For more information:

ADVANCE Resource Center

001 Carlotti Hall

75 Lower College Road

Kingston, RI  02881

 

Phone:  (401) 874-9422

Fax: (401) 874 - 5780

Email: advance1@etal.uri.edu

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Enhancing the academic careers of women in science, technology, engineering, & mathematics

Papers and Presentations

Papers

Papers Accepted

 

Mederer, H., Silver, B., & Beauvais, L. 2007

Work-Life Balance at URI, AAUP News, vol 32 (2):4-5.

Peckham, J., Stephenson, P., Mederer, H., Silver, B., Harlow, L., & Stuart, D.

Broadening participation in computing: Issues and challenges. Proceedings of ITiCSE 2007, The 12th Annual Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education, ACM, SIGCSE, June 2007, Dundee, Scotland, to appear.

Silver, B., Prochaska, J., Mederer, H., Harlow, L., & Sherman, K. (2007).

Advancing women scientists: Exploring a theoretically grounded climate change workshop model. Journal of Women and Minorities in Science and Engineering, 13(3): 207-230.

Prochaska, J., Mauriello, L., Sherman, K., Harlow, L., Silver, B.,& Trubatch, J. 2006

Assessing Readiness for Advancing Women Scientists Using the Transtheoretical Model. Sex Roles, 54(11-12): 869-880.

Silver, B., Boudreaux-Bartels, F., Mederer, H., Pasquerella, L., Peckham, J., Rivero-Hudec, M., Wishner, K.

A Warmer Climate for Women in Engineering at the University of Rhode Island. ASEE Annual 2006 Conference Proceedings Paper

Papers Submitted

Mederer, H., Sherwood, J., & Silver, B.

Is a caring workplace possible? Targets for organizational change. Submitted to Gender, Work, & Organizations, January 2008

Papers in Development

Bowleg, L., Harlow, L., Silver, B., & Webster, K.

Focusing on the Advancement of Women Faculty in the Sciences: An Exploratory Analysis of Focus Group Findings About Factors that Help and Hinder

 

Harlow, L., Mederer, H. (and others TBD).

Predicting Career Satisfaction (working title)

Silver, B., Peckham, J., Harlow, L., Boudreaux-Bartels, F., Rivero-Hudec, M. (order TBD)

Hiring Women Faculty: The Faculty Fellows Recruitment Model (working title)

Presentations

Upcoming Presentations

Faye Boudreaux-Bartels

New Jersey's Science & Techonoly University, Spring 2008

Workshop for women engineers in advanced administrative position: Effecting change in higher education.

 

Past Presentations (2007)

Laura Gostin

National Communication Association, Chicago, November 2007

Chilly Climates in Academia; Women and Faculty from underrepresented groups still affected

Silver, B., Mauriello, L., Mederer, H., & Harlow, L.

New England Psychological Association Western, Connecticut State University, October, 2007

The Advance Program: Promoting Women's Careers in Science and Engineering

Mederer, H., Sherwood, J., & Silver, B

Fifth Annual Carework Network Conference, New York, August 2007

Is a caring workplace possible?Targets for organizational change.

Harlow, L.L., Stamm, K., Singh, A., Silver, B., Mederer, H., Venkatraman, P., Gonzalez, L., & Prochaska, J.

American Psychological Association, San Francisco, CA, August 2007

Evaluating the advancement of women in science

 

Mederer, H

Advance Workshop, Auburn University, May 2007

Dual Career Policy

Boudreaux-Bartels, F., Silver, B., Harlow, L., Peckham, J., Rivero, M., Wishner, K

American Society for Engineering Education, New England Regional Conference, Kingston, RI, April 2007

Model for Hiring and Retaining Top Female Engineering Faculty

Gostin, L. & Som, M.

Eastern Communication Association Annual Conference, Providence, RI, April 2007

Debunking myths: Exploring current trends in the recruitment and retention of faculty from underrepresented groups

Singh, A.

Eastern Communication Association Annual Conference, Providence, RI, April 2007

Recruiting a diverse faculty: Some psychological considerations

 

Silver, B., Johnston-Robledo, I.

Association for Women in Psychology Annual Conference, San Francisco, CA, March 2007

Film and discussion of "little man"

 

Silver, B., Gostin, L., & Mederer, H.

Association for Women in Psychology Annual Conference, San Francisco, CA, March 2007

Work-life balance: The ADVANCE program addresses a critical need

Singh, A., Quina, K., & Silver, B.

Association for Women in Psychology Annual Conference, San Francisco, CA, March 2007

Achieving equity for women with intersecting identities: Beyond "women in science

Singh, A., Silver, B., & Quina, K

Winter Roundtable, Columbia University, February 2007

Incorporating race into gender equity initiatives.

 

Past Presentations (2006)

Barbara Silver

ADVANCE Annual PI Meeting, Arlington, VA, May 2006

Support for Life and Family Issues. Panel Discussant

Barbara Silver

ADVANCE Annual PI Meeting, Arlington, VA, May 2006

Working with Department Chairs: Implementation Issues by Institutional Context. Panel Discussant

Faye Boudreaux-Bartels

American Society for Engineering Education 2006 Annual Conference,Chicago, IL

A Warmer Climate for Women in Engineering

Lisa Harlow

ADVANCE Annual PI Meeting, Arlington, VA, May 2006

Using Evaluation Data - Effecting Formative Institutional Change

Peckham, J

 

 

ADVANCE Annual PI Meeting, Arlington, VA, May 2006

Implementation and Use of New Policy Initiatives. Topical Roundtable Facilitator

 

Karen Wishner, Barbara Silver, Faye-Boudreaux-Bartels, Lisa Harlow, Helen Mederer, Lynn Pasquerella, Joan Peckham, Cathy Roheim & Judith Swift

Ocean Sciences Annual Meeting, Honolulu, Hawaii, February 2006

Strategies for Career Success of Women Science Faculty: The ADVANCE Program at the University of Rhode Island

   

 

Past Presentations (2005)

Janett Trubatch

ADVANCE Annual PI Meeting, Arlington, VA, May 2005

Climate Change at the University of Rhode Island

Barbara Silver and Leanne Mauriello

Association for Women in Psychology 2005 Annual Conference, Tampa, Florida, March 2005

Promoting Climate Change: A Model for Advancing Women in Science

Molly Hedrick and Barbara Silver

Association for Women in Psychology 2005 Annual Conference, Tampa, Florida, March 2005

The Good-Ole-Boy Network: How Dual Career Partners Navigate the University System-Implications for Policy

 

Past Presentations (2004)

Barbara Silver

American Geophysical Union 2004 Meeting, San Francisco, CA. Poster Session, December 2004.

Changing the Culture at the University of Rhode Island: Dual Career Issues

Barbara Silver, Lisa Harlow, & Kate Webster

American Geophysical Union 2004 Meeting, San Francisco, CA. Poster Session, December 2004.

Changing the Culture at the University of Rhode Island: Assessing Readiness for Change

Karen Wishner, Barbara Silver, Faye Boudreaux-Bartels, Lisa Harlow, Molly Hedrick, Harry Knickle, Helen Mederer, Joan Peckham, Cathy Roheim, Janett Trubatch & Kate Webster

American Geophysical Union 2004 Meeting, San Francisco, CA, Poster Session, December 2004.

Strategies for the Success of Women Faculty in Science: The ADVANCE Program at University of Rhode Island

Barbara Silver, Lisa Harlow, Kate Webster & Lisa Bowleg

ADVANCE 2004 National Conference, Atlanta, Georgia, May 2004

URI ADVANCE Academic Work Environment Survey

Vice Provost Janett Trubatch

ADVANCE 2004 National Conference, Atlanta, Georgia

URI-ADVANCE Sustainability, May 2004.

URI Program Overview Powerpoint for PI Meeting

 

Ancillary Presentations

Diversity Week at URI (October 2003, 04, 05, 06, & 07)

Joan Peckham & Barbara Silver

Why Aren't There More Women in Science?

Mederer, H. & Silver, B

Balancing Work and Life in the New Millenium

Silver, B., Peckham, J., & Stamm, K Women in Science, Technology, Math, and Engineering - Where Are They?
Venkatramen, P., Silver, B., & Singh, A

How Colorful Are the Sciences?

 

Women & Science at URI (April 19, 2005)

Lisa L. Harlow

Basic Themes in Multivariate Methods.

 

ADVANCE Day or URI Research Week (October 2005)

Judith Swift

Science and Glitz: A Differential Equation: A Cabaret Performance

Lisa L. Harlow, Barbara Silver, Molly Hedrick, Helen Mederer & Amy Woodard, Janett Trubatch, Joan Peckham, Karen Wishner, Faye Boudreaux-Bartels, Cathy Roheim, Judith Swift, Lynn Pasquerella,

Janice Prochaska, & Leanne Mauriello

ADVANCE Project and Work Environment Survey Results.

 

Conference on Broadening Participation in Computer Science (March 1, 2006)

Lisa Harlow, David Stuart, Joan Peckham, Yan Ma, Peter Stephenson, Lisa DiPippo, David Miller, Susan Gomes Broadening Participation in Computing: Statement of the Problem and Relevant Research

Rhode Island's Amazing Women TV Broadcast (May 15, 2005)

Faye Boudreaux-Bartels, Sarah Fogarty, and Karen Wishner

(view webcast!)

Women in Math & Science