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All Academy Theme PDW, And Yet She Persisted: Tools for Succeeding as a Woman Academic

  • 1.  All Academy Theme PDW, And Yet She Persisted: Tools for Succeeding as a Woman Academic

    Posted 06-26-2018 10:12
    Dear OMT community,

    We hope you can join us for the All Academy Theme PDW - And Yet She Persisted: Tools for Succeeding as a Woman Academic. Program Session: 581.

    Scheduled: Sunday, August 12, 10 am - 12:30 pm, Hyatt Regency. 

    Speaker: Emily Block
    Speaker: Donna Blancero
    Speaker: Annabelle Gawer
    Speaker: Aparna Joshi
    Speaker: Sarah Kaplan
    Speaker: Xioawei Rose Luo
    Speaker: Margaret Neale
    Speaker: Kathleen Sutcliffe

    Co-Chair: Maria Farkas & Sara Soderstrom
    Facilitators: Grace Augustine, Shelby Gai, Kathryn Heinze, Aparna Joshi, Laura Kray, Celia Moore, Jo-Ellen Pozner, & Flannery Stevens


    Women academics face challenging circumstances in their professional lives. Relative to their male colleagues, they can expect longer review times (Hengel, 2016), less credit for their research contributions when working in a team (Sarsons, 2017), biased evaluations of their teaching from students (Mengel, et al., 2017, Boring, et al., 2016), and more. This PDW seeks to raise awareness of the challenges women academics face and to provide some tools to overcome them. 

    The PDW has two parts:

    Part 1: Stories of persistence: Seven accomplished women academics share a story about a challenge they faced in their career and how they overcame it. We will also share findings from a survey on the different experiences of men and women academics in business schools and the tools and resources that enabled them to deal with challenges.

    Part 2:  Tools of persistence: In facilitated break-out groups, we will share resources and discuss solutions to particular challenges for women academics. Topics may include: support through professional organizations, sponsorship AND mentorship, mobilizing your university to create support for women academics, self-advocacy, teaching, and research collaborations.

    If you wish to attend, please register at this link – And Yet She Persisted Registration. You will be asked to identify your preferred break-out group topic.

    Please let us know of any questions.

    Best,
    Sara and Maria

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    Sara Soderstrom
    Assistant Professor
    Organizational Studies
    Program in the Environment
    University of Michigan