Paper ID #14811Dialogues Toward Gender Equity: Engaging Engineering Faculty to Promotean Inclusive Department ClimateJ. Kasi Jackson, West Virginia University Dr. J. Kasi Jackson is an Associate Professor of Women’s and Gender Studies at West Virginia University. Her research covers supporting women faculty in STEM, STEM education, gendered impacts on animal behavior research, and the representation of science in popular culture. She completed her PhD in biology, with a focus on animal behavior, and graduate certificate in women’s studies at the University of Kentucky. She is a Co-Investigator on a National Science
, Susan; Wiens, Gloria J.; Kazerounian, Kazem; Allen, Janet Katherine; and Jacobson, Kathy. Broadening Participation: A Report on a Series of Workshops Aimed at Building Community and Increasing the Number of Women and Minorities in Engineering Design, .Mechanical Engineering Conference Presentations, Papers, and Proceedings 2013, Paper 11.3. Williams, W. M. & Ceci, S. J. National hiring experiments reveal 2:1 faculty preference for women on STEM tenure track. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 112, 5360-5365, doi:10.1073/pnas.1418878112 (2015).4. Hager, M. A., Engagement Motivations in Professional Associations. Non-Profit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, Vol 43 (2S), Pg. 39S-60S (2013).5. Parker, M., Welch
, staff, and the community, with many attendees saying that it introducedthem to new topics in science and research. One undergraduate who attended most of theseminars commented on how the series provided a ‘family-feel with faculty, students, andspeaker’ coming together over a shared interest.” The fact that students were able to benefitso much from the experience, getting a chance to meet the speakers individually and learnabout other areas of research in their field, clearly impacted the success of the series. Others a $25,000.00 c
over 165 adjunctfaculty. Since the academic year 2010-2011, the University has added 15 new undergraduateand graduate majors or programs and 12 new full-time faculty positions while growing totalenrollment by over 8%. The academic structure is organized into three colleges: the College ofHumanities, Education and Social Sciences (CHESS); the Morosky College of HealthProfessions and Sciences (MCHPS); and the College of Engineering and Business (CEB).Tenure-track/tenured faculty teach 24 credits per academic year and carry significant advisingloads as expected in this student-centered environment.Before 2003, tenure and promotions decisions were based on excellence in teaching and onservice to the University, community, and professional
disciplines.Dr. Denise Wilson, University of Washington Denise Wilson is a professor of electrical engineering at the University of Washington, Seattle. Her research interests in engineering education focus on the role of self-efficacy, belonging, and other non- cognitive aspects of the student experience on engagement, success, and persistence and on effective methods for teaching global issues such as those pertaining to sustainability. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Exploring Barriers in the Engineering Workplace: Hostile, Unsupportive, and otherwise Chilly ConditionsAbstractPrevious studies of the engineering workplace often emphasize understanding why and
engineeringprograms at doctoral granting research universities, emphasis is placed on research productivity,as measured by peer-reviewed/refereed publications, conferences/symposia, patents, academicvisibility/research impact (i.e. article citations), awards, sponsored research, and grant funding(Kasten, 1984; Perna, 2001). With tenure, faculty members are granted seniority (andaccordingly, prestige and status within the organization), which increases both job security aswell as access to leadership positions within the organization. Thus, the participants in this studyhave gained the emblem of success that is most valued and respected in the academic rewardsystem. Amid the numerous barriers, these women faculty members were successful at everystage of their
themdevelop successful careers. The process leading to promotion and tenure at an academicinstitution is sometimes fraught with tension and uncertainty. P&T SMARTS eases the processby building a community of support around issues of promotion and tenure, as well as bypromoting strategic thinking on these issues. The only requirement for joining P&T SMARTS isto commit one to two hours a month to reading and other assignments.Experienced faculty members and administrators use their deep understanding of the uniqueissues and challenges that AALANA female faculty face to facilitate discussions during P&TSMARTS gatherings on various issues confronting faculty, engage AALANA faculty in deepdiscussion about smart strategies for attaining