Leveraging Internal and External Networks for
Successful Programming
Manorama M. Khare, PhD
March 4, 2013
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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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National
Science
Foundation
UIC
Institutional
Intermediaries
CWRG
Housed
WISEST
grant
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
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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): onesemester 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:
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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
Membership
has continued
to grow over
the last 3
years…
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AIM Network Members
AIM Network Members at the 2011 NSF Joint Annual Meeting.
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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