Team and Projects

The BGSU IDEAL Team and Projects

• Co-Director: Dr. Julie Barnes (College of Arts & Sciences)
• Team Coach: Dr. Deborah O'Neil (Management)
• Third Year Change Leaders:
  • Dr. Royce Ann Martin (Aviation Studies)
  • Dr. Diem M. Nguyen (Mathematics & Statistics)
  • Dr. Karen Root (Biological Sciences)
• Second Year Change Leaders:
  • Dr. Andrew Layden (Physics & Astronomy)
  • Dr. Dara Musher-Eizenman (Psychology)
  • Dr. Margaret Yacobucci (Geology)
• First Year Change Leaders:
  • Dr. Laura Leventhal (Computer Science)
  • Dr. Helen Michaels (Biology)
  • Dr. Sheila Roberts (Geology)

Institutional Transformation Theme

Build intellectual community and collegiality

Change Projects

Year 1

• Design and apply Climate Survey to BGSU faculty; analyze issues specific to women in STEM
• Hold focus group discussion with women faculty in STEM to further identify biases, barriers, and issues associated with career advancement at BGSU
• Host a multiple-event campus visit by the internationally-recognized Title IX expert Dr. Bernice Sandler, including a panel discsussion, breakfast and luncheon discussions, a presentation to Faculty Senate on "The Chilly Classroom Climate."

Year 2

• Design and host meetings with faculty search committees in all STEM fields to discuss issues of bias and recruitment, and present "Faculty Recruitment for Diversity and Excellence"
• Complete and disseminate a full assessment of the Climate Survey and promote solutions to actionable items with BGSU Administration
• Implement and institutionalize a Writing Club to support scholarship and career advancement of women and underrepresented minorities in STEM, and to provide a forum for community discussion and development.

Year 3

• Foster discussions among STEM faculty about biases, barriers and issues identified by the climate survey
• Increase campus wide awareness of the importance of diversity in STEM
• Implement and institutionalize initiatives to promote collegiality and support STEM faculty

Learning Community

Teams from the IDEAL partner institutions meet bi-monthly to share information, develop their change projects, and learn from specialists and consultants about the change process, organizational development, and best practices from ADVANCE institutions.