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

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

Outline 1.WISEST Goal and Strategies 2.Sturm’s Framework 3.Application of Framework to WISEST 4.Institutional Policies

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 WEPAN National Conference Proceedings. Sturm, S. (2006). The architecture of inclusion: advancing workplace equity in higher education. Harvard Journal of Law and Gender, 29,

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

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

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) 2 nd Tuesday of the month (8:30 PST) (509) (2466# or AIMM#) Establish a means for storing and sharing documents (Jan. 2011) WEPAN Knowledge Center: AIM Network Interest Group 11

AIM Network Membership 12 Membership has continued to grow over the last 3 years…

AIM Network Members 13 AIM Network Members at the 2011 NSF Joint Annual Meeting.

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. 1 st, 2012) Op Ed Project Training (Post ADVANCE Workshop, March 6 th, 2013) AIM Network Website and Allies & Partners Project Toolkit (to come) AIM Network Community of Practice PAID Proposal 14