Annual Conference :: 2004 Schedule and Agenda

MONDAY, April 19

• 5:00 – 7:00 pm Reception hosted by Georgia Tech Office of the Provost
  Hotel Ballroom Salons 5-6

TUESDAY, April 20

• 8:00 am Registration – Hotel Ballroom Break Area
  
• 8:30 am Continental Breakfast - Hotel Ballroom Break Area

Session 1

• 10:00 am Welcome – Hotel Ballroom Salons 1-3
  Dr. Alice Hogan, Program Director, NSF ADVANCE
  Dr. G. Wayne Clough, President, Georgia Institute of Technology
     Opening Remarks by President Clough
  
• 12:00 pm Lunch (Hotel Restaurant)

Session 2

• 1:30 pm Parallel Sessions

2a. ADVANCE Institutional Data Tuesday, April 20, 1:30 pm, Room 233
Session Coordinator:   Jennifer Sheridan, University of Wisconsin, Madison	Speakers:   Alice Hogan, NSF   Virginia Valian, Hunter College, City University of New York   Lisa Frehill, New Mexico State University (1 of 2 files), second file (2 of 2 files)   Janet Malley, University of Michigan (1 of 2 files), second file (2 of 2 files)
We will discuss the 12 gender equity data indicators that NSF requires all ADVANCE sites to compile and submit annually. Alice Hogan (NSF) will discuss the history of the requirement and how the 12 indicators were chosen. Janet Malley (Univ. of Michigan) will provide an example of how monitoring of these indicators can identify an area of gender inequity that can then be addressed at the institutional level. Virginia Valian (CUNY-Hunter College) will describe some of the difficulties of collecting some of the indicators, especially at a smaller institution that has limited centralized databases. Lisa Frehill (NMSU) will discuss the possibilities for standardization across the NSF ADVANCE sites. Finally, discussant Jennifer Sheridan (UW-Madison) will give a summary of what all of the ADVANCE sites report in regards to these three issues--benefits of reporting the data, challenges in the collection of some items, and the benefits of standardization across sites. Time for discussion and audience questions will be provided.

 

2b. Family/Work Policies & Practices Tuesday, April 20, 1:30 pm, Room 222
Session Coordinator:   Joyce Yen, University of Washington	Speakers:   John Curtis, American Association of University Professors   Kate Quinn, University of Washington (1 of 2 files), second file (2 of 2 files)   Jean Waltman, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor   Robert Drago, The Pennsylvania State University
This panel will address the issue of work and family conflict in higher education. John Curtis, Director of Research for the AAUP National Department of Public Policy & Communications, will give national perspective on work/life issues and discuss the goal of AAUP initiatives. Representatives from two of the ADVANCE institutions will then discuss how initiatives to alleviate work and family conflict have been implemented and comment on the results. Bob Drago, Professor of Labor Studies and Women's Studies at the Pennsylvania State University, will then discuss findings from research on practices and models.

 

2c. Women from Underrepresented Groups Tuesday, April 20, 1:30 pm, Room 225
Session Coordinator:   Sue Bryant, University of California, Irvine	Speakers:   Molly Carnes, University of Wisconsin, Madison   Cheryl Leggon, Georgia Institute of Technology   JoAnn Moody, Dir. Northeast Consortium for Faculty Diversity
This session will explore how the needs of women in underrepresented groups are being addressed. We will also discuss how women from underrepresented groups are different from other women.   Molly Carnes is a Professor in the Departments of Medicine and Psychiatry at the University of Wisconsin, Madison; she directs the Women’s Health Fellowship, the NIH postdoctoral training grant in Women’s Health and Aging, the Center for Women’s Health and Women’s Health Research (a National Center of Excellence), and the Women Veterans Health Program and is a co-director of NSF Advance Program at University of Wisconsin, Madison.   Cheryl Leggon’s research deals with race and ethnic relations as well as diversity issues on various aspects of which she has given lectures and published extensively. She is author of "Enhancing the Research Base" which appeared in Access Denied" Race, Ethnicity and the Scientific Enterprise (Oxford University Press, 2000) as well as "African-American and Hispanic women in Science," Making Strides, Vol.3, No.3, July 2001.   JoAnn Moody is a national diversity consultant who works with a variety of colleges and universities. Director of the Northeast Consortium for Faculty Diversity, she is a former college professor and administrator.

 

2d. Women and Networking Tuesday, April 20, 1:30 pm, Room 235
Session Coordinator:   Patricia Rankin, University of Colorado, Boulder	Speakers:   Vita Rabinowitz, Hunter College, City University of New York   Pam Hunt, New Mexico State University   Denice Denton, University of Washington
This session will discuss the importance of networking to women, especially those in fields were women are under-represented. We will discuss why women may sometimes be reluctant to network, as well as strategies for effective networking. The panelists will discuss networking in large cities, at more remote institutions, and via electronic means.

• 3:00 pm Networking Break

Session 3

• 3:30 pm Parallel Sessions

3a. Assessment & Evaluation of Impact Tuesday, April 20, 3:30 pm, Room 233
Session Coordinator:   Abigail Stewart, University of Michigan	Speakers:   Cathy Trower, Harvard University   Virginia Valian, Hunter College, City University of New York   Abigail Stewart, University of Michigan   Janet Malley, University of Michigan
The expectation of NSF Institutional Transformation ADVANCE grants is that they will "initiate and sustain organizational change" with the goal of advancing women in academic science and engineering careers. This session will focus on the questions first of how to think about assessing the impact of programs with such broad systemic goals, and then of how to actually do it.   Trower's presentation will provide an overview of the meaning of transformation in the context of organizational change; a conceptual framework for assessing change, and some strategies for institutionalizing change (making it stick). Since any evaluation process requires collection, analysis and dissemination of data, she will conclude with the uses (and misuses) of data as well as some key concepts to keep in mind about data management.   Valian will particularly focus on assessment of changes in women faculty themselves. She will ask how to establish a "normative" time course of improvement (e.g., shift in productivity in research or reintegration), and how to measure elusive but important factors such as hope and changes in personal identity.   Stewart and Malley will discuss the kinds of data needed for assessment of the impact of organizational change or institutional transformation, the timeline appropriate to assessing institutional change, and how data collection, analysis and reporting can be used as part of the change process itself.

 

3b. ADVANCE and Promotion & Tenure Issues Tuesday, April 20, 3:30 pm, Room 222
Session Coordinator:   Carol Colatrella, Georgia Institute of Technology	Speakers:   David McDowell, Georgia Institute of Technology   Eve Riskin, University of Washington   Herb Killackey, University of California, Irvine
Colatrella will serve as facilitator for the session, in which presenters will share approaches/strategies/ideas/outcomes related to promotion and tenure processes at their institutions. These will concern relevant institutional assumptions, collection of information, communicating standards, and improving mentoring, and/or other issues.   David McDowell, chair of the 2003-2004 GT Promotion and Tenure ADVANCE committee, will describe that committee's research and outcomes; their report is posted at http://www.advance.gatech.edu/ptac.   Eve Riskin, Director of the University of Washington’s ADVANC E program will report on their work on issues in promotion and tenure at the junior level, UW professional development consultants (former College Council members who can advise faculty on their CVs), and their new work in developing a document on the expectations for promotion to Professor.

 

3c. ADVANCE and Recruitment & Retention Issues Tuesday, April 20, 3:30 pm, Room 236
Session Coordinator:   Lisa Frehill, New Mexico State University	Speakers:   Denice Denton, University Washington   Priscilla Kehoe, University of California, Irvine   Idalia Ramos, University of Puerto Rico, Humacao   Joyce Yen, University of Washington
Most ADVANCE institutions are engaged in various strategies to recruit and retain women faculty in STEM fields. Denice Denton will discuss the Faculty Recruitment Toolkit developed at the University of Washington. Pricilla Kehoe will discuss the impact of ADVANCE “Equity Advisors” upon recruitment at UC Irvine. Idalia Ramos’ talk will focus on the retention strategies the ADVANCE program is using at a relatively small, undergraduate institution. Finally, Joyce Yen will present the Faculty Retention Toolkit developed at the UW ADVANCE Center for Institutional Change.

 

3d. Senior Women & Advancement – A Facilitated Discussion Tuesday, April 20, 3:30 pm, Room 235
Session Coordinator:   Bernice Durand, University of Wisconsin, Madison
This session will be run as a facilitated discussion with the session attendees, following an agenda used by the UW-Madison ADVANCE project in their discussions with senior women in the biological and physical sciences. Themes uncovered in the session discussion will be compared and contrasted with those found at all ADVANCE sites. Women full professors in the sciences and engineering are especially invited to attend this session to share their experiences and insights.

WEDNESDAY, April 21

• 7:30 am Registration
  
• 7:45 am Continental Breakfast - Hotel Ballroom Break Area

Session 4

8:45 am Sustainability of ADVANCE programs Hotel Ballroom Salons 1,2, & 3
Session Coordinator: Jean Lou Chameau, Georgia Institute of Technology	Speakers:   Richard Pizer, Provost, Hunter College, City University of New York   Peter Spear, Provost, University of Wisconsin, Madison   Janett Trubatch, Vice Provost, University of Rhode Island   Hilda M. Colón-Plumey, Chancellor University of Puerto Rico at Humacao   Daryl Chubin, Sr. Vice President, NACME
The focus of the panel discussion for the ADVANCE Provosts' Plenary Session is the impact that ADVANCE has made at each university, strategies taken to enable this impact, opportunities for insuring sustainability, challenges/barriers to sustainability, and the longer-term impact of ADVANCE.

• 10:15 am Networking Break

Session 5

• 10:30 am Parallel Sessions

5a. Campus Climate Surveys Wednesday, April 21, 10:30 am, Room 222
Session Coordinator:   Ronda Callister   Utah State University	Speakers:   Manuela Romero, The University of Texas at El Paso   Mary Frank Fox ,Georgia Insitute of Technology   Barbara Silver, University of Rhode Island   Jennifer Sheridan, University of Wisconsin, Madison
Four ADVANCE institutions that have conducted climate surveys will discuss how they chose the information they collected, the methods used and how the survey fit with ADVANCE initiatives at their institutions. Panelists bring several different perspectives from the social sciences including psychology, sociology and organizations to the process of conducting surveys.

 

5b. Mentoring & Faculty Development Wednesday, April 21, 10:30 am, Room 236
Session Coordinator:   Virginia Valian, Hunter College, City University of New York	Speakers:   Vita Rabinowitz, Hunter College, City University of New York   Abigail Stewart, University of Michigan   Patricia Rankin, University of Colorado, Boulder
How are institutions addressing faculty development and mentoring for women faculty (teaching, research, service, other mentors) and workshops to gain skills needed to advance through the ranks.

 

5c. ADVANCE Success Strategies and Challenging Opportunities Wednesday, April 21, 10:30 am, Room 233
Session Coordinator:   Idalia Ramos, University of Puerto Rico, Humacao	Speakers:   Sue Rosser, Georgia Institute of Technology   Lisa Frehill, New Mexico State University   Joyce Yen, University of Washington   Priscilla Kehoe, University of California, Irvine
This section will present an overall view of the strategies ADVANCE Institutions have found to be more effective in promoting an institutional transformation for the advancement of women faculty in science. The panelists will also discuss the most important challenges they have after the first two years of the Programs implementation. The strategies and challenges represent the diversity of the grantee institutions that vary from large and predominantly research universities to undergraduate and minority institutions.

Session 6

• Hotel Ballroom – Lunch Served
  
• 12:00 pm Sharing Ideas – Reports From the Session Coordinators
  
• 2:00 pm Adjourn