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NC State NSF ADVANCE Project Update August 2010 Principal Investigators Marcia Gumpertz, Asst Vice Provost Faculty/Staff Diversity Margaret Daub, Dept Head of Plant Biology Laura Severin, Professor of English Daniel Solomon, Dean of PAMS Mary Wyer, CHASS Assoc Dean for Research Additional workshop leaders and evaluators Betsy Brown: Co-leader of both workshop series Rebecca Brent: Project evaluation and heads workshops Ming Trammel: Project Coordinator Overview Goals Structure ADVANCE Scholars – Senior Leaders ADVANCE Scholars – Emerging Leaders Leadership Development Workshops Climate Workshops for Department Heads Annual Retreat Timeline Goals Increase female share of senior faculty Increase visibility of women faculty Increase faculty of color at all ranks Increase women in line leadership Cultivate leaders (♀+♂) as change agents Improve attitudes about increasing hiring of women and faculty of color Female Faculty: Are we on Track? 2006 2009 TT Asst Professors Tenured faculty 38% 19% 39% 21% Tenured Full professors Department Heads Associate Deans Deans 14% 18% 24% 25% 16% 25% (15) 30% (8) 0 2011 2011 projected possible 22% 26% African American, Native American, Hispanic Faculty 2006 2009 2011 2011 projected possible TT Asst Professors Tenured faculty 8% (25) 6% (61) 9% (28) 6% (67) 7% T Full Professors Department Heads Associate Deans Deans 4% (23) 3% (2) 7% (2) 17% (2) 3% (22) 5% (3) 11% (3) 17% (2) 12% What actions would make the “possible” become reality? Colleges with less than 30% ANH or female faculty: Each department hires 1 tenured ANH and one tenured female faculty member between 2006 and 2011 Each college retains and promotes one additional ANH assistant professor and one woman compared to past pattern. Agents of Change Advance Scholars Senior Leaders; Emerging Leaders Study Leadership & Social Bias Seed Discussions in Workshops/Retreats Promote Discussions with Faculty Colleagues Serve as resource for College/Dept faculty diversity efforts Develop initiatives sparked by discussions Who are the ADVANCE Scholars? Robin Abrams (Head, Architecture) Christine Grant, (Assoc Dean, COE) Paola Sztajn, (Professor, Elem Educ) Ruth Chabay (Professor, Physics) Karla Henderson (Professor, PRTM) Ken Zagacki (Head, Communication) Margo Daub (Head, Plant Biology) Thomas Schaefer (Professor, Physics) Maria Correa (Assoc Prof, PHP) Julie Earp (Assoc Prof, Bus Mgmt) Wendy Krause (Assoc Prof, TECS) Jessica DeCuir-Gunby (Assoc Prof, CICE) Heidi Grappendorf (Asst Prof, PRTM) Kara Peters (Assoc Prof, MAE) Joel Ducoste (Assoc Prof, CCEE) Amy Grunden (Assoc Prof, Microbiology) Traciel Reid (Assoc Prof, PIA) Some Project Ideas Architecture: increase faculty diversity through strategic recruitment CALS: facilitate department heads’ climate workshops Engineering: incorporate D3 work with her job responsibilities; develop leadership lecture series with luncheons for women faculty Textiles: workshop at reappointment times to reestablish peer group and reset priorities Some Project/Research Ideas – Education:Collect success stories,strategies from tenured female and minority faculty Natural Resources: What factors affect women’s choices to enter leadership roles? CHASS and CALS: collect best practices for improving diversity and retention in these colleges CHASS: develop “invitational” communication strategies for administrators Leadership Development Workshop Series Goals: Motivate women and faculty of color to consider line leadership roles Provide some tools Structure: 6 sessions 3 panels: university leaders; deans; department heads 3 reading/discussion sessions Leadership Development Workshop Participants Panel of Dept Heads Robin Abrams (Architecture) Panel of Deans Louis Martin-Vega (Engineering) University Leaders Panel Betsy Brown Vice Provost Fac Affairs Margo Daub (Plant Biology) Jose Picart (Education) Thomas Conway Vice Chanc, Fayetteville State Sastry Panula (Statistics) Dan Solomon (PAMS) Terri Lomax Vice Chanc, Research Maxine Atkinson Lisa Guion (Head, Soc & Anthropology) (Ag & Ext Educ) Maria Oliver-Hoyo Chemistry Anne Baker (English) H.C. (Sunny)Liu Animal Science Tao Pang Mathematics Andrea Cardinal Karen Norwood Sheila Smith-McKoy Climate Workshop Series for Department Heads Goal: Cultivate a supportive and inclusive department climate for diverse faculty Why focus on department climate? Satisfaction and desire to stay at NC State strongly related to department satisfaction Negative aspects of dept climate affect faculty outside the mainstream more strongly than others Climate Workshop Series for Department Heads Structure: 3 sessions built around climate survey administered to dept faculty and staff Motivation, effects of climate on retention and recruiting, explanation of the survey • Climate survey administered Participants received their dept survey results, shared insights, thoughts Develop action plans, share experiences and suggestions Climate Workshop Series Participants Dorothy Anderson Parks, Recreation, Tourism Management Margaret Daub Plant Biology Barry Goldfarb Forestry and Environmental Resources Ellen McIntyre Elementary Education Eric Miller Microbiology Malcolm Roberts PHP Richard Gould MAE What’s to Come 2010-11 ADVANCE Scholar seminars continue, Begin to implement projects Leadership development workshops Climate workshops for department heads 2011: Faculty Well-Being Survey 2011-12 ADVANCE Scholars continue 3rd round of workshop series