technology; Carol Elizabeth Marchetti, Rochester Institute of Technology (COS); DeLois Kijana Crawford, Rochester Institute of Technology; Wendy A. Dannels, Rochester Institute of Technology (NTID)

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slightly over the 2009-14 period. 6 In order to achieve thegoal of increasing “the representation and advancement of women in academic science andengineering careers,” the National Science Foundation (NSF) has funded over $130M in projectsat institutions of higher education and STEM-related not-for-profit organizations since 2001.7Cultural and structural barriers that may adversely affect women faculty are addressed by theseprojects. In 2012, RIT was awarded an NSF Advance Institutional Transformation grant. Thegoal of the AdvanceRIT project is to increase the representation and advancement of womenSTEM faculty, widely represented across ethnic, social, and cultural backgrounds. The approachis to remove barriers to resources that support career

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Women in Engineering Division Technical Session - Retaining and Developing Women Faculty

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Theresa M. Vitolo, Gannon University; Karinna M Vernaza, Gannon University; Lori D. Lindley, Gannon University; Elisa M. Konieczko, Gannon University; Weslene Tallmadge, Gannon University

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director at-large (2013-15) positions.Dr. Lori D. Lindley, Gannon University Lori D. Lindley is an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology and Counseling, and the Associate Dean of the College of Humanities, Education, and Social Sciences. She earned her B.A. in Psychology from the University of Notre Dame, and her M.S. and Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology from Iowa State University. She serves on the editorial boards of the Journal of Vocational Behavior and the Journal of Career Assessment. Her research is on women’s career development, specifically self-efficacy and career barriers.Dr. Elisa M. Konieczko, Gannon University Elisa M. Konieczko, Professor of Biology at Gannon University, received her

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Women in Engineering Division Technical Session - Understanding and Improving Female Faculty Experiences in STEM

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Deborah Ilana Karpman, University of California San Diego

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the Policies and Programs That Support Them” explored the challenges that female engineering faculty faced in their careers, as well as the institutional policies and programs (i.e. family-friendly policies, diversity/equity programs, mentoring initiatives, etc.) that helped them to be successful in obtaining tenure. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Leaning into Engineering: Tenured Women Faculty and the Policies and Programs That Support ThemAbstractWhile researchers have documented the barriers that women in engineering programs face (i.e. genderbias, work/family conflict, “dual career” issues, limited access to information networks), few

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Women in Engineering Division Technical Session - Understanding and Improving Female Faculty Experiences in STEM

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Rachel Yonemura, University of Washington ; Denise Wilson, University of Washington

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howwomen consider leaving a job and in some cases, exit engineering altogether. A 'chilly' climatehas often been implicated as a primary or contributing reason for these exit decisions and hasbeen classified in the literature under such descriptors as a hostile or macho work culture,mysterious pathways to career advancement, and extreme work pressures. This study expands onthese previous studies by (a) emphasizing the engineering workplace experiences of millennialsin order to understand whether these chilly climate conditions have evolved over time or aretending to persist into the next generation; and (b) studying men as well as women to gain deeperinsight into which negative working conditions tend to occur across gender and which may begender

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Women in Engineering Division Technical Session - Retaining and Developing Women Faculty

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jamie J Newman, Louisiana Tech University; Mary E Caldorera-Moore, Louisiana Tech University

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across campus where stem cells are being used for research into areas of tissue engineering. Dr. Newman is the founder of the New Frontiers in Biomedical Research Seminar Series and continues to lead the organization of the series each year.Dr. Mary E Caldorera-Moore, Louisiana Tech University Dr. Mary Caldorera-Moore is an assistant professor of Biomedical Engineering and Nanosystems En- gineering, director of Women Influencing Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (WiSTEM) out- reach organization, and the co-organizer of the New Frontiers in Biomedical Research Seminar Series at Louisiana Tech University. She was also selected to be a 2014 NAE Frontiers of Engineering Education (FOEE) Early-Career Engineering

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Women in Engineering Division Technical Session - Understanding and Improving Female Faculty Experiences in STEM

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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J. Kasi Jackson, West Virginia University ; Joel Alejandro Mejia, Angelo State University; Maja Husar Holmes, West Virginia University; Rachel R. Stoiko, West Virginia University

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published in Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, International Journal of Public Administration, and Energy Policy.Dr. Rachel R. Stoiko, West Virginia University Dr. Rachel Stoiko is a postdoctoral fellow at West Virginia University. She is interested in the intersections of gender, work, and family. Specifically, she works on projects related to career decision-making and development, institutional diversity and inclusivity, and student success in STEM. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 1 Dialogues toward Gender Equity: Engaging Engineering

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Women in Engineering Division Technical Session - Retaining and Developing Women Faculty

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Carol Elizabeth Marchetti, Rochester Institute of Technology (COE); Margaret B. Bailey P.E., Rochester Institute of Technology (COE)

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. Many of the grants funded to datesupport large-scale comprehensive institutional transformation (IT) projects. In 2012, a largeprivate technical university received an NSF ADVANCE IT grant and set out to strategicallylaunch several initiatives aimed at increasing the representation and advancement of womenSTEM faculty by removing barriers to resources that support career success and by creating newinterventions and resources (NSF ADVANCE 1209115).This paper reports on one of the initiatives within the overall institutional transformation planwhich focuses on a salary gender equity study for pre-tenured and tenured faculty, conducted in amanner in which stakeholders would ideally have a high-level of confidence in its results. Across-university

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Women in Engineering Division Technical Session - Understanding and Improving Female Faculty Experiences in STEM

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Yang Lydia Yang, Ph.D., Kansas State University; Doris Wright Carroll Ph.D., Kansas State University

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settings.6Gendered microaggressions have been used to explain subtle sexism and sex-baseddiscrimination on women.12, 13 Gendered microaggressions are manifested in various forms,such as making gender stereotypical assumptions, sexually objectifying women, or being genderblind.13, 14 Several studies have shown that gendered microaggressions cause detrimentalconsequences to women’s psychological and behavioral health, and their careers.12, 15, 16 Thisstudy focused on women faculty, an often under-represented group in many male-dominantSTEM disciplines. We examined whether, and to what degree, women faculty in STEMexperienced gender-based subtle bias and discrimination.MethodsInstrumentsSeveral research measurements have been established to gauge

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Women in Engineering Division Technical Session - Understanding and Improving Female Faculty Experiences in STEM

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lydia Ross, Arizona State University; Eugene Judson, Arizona State University; Stephen J Krause, Arizona State University; James A Middleton, Arizona State University; Casey Jane Ankeny, Arizona State University; Ying-Chih Chen, Arizona State University; Robert J Culbertson, Arizona State University; Keith D. Hjelmstad, Arizona State University; Yong Seok Park, Arizona State University; Bethany B Smith, Arizona State University

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implications for both faculty members and students. Important questions to considerin future studies include the following: What are other gender-based differences among faculty?Are women more likely to be placed in teaching versus research roles? What is the impact ofwomen being in more teaching-centered positions? How does this impact the careers of femalefaculty members? Should there be an increased emphasis on the value of teaching for faculty?Are there differences in student performance based off of instructor gender?AcknowledgementThe authors gratefully acknowledge support of this work by the National Science Foundationunder Grant No. 1524527.References1. Felder, R. M., & Brent, R. (1996). Navigating the bumpy road to student-centered