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Creating a Culture of Success for Women in Engineering at Science at Louisiana Tech University

Creating a Culture of Success for Women in Engineering at Science at Louisiana Tech University. Dr. Jenna Carpenter, Dr. Patrick O’Neal. Our Project. NSF ADVANCE PAID grant $ 736,500 for 4 Years

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Creating a Culture of Success for Women in Engineering at Science at Louisiana Tech University

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  1. Creating a Culture of Success for Women in Engineering at Science at Louisiana Tech University Dr. Jenna Carpenter, Dr. Patrick O’Neal

  2. Our Project • NSF ADVANCE PAID grant $736,500 for 4 Years • College of Engineering and Science (Math, Chemistry, Physics, CS) • Goal: Strengthen Climate • reduce isolation • institute faculty training and mentoring • examine worklife policies

  3. Our Approach to Institutional Transformation • Adapt best practices from ADVANCE institutions • Utilize research to guide program development, structure, content, delivery • Listen to formative evaluation and assessment results • Follow advice from our External Advisory Board • Use materials from AWIS newsletters, WEPAN Webinars, NCWIT, reports, studies, books, top-notch external experts

  4. Initiatives for Women Faculty • Monthly Faculty Lunch Program with professional development training on gender, climate issues • Distinguished Lecturers and Career Development Workshops by top-notch external experts to provide more depth on specific topics • Faculty Mentoring Program and Executive Coaching Program to provide one-on-one mentoring for tenure-track and tenured women faculty • Worklife Policy Initiatives

  5. Initiatives for Male Faculty & Administrators • Similar program of professional development training, distinguished lectures and workshops by external experts designed to: • Gain buy-in (i.e., diversity matters to all of us and requires not just your support but your personal involvement) • Educate about gender issues and consequences (including issues on our campus) • Provide examples of “things that they can do” to help transform the climate/culture to be supportive via an Advocates and Allies Program for male faculty

  6. The Results for Women Faculty? • 50%+ fell more confident about professional abilities and more assertive about advocating for needs • 77% ( 69% in 2011) feel they “fit” in their program • 15% ( 40% in 2010) feel isolated in their program • Gap between men and women reporting that they have the space/equipment needed to do their research has disappeared (women went from 36%/36% in 2010 to 69%/77% in 2012, even with men) • 62% ( 46% in 2011) report being involved in decision-making in their program

  7. Questions? Email: advance@latech.edu • Web: www.advance.latech.edu

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