August 9, 2019

Women of Color in the Academy

Three 2019 publications worth examining for deeper insight into the experiences of women of color in the academy

July 8, 2019

Interdisciplinary Networking Committee Dates Announced

New faculty, particularly pre-tenure, are invited to opt in to the Interdisciplinary Networking Committee (INC) program, a University level mentoring initiative which complements other mentoring. Mentees and Mentors should save these dates. Dr. Robert Flowers, Deputy Provost for Faculty Affairs manages the INC program.

June 13, 2019

NIH Head Collins calls to end manels

Francis Collins pledged to decline to speak at conferences that do not include enough women in prominent speaking roles. "The National Institutes of Health is committed to changing the culture and climate of biomedical research to create an inclusive and diverse workforce. The recent report by the National Academy of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine, “Sexual Harassment of Women: Climate, Culture, and Consequence in Academic Science, Engineering, and Medicine,” identified the critical role that scientific leaders...
June 5, 2019

Underrepresented faculty play a disproportionate role in advancing diversity and inclusion

A new research paper in Nature: Ecology & Evolution by Jimez and Laverty of Dr. Liba Pejchar's lab, at Colorado State University, found that amongst faculty in ecology and evolutionary biology, [tenure track] "...faculty with underrepresented identities disproportionally engage in diversity and inclusion activities, yet such engagement was not considered important for tenure. Faculty perceived time and funding as major limitations, which suggests that institutions should reallocate resources and reconsider how faculty are evaluated to...
May 29, 2019

NIH ACD Changing Culture to End Sexual Harassment Listening Session, Videocast from May 16

Missed it the first time? Watch the NIH hosted listening session Changing Culture to End Sexual Harassment https://videocast.nih.gov/summary.asp?Live=33124&bhcp=1 Disclaimer: This VideoCast has Adult Content and Language. Air date: Thursday, May 16, 2019, 3:00:00 PM Time displayed is Eastern Time, Washington DC Local Views: Total views: 1271, (919 Live, 352 On-demand) Category: Advisory Committee to the Director of the NIH
May 24, 2019

Women in STEM recognized at 2019 University and College Awards

Women STEM faculty recognized at 2019 University Faculty & Staff Awards; for complete list of 2019 University Awardees: https://awards.web.lehigh.edu/node/658 Alfred Noble Robinson Faculty Award, Sirry Mlbong Alang, Department of Sociology Hillman Award for Excellence in Graduate Advising, Natasha Vermaak , Department of Mechanical Engineering Lehigh Early Career Award for Distinguished Teaching, Haiyan Jia , Department of Journalism and Communication and the Data X Initiative Libsch Early Career Research Award, Kelly Schultz , Department of Chemical...
May 24, 2019

Newly Tenured and Promoted Faculty

Congratulations to faculty colleagues newly tenured and/or promoted, as named here: https://www.lehigh. edu/~inprv/faculty/ facpromotenure.html ADVANCE would like to recognize the following Women in STEM, promoted to Associate Professor with Tenure in May 2019: Kelly Schultz , Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Yue Yu , Department of Mathematics Amber Rice , Department of Biological Sciences Julie Miwa , Department of Biological Sciences Danielle Lindemann , Department of Sociology and Anthropology