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Leveraging Internal and External Networks for Successful Programming

Leveraging Internal and External Networks for Successful Programming. Manorama M. Khare, PhD March 4, 2013. Internal Networks. Women in Science and Engineering System Transformation (WISEST) at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Goal of WISEST.

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Leveraging Internal and External Networks for Successful Programming

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  1. Leveraging Internal and External Networks for Successful Programming Manorama M. Khare, PhD March 4, 2013

  2. Internal Networks Women in Science and Engineering System Transformation (WISEST) at the University of Illinois at Chicago

  3. Goal of WISEST To increase the number, participation, and leadership status of minority and majority women in academic science and engineering through institutional transformation.

  4. The WISEST Strategies • Strategy 1: Warm the climate and decrease isolation of women STEM faculty. • Strategy 2: Pilot initiatives to attract and recruit minority women faculty. • Strategy 3: Transform STEM departments to foster diversity and women’s leadership. • Strategy 4: Promote STEM women’s scholarship and teaching. • Strategy 5: Improve the ability to track & report the gender equity in STEM.

  5. Sturm’s Framework • Organizational catalysts • Institutional Intermediaries • Institutional Citizenship M. Tam, M.M. Khare, J. Wichelecki (2012). Affecting Work-Life Friendly Policies and Programs for Institutional Transformation: Applying Sturm’s Architecture of Inclusion Framework to WISEST. 2012 WEPAN National Conference Proceedings. Sturm, S. (2006). The architecture of inclusion: advancing workplace equity in higher education. Harvard Journal of Law and Gender , 29, 248-298.

  6. National Science Foundation Institutional Intermediaries CWRG Housed WISEST grant UIC WISEST Executive Committee Provost, WISEST PI, Co-PIs, Director, Lead Facilitator, CRWG Director, Deans of LAS & COE Organizational Catalysts STEM Department Heads WISEST Faculty Facilitators STEM Women Faculty Other STEM Faculty Institutional Citizenship

  7. Life-Friendly Policies • Revision of Tenure Hold Policy (August 16, 2008) to include automatic hold for a new child • Modified Service Duty (January 1, 2009): one-semester modification of teaching duties for new child • Partner Accommodation Policy

  8. External Networks ADVANCE Implementation Mentors (AIM) Network

  9. History • Initiated: ADVANCE PI meeting (Nov. 2010) • Target Audience: ADVANCE Program Coordinators/Directors (i.e., IT, PAID, Catalyst) • Goal: To optimize efficiency and effectiveness of national ADVANCE efforts by establishing a Community of Practice which would provide ADVANCE Program Coordinators/Directors with: • on-demand support • intra-and-inter cohort mentoring • efficient information dissemination • best/promising practices identification

  10. Objectives • Establish a listserv (Dec. 2010) • Establish a monthly meeting (Jan. 2011) • 2nd Tuesday of the month (8:30 PST) • (509) 335-4700 (2466# or AIMM#) • Establish a means for storing and sharing documents (Jan. 2011) • WEPAN Knowledge Center: AIM Network Interest Group

  11. AIM Network Membership Membership has continued to grow over the last 3 years…

  12. AIM Network Members AIM Network Members at the 2011 NSF Joint Annual Meeting.

  13. AIM Network Products • Monthly Topical Meetings • Revised Work-Life Policy Benchmark Document • Mentoring Practices Survey • Underrepresented Minority STEM Women Program Survey • Supplemental Grant: Women of Color Allies and Partners Project • Webinar (Nov. 1st, 2012) • Op Ed Project Training (Post ADVANCE Workshop, March 6th, 2013) • AIM Network Website and Allies & Partners Project Toolkit (to come) • AIM Network Community of Practice PAID Proposal

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