ADVANCE Update
- April 2007
1. 2007-2008
Marie Tharp Fellows Selected
2. Funding for
Women Scientists at Columbia
3. University of
Michigan CRLT Players
4. Other Upcoming
Events
5. Recommended
Reading
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1. 2007-2008
Marie Tharp Fellows Selected
The Earth
Institute at Columbia University is pleased to announce the
2007-2008 Marie
Tharp Fellows, four women who are making noteworthy
contributions to
the study of the natural world. The Fellows are: Susan
Capalbo, Director
of the Big Sky Regional Partnership and Professor of
Agricultural
Economics, Montana State University; Sonya Dyhrman, Assistant
Scientist, Woods
Hole Oceanographic Institution; Barbara John, Professor of
Geology and
Geophysics, University of Wyoming; and Kathleen Weathers, Senior
Scientist,
Institute of Ecosystem Studies.
http://www.earth.columbia.edu/news/2007/story04-13-07.php
2. Funding for Women Scientists at
Columbia
ADVANCE provides
funding for women faculty, research scientists, and
post-docs at Columbia
in the form of leadership opportunities and support
for continued
research productivity.
http://www.earthinstitute.columbia.edu/advance/support_field.html
3. University of
Michigan CRLT Players
May 2-4, 2007
Based at the
University of Michigan, the Players from the Center for
Research on
Learning and Teaching (CRLT) bring departmental cultures to
life through
comedic and provocative vignettes performed by real actors. The
CRLT Players have
recently performed at a number of campuses around
the country,
including Harvard, Stanford, and MIT. Using a foundation of
social science
research, the CRLT Players examine how rank and gender
dynamics
influence faculty conversations and decision-making.
Performances at 3
campuses:
Morningside:
Wednesday, 5/2/07, 4:00 pm
Barnard:
Thursday, 5/3/07, 4:00 pm
Lamont: Friday,
5/4/07, 3:30 pm
http://www.earth.columbia.edu/advance/events_current.html
4. Other Upcoming
Events
April 20, 2007
"Diversity
in Science and Engineering: Building an Inclusive Environment"
Interschool Lab,
10th floor, Schapiro CEPSR
12:30 pm - 3:00
pm
Sponsored by the
Office of Multicultural Affairs, the SEAS Office of Faculty
Development and
Diversity and the Earth Institute ADVANCE program, this
event will
explore how cycles of socialization impact the experiences of
faculty, staff and
students from all backgrounds. Through panel discussions,
case studies and
review of social science literature, this interactive
program will be
an opportunity to learn about creating environments that are
inclusive for
diverse populations.
For more information
or to RSVP, contact fred.palm@columbia.edu
May 15, 2007
Lamont Women's
Forum: Writing Workshop
9:00 - 10:30 am
Lamont Hall, LDEO
This workshop
will address a number of topics, including the publishing
process at
Science and Nature; how to deal with journal editors, reviewers,
rejections and
resubmissions; how to choose the content of a paper and
target a journal
for submission; how to determine when it's time to start
writing up your
experiments; and how to overcome writers' block.
http://www.earth.columbia.edu/advance/events_current.html
5. Recommended
Reading
"Constructing
a Broader and More Inclusive Value System in Science"
BioScience,
January 2007
Maria Uriarte,
Holly A. Ewing, Valerie T. Eviner, and Kathleen C. Weathers
A scientific
culture that welcomes a diversity of participants and addresses
a broad range of
questions is critical to the success of the scientific
enterprise and
essential for engaging the public in science. By favoring
behaviors and
practices that result in a narrow set of outcomes, our current
scientific
culture may lower the diversity of the scientific workforce.
http://www.earth.columbia.edu/advance/documents/Uriarteetal.2007Bioscience.pdf
"Alienation
Fuels Female Professors' Dissatisfaction With Their Jobs, Study
Suggests"
Chronicle of
Higher Education
April 12, 2007
At every stage of
the career pipeline, women are more likely than men to
abandon academic
careers. Not surprisingly, several studies have found -
again, at every
stage of the career pipeline - that female faculty members
feel less job
satisfaction than their male colleagues do.
http://chronicle.com/temp/email2.php?id=ZYffRtB9w3CRMqFc6Xsdyp6t2RmktSkk
"Implicit
Stereotypes, Gender Identification, and Math-Related Outcomes"
Psychological
Science
January, 2007
This study
examined the effects of gender identification and stereotyping
among
undergraduate women enrolled in calculus courses. Suggests that
implicit gender
stereotyping about math aptitude, in conjunction with gender
identification,
reduces women's math performance and their desire to pursue
math-intensive
careers.
http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/bpl/psci/2007/00000018/00000001/art00005