Internal Advisory Committee Presentation
October 28, 2015
NSF ADVANCE INSTITUTIONAL
TRANSFORMATION (IT) AWARD
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UH ADVANCE GOALS
• Increase recruitment and
retention of STEM women
faculty, especially women
of color, at senior, midcareer, and junior faculty
levels.
• Increase advancement of
STEM women faculty,
especially WoC, into dept,
college, and
administrative leader
positions.
• Enhance UH’s
infrastructure to make
gender equity and
diversity campus-wide.
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UH ADVANCE
5 COLLEGES & 23 DEPARTMENTS
• STEM:
– College of Engineering: Biomedical, Chemical & Biomolecular,
Civil & Environmental, Electrical and Computer, Industrial,
Mechanical
– College of Natural Sciences & Mathematics: Biology &
Biochemistry, Chemistry, Computer Science, Mathematics,
Physics, Earth & Atmospheric Sciences
– College of Technology: Engineering Technology, Information and
Logistics Technology, Construction Management
• SBS:
– College of Education: Psychological, Health, and Learning
Sciences
– College of Liberal Arts & Sciences: Comparative Culture Studies,
Economics, Health and Human Performance, Psychology, Political
Science, Sociology
– College of Technology: Human Development & Consumer
Sciences
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% OF TENURED WOMEN:
UH VS. NATIONAL DATA
*National Science Foundation (2010) National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Survey of Doctorate Recipients
**UH Data, 2012
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SLICES OF THE PIE:
UH STEM AND SBS FACULTY
Figure 1. Distribution of UH STEM Faculty
by Gender and Rank, Fall 2014 (N=348)
16%
4%
Figure 2. Distribution of UH SBS Faculty by
Gender and Rank, Fall 2014 (N=145)
12%
8%
6%
7%
Women - Full
Women - Full
Women - Associate
Women - Assistant
22%
20%
Women - Assistant
Men - Full
25%
Men - Full
Men - Associate
41%
Women - Associate
Men - Associate
13%
Men - Assistant
Men - Assistant
26%
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Representation of Women - including Women of Color by Rank, Department, and College in STEM (2014)
STEM
College & Department
STEM Totals
Assistant Professor
All Women
# WoC
%, Fraction
Associate Professor
All Women
# WoC
%, Fraction
Full Professor
All Women
# WoC
%, Fraction
27%
21/78
1
24%
27/113
3
9%
14/157
0
29%
12/41
0
23%
14/60
2
10%
10/101
0
46%
0%
0%
20%
29%
43%
6/13
0/5
0/4
1/5
2/7
3/7
0
0
0
0
0
0
46%
17%
10%
18%
14%
33%
6/13
1/6
1/10
2/11
2/14
2/6
0
0
1
0
0
1
33%
0%
8%
14%
4%
0%
6/18
0/15
1/12
2/14
1/23
0/19
0
0
0
0
0
0
Engineering
Biomedical Eng.
Chemical Eng.
Civil & Environ. Eng.
Electrical & Comp. Eng.
Industrial Eng.
Mechanical Eng.
27%
0%
43%
38%
14%
0%
25%
9/33
0/3
3/7
3/8
1/7
0/0
2/8
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
15%
17%
0%
0%
25%
17%
0%
5/34
1/6
0/5
0/2
3/12
1/6
0/3
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
6%
0%
8%
9%
0%
0%
9%
3/50
0/2
1/12
1/11
0/13
0/1
1/11
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Technology
Construction Mngt.
Eng. Technology
Info. & Logistics Tech.
0%
0%
0%
0%
0/4
0/1
0/2
0/1
0
0
0
0
42%
0%
45%
50%
8/19
0/2
5/11
3/6
0
0
0
0
17%
0%
33%
0%
1/6
0/1
1/3
0/2
0
0
0
0
Natural Sciences & Math.
Bio. & Biochem
Chemistry
Computer Science
Earth & Atmos.
Mathematics
Physics
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Representation of Women - including Women of Color by Rank, Department, and College in SBS (2014)
SBS:
College & Department
Assistant Professor
All Women
# WoC
%, Fraction
Associate Professor
All Women
# WoC
%, Fraction
Full Professor
All Women
# WoC
%, Fraction
Comp. Cultural Studies
0%
0/1
0
25%
1/4
1
50%
2/4
1
Economics
50%
3/6
0
25%
1/4
0
33%
3/9
0
Health & Human Perf.
44%
4/9
2
17%
1/6
0
0%
0/2
0
Political Science
25%
2/8
0
25%
3/12
0
14%
1/7
0
Psychology
100%
1/1
0
79%
11/14
2*
12%
2/17
0
Sociology
100%
3/3
0
50%
3/6
0
0%
0/2
0
Educational Psychology
88%
7/8
2
78%
7/9
3
29%
2/7
2
Human Dev. Cons. Sci.
0%
0/1
0
83%
5/6
1
100%
1/1
0
54%
20/37
4
52%
32/61
7
21%
11/49
3
40/114
5
34%
59/174
10
12%
24/205
TOTAL SBS
TOTAL STEM and SBS
* Includes multi-racial
35%
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STEM & SBS WOMEN FACULTY (2014)
Increase women STEM & SBS faculty representation:
– 18 % of STEM faculty are women
– Of these, 6% are women of color (WoC)
– 43 % of SBS faculty are women
– Of these 22% are women of color (WoC)
Increase and retain women STEM faculty at full professor rank (as a pathway
to Leadership)
– 9 % of all STEM faculty are women full professors
– Of these, 0% are WoC
– 21 % of all SBS faculty are women full professors
– Of these, 27% are WoC
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WHY UH NEEDS ADVANCE STEM WOMEN FACULTY
IN LEADERSHIP
• No women serve as
Dean in a STEM or
SBS college
• 6 (of 15) Associate
Deans are women in
STEM and SBS
colleges; no WoC
• 4 (of 23) Chairs are
women in STEM and
SBS; no WoC
ADVANCE TEAM
ORGANIZATIONAL CHART
PI Team:
Center for ADVANCING UH
Faculty Success
President Renu Khator
Provost Paula Myrick Short
Holly Hutchins
Dean Joseph Tedesco
(Engineering)
Lawrence Pinsky
Internal Advisory Committee
Led by director, Dr. Paula
Myrick Short
Includes staff and internal
evaluator
Project Implementation Team
External Evaluator
Chaired by Lead co-PI, Holly
Hutchins
Mariko Chang
Recruitment &
Retention
(Ottinger &
Pinsky)
Chaired by Dean Dan Wells
(NSM)
Professional
Engagement &
Advancement
(Hutchins &
Long)
External Advisory Board
Chaired by PI, Dr. Renu Khator
Social Science
Research
Work-Life
Infrastructure
Diversity &
Inclusion
(Witt & Atwater)
(May & Clarke)
(Horn & Epling)
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ADVANCE STRATEGIC COMMITTEES
Social
Science
Research
Diversity &
Inclusion
Work-Life
ADVANCE
Recruitment
& Retention
Professional
Development
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TEXAS ADVANCE
REGIONAL NETWORK (ARN)
Members:
Activities:
– 2nd annual Post-Doc
Network event, January
14-15, @ UTRGV
– E-Mentoring Network
(second session)
– Peer-Peer Chair
Workshops
– Best Practice Webinars
– ARN Symposium
– UH Leadership Kick off
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UH ADVANCE ACTIVITIES (TO DATE)
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Fall 2014
– Kickoff featuring Ruth Simmons,
Former President, Brown University
– ADVANCE Advocate selection
– Commissioned Strategic Committees
– First STEM in Americas Speaker: Dr.
Cristina Villalobos, Mathematics, UT
Pan AM
Spring 2015
– Mentoring Program
• Internal program w/Susan
Gardner: 4/6-7/15
• External (via ADVANCE Regional
Network-ARN) using MentorNet
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Diversity Workshop (STEM Deans,
Chairs): 2/24/15
– STEM in the Americas Series: 4/2/15
Dr. Gabriella del Valle, Professor,
Applied Atomic and Molecular
Physics, Univ. of Mexico
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UH ADVANCE ACTIVITIES
SUMMER-FALL 2015
Departmental Mentoring
o Pilot committee formed, led by Stuart Long
o Comprised of subset of chairs and faculty from STEM/SBS and Advocates
o October 20 presentation by Dr. E. Travis, member EAB
o Spring 2016 launch of pilot program in selected departments
ARN E mentoring Network (fall semester)
o Over 70 faculty completed profiles in Mentornet software
o Currently 7 matched pairs
STEM in the Americas speaker series
o November 9: Dr. Elisa V. Mariscal,
managing director, Global Economics, Group (Mexico)
Special Lecture speaker series
o February 5: Dr. Eve Sprunt, consultant, VP, Society of Exploration Geophysics, expert on dual
career issues
Leadership series kick off
o November 12: Dr. Valerie Taylor, senior associate dean, Academic Affairs, Regents Professor and
Wisenbaker Professor, Computer Science & Engineering, A&M
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UH ADVANCE ACTIVITIES
SUMMER-FALL 2015
Administrative Fellows Program
o Leadership experience/learning opportunity for women full professors
STEM/SBS
o Pilot Spring 2016: Fellow will work with associate dean, Research &
Administration, Engineering (currently seeking applications)
Department chair Career Path materials
o Subcommittee worked with group of chairs to identify
competencies needed to become a chair
ADVANCE E-newsletter!
o First issue sent September campus-wide
Reports
o Dual Career Hiring Policies recommendations submitted to provost by Co-PI
Larry Pinsky (August 2015)
o Benefited from input from Dona Cornell, IAC member and General
Counsel
o Work/Life Policy Subcommittee Report submitted to provost by Dr. Elizabeth
Gregory (recommendations on dual career and proposed expanding childcare
access cost reduction study, September 2015)
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UH ADVANCE ACTIVITIES
SUMMER-FALL 2015
Search committee training
o ADVANCE team attended “Lead IT” workshop, Washington
State (October)
o Advocates will be trained and assist Department and Search
chairs (Spring 2016)
Faculty Club coming soon to E. Cullen!
o Part of Chancellor and ADVANCE PI’s institutional commitment
Coffee, Cookies & Conversation, UH postdoc appreciation event
o 9/25/15: hosted by provost/ADVANCE director
o Open to all UH postdocs
(over 50 attended )
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ADVANCE CONNECTIONS
SUMMER-FALL 2015
Women in STEM in MENA event, UH co-sponsor with Baker
Institute
o December 7 @ Baker Institute – online registration
o UH Dr. Krishnamooti welcome speaker, Dr. Susan Rasmussen,
panel moderator
5th Annual Career Presidential Symposium
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*UH a new sponsor
* held at MD Andersoon
* UH faculty participating on panels
* provides postdocs with valuable
career support
* 2015 event attended by 400 postdocs
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ADVANCE SOCIAL SCIENCE STUDY
FALL 2015
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Mandated by NSF, study must articulate a clear potential contribution to
theory or scientific practice
Study will apply stress-centric theories to identify unit and individual level
factors influencing success of faculty “as a whole”
Led by Drs. A Witt (psychology) and L. Atwater (Management)
A component of comprehensive longitudinal study that will focus on UH
tenure-track/tenured faculty’s perceptions of work climate at UH (participation
is voluntary)
Survey is confidential, IRB approved
Data will help measure progress towards goals, inform policy and support for
work-life resources, professional development, promotion, diversity, and
recruitment/retention efforts
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ENGAGING &
BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS
• Internal
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Increased communication STEM/SBS Chairs through Lunch/Learns,
co-PI team faculty meeting visits
Engaging Advocates around expert research
on diversity
• External
– Annual Presidential Career Symposium
• UH a new co-sponsor of 5th Annual event (February 2016)
• Network and activities will provide programs and opportunities
for UH postdocs (future faculty), as well as UH faculty
– James A. Baker lll Institute for Public Policy, Rice University
• New partnership launched with December 7 STEM in MENA
event
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LOOKING FORWARD
• Dissemination across campus
community and keeping up
momentum (Ongoing)
• Work-Life Transformation @ UH
(3/25/2016)
• Rollout of Search Committee
Training and Leadership Series
(Spring 2016)
• Rollout of Departmental
Mentoring pilot (Spring 2016)
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IAC: HOW YOU CAN HELP
Provide expertise on reports and new policy recommendations, and
program development
o Dual Career
o Work Life Integration
o Search Committee
o NSF Third Year Report
Participate and support events and initiatives
o Work Life Transformation @ UH (March 25, 2016)
o ARN Symposium
o Departmental Mentoring and search committee workshops and
training
Leverage your network to recruit speakers and presenters for ADVANCE
events
o STEM in the Americas
o Special Lecture Series
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uh.edu/advance
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