Welcome to the November edition of the STEM LEAF/ADVANCE Newsletter!
Clarkson’s NSF ADVANCE grant is designed
1) to effect positive institutional change around reduction of implicit or unintentional bias associated with gender and intersectional issues of race, ethnicity, country of origin, sexual orientation, and disability,
2) to systematically and equitably support the development of inclusive leadership skills and the professional advancement of women STEM faculty, and
3) to implement sustainable, systematic changes across the University in support of these goals.
Upcoming Workshops
Our Advocates team will have a Clarkson-specific workshop (Men Allies for Gender Equity) ready soon! Please be on the lookout.
Recent Resources/Opinions/News
Can the CHIPS Act Help Curb Harassment in Academia?
A little-known provision allocates $32.5 million to researching and preventing sexual and gender-based misconduct.
Gender and Racial Wage Gaps Persist as the Economy Recovers by The Institute for Women’s Policy Research
“As a sign of the uneven recovery in 2021, gender wage gaps narrowed while median earnings fell marginally. As the economy slowly recovered from the COVID-19 “She-cession” and women and men began to return to work in 2021, the gender wage gaps narrowed significantly for all workers with earnings. Based on the historical rate of progress, it will take decades still for women workers to reach pay equity men. Full-time year-round women workers will need another 38 years, until 2059, and all women with earnings another 33 years, until 2054, years to reach pay equity with men.”
“Supporting the Success of Women in STEM: Mentorship and Coaching Through Hula Perspective” Webinar Available
Co-hosted by WEPAN and the ARC Network, this presentation focuses on three cohorts trained in mentorship and coaching under the ADVANCE Partnership Grant at the University of Hawaii Community Colleges, UH Hilo, and UH West Oahu. It outlines the structure of a hula halau and refers to moʻololelo, Native Hawaiian storytelling, that highlights and demonstrates a collective practice of mentorship and coaching, and makes a case for place-based models for framing and instituting training programs. This is particularly relevant at UH Hawaii, which is formally an indigenous serving institution, to include practices that are informed by the context.
More webinars of interest are available at WEPAN’s website, filter by Public access.
If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact us at advance@clarkson.edu. If you’d like to keep up with information like this regularly, you can follow our Twitter account @ClarksonADVANCE. (Our PI team consists of Marc Christensen, Jen Ball, Laura Ettinger, William Jemison, & Stephanie Schuckers. Our Project Director is Sarah Treptow.)
