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Implicit Bias Panel

Implicit Bias Panel. NSF ADVANCE Program Workshop March 4, 2013 Brooke Shipley Director of WISEST Professor of Mathematics.

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Implicit Bias Panel

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  1. Implicit Bias Panel NSF ADVANCE Program Workshop March 4, 2013 Brooke Shipley Director of WISEST Professor of Mathematics This material was supported with funds from the National Science Foundation ADVANCE Institutional Transformation grant #0546843. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.

  2. UIC WISEST Women in Science and Engineering System Transformation • 2003 WISEST Initiative begins • 2006 - 2011 NSF ADVANCE IT award • Many impacts including • Increasingly diverse faculty • Piloted Postdoc Program for URM women • Work / Life Policy Changes (see our poster) • Climate Change (see our poster) A World-Class Education, A World-Class City .

  3. Implicit Bias Activities At UIC • WISEST Leadership Seminars on Bias • Abby Stewart, U. Michigan (2004), STRIDE (2005) • Molly Carnes, U. Wisconsin (2004, 2007) • Laurie McNeil, U. North Carolina (2005) • Virginia Valian, Hunter, by DVD • Geraldine Richmond, U. Oregon (2007) • Theatrical Townhalls onFaculty Searches (2007, 2008) • Presentations on Bias in Faculty Evaluation • Search Committees (2006 – present) • Promotion and Tenure Committees (2011 – present) A World-Class Education, A World-Class City .

  4. Implicit Bias Activities Centered on Teaching • Bias in Student Evaluations of Teaching • Deborah Merritt, Ohio St. U. (2009) • Joey Sprague, Kansas U. (2009) • “First Lecture” College of Engineering (2009 - present) • Student – Faculty Interactions • Introduction of faculty members • Theatrical Townhall (2010) • Student – Faculty Interactions A World-Class Education, A World-Class City .

  5. CLICK TO EDIT MASTER STYLE WISEST Facilitators (2003 – present) • 11 STEM Senior Faculty • Nominated by Department Heads • 5 Basic Science in Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) • All 6 departments in College of Engineering (COE) • $5,000 stipend • 2006 – 2011 NSF ADVANCE grant • 2011 – present UIC funds - Provost, Deans • Serve varying terms • 2 to 5 facilitators per department over the 10 years • A gender balanced group

  6. CLICK TO EDIT MASTER STYLE WISEST Facilitators (2003 – present) • Diversity ambassadors • Departmental Champions of WISEST • Facilitate communication between Faculty, Head, and WISEST • Implement WISEST initiatives • Mentoring • Search and P&T Committee Presentations • Serve on search committees

  7. CLICK TO EDIT MASTER STYLE SUCCEED Subcommittee Supporting UIC’s Commitment to a Community of Excellence, Equity, and Diversity • Search Committee Presentations (2006 - present ) • Every STEM Faculty Search Committee • Annual presentation to Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) Search Committee Chairs and Members • Promotion and Tenure Committee Presentations • COE and LAS Executive Committees (college level P&T committees), November - December 2011, 2012 • Campus-wide P&T Committee, February 2012, 2013

  8. CLICK TO EDIT MASTER STYLE Key Topics for Faculty Searches • Diversify the Search Committee • Proactive Recruitment • Evaluation Criteria • Essential and desired criteria • Weighted or ranked priorities • Raise Awareness of Bias • CV, letters, application as a whole • Sufficient Time Required for Review • Include Accountability Measures • Defend each decision • Periodically evaluate judgments

  9. CLICK TO EDIT MASTER STYLE Key Topics for Promotion and Tenure Committees Topics added to the search committee presentation • Assigning credit for collaborative work • Student evaluation of teaching • Gendered expectations • Class size, elective vs. required, upper vs. lower level • Tenure rollback / hold • Evaluating the quality of the total package • Not evaluating number of years or slow years • Differential service burden

  10. CLICK TO EDIT MASTER STYLE Development of Presentations Original materials developed by then Director of WISEST and the facilitators based on extensive reading and discussions of original literature and the many leadership seminars on implicit bias. Experienced SUCCEED members train new facilitators. New facilitators attend many presentations before taking a lead position.

  11. CLICK TO EDIT MASTER STYLE On-going Revisions Most STEM search committee members have seen multiple SUCCEED presentations. • Fall 2012: • Focus on procedures and practices • Shortened section on bias awareness • Fall 2013 plan: • Shorten presentation further • Add discussion scenarios (case studies) • More interactive, less repetitive

  12. CLICK TO EDIT MASTER STYLE Lessons Learned • Successes • Challenges • Advantages / Disadvantages

  13. UIC WISEST Women in Science and Engineering System Transformation Thank you! A World-Class Education, A World-Class City .

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