Turrentine, A. (2015, June), Career Advancement Through Academic Commercialization: Acknowledging and Reducing Barriers for Women Engineering Faculty  Paper presented at 2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Seattle, Washington. 10.18260/p.23666

\bibitem{asee_peer_23666}
  Turrentine, A. (2015, June), \emph{Career Advancement Through Academic Commercialization: Acknowledging and Reducing Barriers for Women Engineering Faculty}
  Paper presented at 2015 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, Seattle, Washington.
  10.18260/p.23666

Ari Turrentine.  "Career Advancement Through Academic Commercialization: Acknowledging and Reducing Barriers for Women Engineering Faculty".  2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Seattle, Washington, 2015, June.  ASEE Conferences, 2015.  https://peer.asee.org/23666 Internet.  15 Dec, 2024

\bibitem{asee_peer_23666}
  Ari Turrentine.
  "Career Advancement Through Academic Commercialization: Acknowledging and Reducing Barriers for Women Engineering Faculty".
  \emph{2015 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, Seattle, Washington, 2015, June}.
  ASEE Conferences, 2015.
  https://peer.asee.org/23666 Internet.  15 Dec, 2024

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AB  - Career Advancement through Academic Commercialization: Acknowledging and Reducing                      Barriers for Women Engineering Faculty         Although schools engineering are increasingly considering patenting, licensing, andcommercialization in faculty bids for tenure and promotion, women candidates participate inthese activities at disproportionately lower rates than their male counterparts (Polkowska, 2013;Rosser, 2009; Sanberg et al., 2014; Stephan & ElGanainy, 2006; Thursby & Thursby, 2005; K.Whittington, n.d.; K. B. Whittington & Smith-Doerr, 2008). As research has shown that women’sinventions are frequently designed to address important social problems, the societal relevancy ofaddressing the gap in engagement in academic commercialization activities intensifies (Donna,Brush, Greene, & Litovsky, 2013; Rosser, 2009). This gender gap can largely be explained by thesignificant obstacles that women faculty in engineering face in their career and as they engageacademic commercialization. Barriers such as discrimination micro-stressors, lack of peer supportnetworks, lack of mentors, exclusion from professional scientific and entrepreneurial networks,and institutional policy impact the ability of women faculty to continue in the field, engage inacademic commercialization, and ultimately advance their career (Donna et al., 2013; Joy, Carter,Wagner, & Narayanan, 2007; Sanberg et al., 2014; Sonnert & Holton, 1996; Tanenbaum & Upton,2014; K. B. Whittington & Smith-Doerr, 2008; Kjersten Bunker Whittington & Smith-Doerr,2005; “Women’s Employment in Science, Tech, Engineering and Math Jobs Slowing,” 2013;Yoder, 2012).         This paper aims to synthesize relevant literature pertaining to impediments towardsacademic commercialization and career advancement for women faculty in engineering andscience. The purpose is to not only raise awareness of the likely origins of these issues, but tomake recommendations on how staff, faculty, departments, and universities can create a moreequitable career trajectory for women faculty in engineering. Immediate and long term shifts inindividual and institutional bias, policy, practice, and training could make a significant differencein engineering innovation for social and environmental change.                                            ReferencesDonna, K., Brush, C., Greene, P., & Litovsky, Y. (2013). GEM 2012 Womens Report.pdf. Babson         College. Retrieved from http://www.babson.edu/Academics/centers/blank-center/global-         research/gem/Documents/GEM%202012%20Womens%20Report.pdfJoy, L., Carter, N. M., Wagner, H. M., & Narayanan, S. (2007). The bottom line: Corporate         performance and women’s representation on boards. Catalyst, 3.Polkowska, D. (2013). 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