Information and Services

Events

• McMaster Visiting Scientist
  • “The Long and Winding Road: A Career in Genetics” -- public lecture by Dr. Sherri Bale, Monday, March 19, 2012, 4-5pm, BTSU 206
  • “Molecular approaches to the diagnosis of genetic disease: Finding the Zebras” – technical lecture in Biological Sciences, Tuesday, March 20, 2012, 10-11am, Life Sciences Building room 112
• Diversity Recruitment Meetings:
  • Tuesday, November 15, 2011 from 11:30-12:20 in 154 Overman Hall, and
  • Friday, November 18, 2011 from 1:30-2:20 in 132 Overman Hall
  • Organized by: Andy Layden (Physics & Astronomy), Peg Yacobucci (Geology), Royce Ann Martin (Engineering Technologies), Diem Nguyen (Mathematics & Statistics), Karen Root (Biological Sciences)

News 

• Effort Aimed at Increasings Women on Science Faculties (Toledo Blade, May 11, 2010)
• Godmother of Title IX Comes to BGSU (Sentinel-Tribune, May 1, 2010)
• Bernice Sandler & IDEAL (BGSU Monitor, April 26, 2010)

2010 Climate Survey

• Provost Introduction
• Climate Survey Part 1 Results
• Climate Survey Part 2 Results
• Climate Survey Part 3 Results
• Data & Description of the 2010 BGSU Climate Survey
• Discuss the Climate Survey results on the BGSU/IDEAL blog

Faculty Recruitment

• Faculty Recruitment for Diversity and Excellence: a powerpoint file complementing presentations made by the Year 2 members to faculty search committees in several STEM departments during Fall 2010.
  • identifies subtle biases faced by women and under-represented minorities in the course of their careers,
  • shows how this "leaky pipeline" leads to increasing under-representation of these groups at BGSU and other institutions,
  • demonstrates how search committes can recognize and minimize these biases in their searches.
• Strategies for a Fair Recruiting Practice (Peg Yacobucci and the BGSU IDEAL team, PDF).
• Univ. of Michigan's Candidate Evaluation Tool (UM STRIDE team, MSWord).
• BGSU's Office of Equity and Diversity and its Search Committee Orientation information.
• Summary of Best Hiring Practices (Univ. of Akron)
• Not biased? Check your reactions with the Implicit Associations Test.

Faculty Retention and Promotion

• AAUW 2004 Report Tenure Denied: Cases of Sex Discrimination in Academia
• Powerpoint slides from CWRU Promotion and Tenure Bias discussion School of Engineering

Working Groups of National and Regional Societies

• American Association of University Women
• Committee on the Status of (Women // Minorities) in Astronomy (American Astronomical Society)
• Women in Computing (Assoc. for Computing Machinery)
• Diversity Programs and Resources in Biology (American Institute of Biological Sciences)
• Women Chemists Committee (American Chemical Society)
• Association for Women Geoscientists, American Geophysical Union Diversity Plan
  
• Association of Women in Mathematics
• Women // Minorities in Physics (American Physical Society)
• Women in Neuroscience (Society for Neuroscience)

Readings and Resources

• Bias Called Persistent Hurdle for Women in Sciences (NY Times)
• Workplaces that Work: Creating a Workplace Culture that Attracts, Retains and Promotes Women
• Has the Women-in-Mathematics Problem Been Solved? (AMS)
• ADVANCE portal (Univ of VT / NSF) and ADVANCE program (NSF)

Related BGSU Offices and Services

• Office of Equity and Diversity
• Arts & Sciences Diversity Programs & Resources
• Human Resources
• Women's Center
• Academic Investment in Math & Science (AIMS)
• Natural & Health Sciences Residential Community (NHSRC)
• Provost's Inclusion Network