Leveraging Internal and External Networks for Successful Programming

Manorama M. Khare, PhDMarch 4, 2013

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

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Goal of WISEST

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

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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.

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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.

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WISEST Executive CommitteeProvost, WISEST PI, Co-PIs, Director, Lead

Facilitator, CRWG Director, Deans of LAS & COE

STEM Department

Heads

WISEST Faculty

Facilitators

STEM Wome

n Faculty

Other STEM

Faculty

National Science

Foundation

UIC CWRGHoused 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

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ADVANCE Implementation Mentors (AIM) Network

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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

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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

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AIM Network Membership

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Membership has continued to grow over

the last 3 years…

AIM Network Members

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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. 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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