NSF ADVANCE Professorships :: Mary Frank Fox

MARY FRANK FOX NSF ADVANCE Professor of Sociology

Research Activities
Fox's research has focused on the ways in which the attainments of women and men in science and engineering are not a simple function of their individual characteristics, but are linked to organizational factors, namely the characteristics of the settings in which scientists are educated and in which they work. Fox will extend her current research on faculty and graduate students in doctoral granting departments science and engineering, by analyzing patterns as they vary by gender. This will involve analyses of quantitative data, as well as qualitative data from site visits.

ADVANCE Activities
Fox aims to work with faculty and administrators to advance women in science and engineering as follows:

A. Foster initiatives that help make more transparent the means for advancement, through publication productivity, grants-proposal development, mentoring, and critical transitions between academic stages and ranks.

B. Foster networks of communication, information, mentoring, and exchange for women faculty and advancement.

C. Provide means for illustrating the links between women's roles in professional societies and roles as faculty and administrators.

D. Take a dynamic approach to the advancement of women in science and engineering -- so that the progress of women advances the institution. Strategies include publicizing widely the achievements and attainments of women at Georgia Tech.

Related Websites
NSF ADVANCE Professor of Sociology (http://www.prism.gatech.edu/~mf27)
NSF ADVANCE - Ivan Allen College Network for Women Faculty (http://www.advanceiac.gatech.edu/)
Georgia Tech Ivan Allen College Homepage (http://www.iac.gatech.edu/)
Center for the Study of Women, Science & Technology (http://www.wst.gatech.edu/index.html)