UAB ADVANCE
Institutional Transformation
Award
2003-2008
National Science Foundation
UAB ADVANCE Institutional
Transformation Award
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The mission of the UAB ADVANCE program is to increase the
participation and advancement of women in science, engineering,
and social science academic careers.
The UAB Office for the Advancement of Women in Science and
Engineering (OAWSE) was created in the Fall 2003 to serve as a
resource for women faculty on campus and to run the UAB
ADVANCE program.
Our programs are for faculty in the Schools of Natural Sciences
and Mathematics (NSM), Engineering, and Social and Behavioral
Sciences (SBS).
The focus of our work is to increase awareness of the issues
involving all women in academia, and to help develop and
disseminate best practices to improve retention and recruitment of
women faculty at UAB.
UAB ADVANCE
Program Personnel
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Principle Investigators
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Associate Dean, Graduate
School
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Eli Capilouto - Acting Provost
Jim McClintock - Interim
Linda Lucas - Dean,
Engineering
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OAWSE Staff
Jeannette Doeller -
Dean, Graduate School, former
Dean, NSM
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Wendy Gunther-Canada Associate Professor,
Government, SBS
Jeannette Doeller - Director
Fran Wood - Executive
Assistant
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Mirjam-Colette Kempf Research Associate
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Helena Sviglin - Program
Manager
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Kellie Carter - Publications
Specialist
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Darrell Ray - Financial Officer
Thomas Harris - Webpage
Designer
UAB ADVANCE
Program Personnel
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Executive Board
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Associate Professor,
Government, co-PI
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Mirjam-Colette Kempf -
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Research Associate
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Manager
Tennant McWilliams - Dean,
SBS
Lowell Wenger - Dean, NSM
Rose Scripa - Associate
Provost, Undergraduate
Programs/Faculty Affairs
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Julia Austin - Director,
Helena Sviglin - Program
Carol Garrison - UAB
President
Carolyn Braswell - Assistant
Professional Development
Program, Graduate School
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Advisors/Contributors
Jeannette Doeller - Director
Wendy Gunther-Canada -
Vice President, Equity and
Diversity
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Louis Dale - Vice President,
Equity and Diversity
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Virginia Gauld - Vice President,
Student Affairs
UAB ADVANCE
Program Elements
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Faculty Awards
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UAB ADVANCE Symposium (2004, 2006, 2008)
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To present progress and highlights of the UAB ADVANCE program to the
campus community, and to inform the community on the issue of advancement
of women in academic science and engineering careers
Visiting Scholars Program
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3-6 ADVANCE Senior Professorships
5 ADVANCE Junior Professorships (one per year)
2 Transition Award (one in years 2,4)
To bring women scientists and engineers to UAB as part of regular seminar
series for networking, role models
Faculty Career Development Program
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For field-specific training programs
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Materials Sciences/Engineering Assistant Professor to attend leadership workshop
Work with Julia Austin, Director, Graduate School Professional Development
Program, to develop workshops/seminars
UAB ADVANCE
Program Elements
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Research Grant Program
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To support program-initiated and/or investigator-initiated research
Funded items
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Supplemental Start Up Funds
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To support recruitment and hiring of women faculty
Awards given
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UAB ADVANCE Academic Climate Survey (data entry complete)
UAB Spouse/Partner Relocation program
Assistant Professor, Department of Government, SBS, 1/04
Assistant Professor, Department of Government, SBS, 2/04
Website Development http://www.uab.edu/advance
External Advisory Board
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Sue Rosser, Dean, Ivan Allen College, and co-PI, ADVANCE project, Georgia
Institute of Technology
Ansley Abraham, Director, Southern Regional Educational Board Doctoral
Scholars Program
Joan Lorden, Provost, University of North Carolina at Charlotte
UAB ADVANCE
Program Elements
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External Evaluation
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AAAS Research Competitiveness Service (RCS)
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Ed Derrick, Director RCS, will provide coordination
AAAS Panel members: Amanda Hunt, Yolanda George, Shirley Malcom
Additional consultants: Suzanne Brainard (U Washington), Anne Machung (U
California Office of the President)
UAB site visit April 12-14, 2004
NSF Indicators
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Data collection, analysis and reporting underway