Personal perspective on Work-life balance and how attitudes have changes over the past 30 years- Mary Scranton. ➢ Current perspectives on work/life balance ...
WINGs Women in GeoSciences: Nurturing Opportunities, Effectiveness, Satisfaction, and Leadership
Agenda
Welcome from SoMAS Interim Dean, Larry Swanson Background on WINGs initiative - Anne McElroy Brief introduction on upcoming speakers already scheduled Overview of initial survey results – Nolwenn Dheilly Personal perspective on Work-life balance and how attitudes have changes over the past 30 years- Mary Scranton Current perspectives on work/life balance - younger faculty Open discussion time Introduction to other related initiatives on campus 5:15 - Relocate to END 113 for refreshments an more discussion
Anne McElroy with Jackie Collier, Nolwenn Dheilly, Hyemi Kim, Lesley Thorne, Laura Wehrmann - with funding from Presidential minigrant to promote departmental diversity and matching funds from SoMAS
The overall goal is to promote recognition, discussion, and development of solutions to systemic barriers reducing the recruitment, participation, and retention of people from historically underrepresented groups in Geoscience and related STEM fields. We believe that these barriers affect the career decisions of male and female scientists from diverse backgrounds, and so hope to engage a broad array of students and faculty in the discussion.
Activities Outside speakers - to inspire us, and provide their life story . Each will give open university seminar and we will schedule time for informal discussion as well. Panel discussions – similar to this one to encourage open discourse on these subjects . We will hold at least one more inviting SBU alumni from fields other than academia to provide their perspective. Surveys – to gauge your interest and concerns.
Speaker series – so far • • • •
Dr. Jacquelin Gill Dr. Marie Klawe Dr. Tina Nielsen Dr. Jacquelin Huntoon
Dr. Jacquelyn L. Gill Assistant Professor, School of Biology & Ecology, University of Maine
The Contemplative Mammoth (blog)
@JacquelynGill (Twitter)
Dr. Marie Klawe • President of Harvey Mudd College • Computer scientist, heavily involved in the representation of women in STEM fields • Instrumental in increasing female computer science graduates at Harvey Mudd (as of 2016, women make up 55% of computer science graduates) • Speaking at SBU on March 9 2017 as part of WINGS speaker series
Dr. Tina Nielsen • Associate Director, Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center • Oversees GLBRC’s external campus, government and industry relations and is also responsible for internal administration, including oversight of GLBRC’s Enabling Technology Team and other support areas. • She has also held industry positions (5 years at BP) focused on energy research. Prior to returning back to college for graduate school, Tina was a science teacher at Marysville Intermediate School. She participated in the “Association of Women Geoscientists” Distinguished Lecturer Program with the lectures: Managing a Work/Life Balance Getting What You Want By Asking for What You Need Making the Transition from Academics to Industry
Dr. Jacqueline Huntoon • Provost and vice president for academic affairs at Michigan Technological University • Professor in the Department of Geological and Mining Engineering and Sciences
• Served as program director for Huntoon and Lane (2007), J. of Geoscience Education Diversity and Education at the “The proportion of PhD degrees awarded to NSF’s Directorate for Geosciences women in any particular STEM field is lower • Councilor for the Geological Society of America's Minorities and than the proportion of master’s or bachelor’s Women Committee degrees awarded… Of the women receiving (Research Interests) PhD degrees in Geoscience, only a small • Identification of successful portion choose to enter academia and serve strategies for improving education as teachers and role models for future and enhancing diversity in STEM
geoscientist. “
WINGS Survey Women in GeoSciences: Nurturing Opportunities, Effectiveness, Satisfaction, and Leadership
Participants
• 6 males
• 73% PhD students
• 49 females • 1 did not wish to disclose
• 11% MA • 11% MS • 5% Postdocs
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71% wish to pursue a career in research 53% wish to pursue a non-academic career 27% wish to pursue an academic career 12% are undecided
What factors do you think might lead students to prefer non-academic careers?
What factors do you think might cause a lower proportion of women to seek out a career in academia?
Rank in order of importance the subject you would like us to cover during the WINGs events 1. Work hours, work load, being expected to raise part of your salary 2. Self-confidence and success in research careers 3. Family care, parental and vacation leave and other benefits 4. Gender bias in conference invited speakers, review of publications and grants, job search committees 5. Strategies for success in the face of sexism 6. Female leadership 7. Others - How to be a good mentor - General networking skills - Negotiating salary and benefits to get fair treatment - Sexual harrassment
Food for thought: my perspective on work-life balance in academia Institutional limitations + negative experiences
Your own values, philosophy, and strategy
Institutional and cultural change for the better
Where are you comfortable on the work-life spectrum? How can you strategically get what you want out of work and life? What tradeoffs are you willing to accept, and at what stages? A long term plan and mission statement for your life and work Outside interests + time for yourself + family priorities what do you want and what can you give up Your work when do you need to devote 200% and when can you devote less? Joshua Rest
