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Where are the Women Geoscience Professors Workshop September 26 & 27, 2003 | Workshop Location | Online Registration | Why this Workshop | | Workshop Schedule | Recent Articles of Interest | Contact Info | Workshop Location: State Plaza Hotel State Plaza Hotel http://www.washingtonplazahotel.com/sp/ 2117 E Street Northwest Washington D.C., 20037 Phone: (202) 861-8200 or (800) 424-2859 Fax: (202) 659-860 A block of rooms has been reserved at the State Plaza Hotel. When making reservations, be sure to to ask for group number 7355, "Women Geo-Scientists." Rooms will only be held until Sept. 3. Funds are available to defray travel expenses. Funding for this conference is provided through an ADVANCE leadership grant to the co-conveners and by the Association for Women Geoscientists Foundation. Online registration is now available (again)! Why this workshop: Together we can develop workable strategies for academic departments to increase gender diversity. 20% of Geoscience Departments in the 2000-2001 American Geological Institute Directory still had NO women on their faculty. Hiring of women in academic positions has not increased since 1996-1997. The proportion of women in tenure-track positions declines from Bachelor degree granting institutions to Master’s degree granting institutions to PhD granting institutions. 92% of all full-professor positions at PhD granting institutions are held by males. Workshop Schedule (State Plaza Hotel) Purpose: To look at the barriers that keep women from full participation in academic geoscience and to develop strategies to overcome these barriers Thursday, September 25 6:00 - 9:00: pm —Reception & poster display. (~ 7:00 pm Sonia Esperança, NSF Program Director will talk about the ADVANCE program) Friday, September 26 8:00 -10:00: Panel Discussion: The Facts: - What are the barriers? 10:00 - 10:15 Coffee 10:15 - 11:30: Break-out session 11:30 - 12:00: Breakout session reports 12:00 - 1:00: Lunch with speaker: Dr. Geoffery Cohen, Yale University, “Stereotype Threat” 1:00 - 2:00: Panel Discussion: Career Paths and Expectations 2:00 - 3:00: Break-out session 3:00 - 3:15: Coffee 3:15 - 3:45: Break-out session reports 3:45 - 5:00: Brain storming—Strategies to overcome barriers 5:00 - 6:00: Reception 6:00: Dinner on your own at local restaurants Saturday, September 27 8:00 - 9:30: Panel Discussion: Under Recruitment (undergraduate, graduate, academic) 9:30 - 9:45: Coffee break 9:45 - 10:45 Break-out session 10:45- 11:15: Break out session reports 11:15 - 12:15: Brain storming—How do we implement change? 12:15 - 12:30: Summary & Action items 12:30 - 1:30 Lunch Recent Articles of Interest: 0211bio_clocks-de-Wet-and-Ashely.pdf forthcoming-Eos-article-Holmes-et-al.pdf Individual-action-V-Valian.pdf References.doc Robin-Bell-Eos-July-2003-EO310005.pdf tenure-survey-Foos.pdf transport-instructions.doc For additional information about the workshop contact the co-conveners: Dr. Mary Anne Holmes Department of Geosciences University of Nebraska, Lincoln Lincoln, NB 68588-0340 (402) 472-5211 mholmes2@unl.edu   Dr. Suzanne O’Connell Dept. of Earth & Environmental Sciences Wesleyan University Middletown, CT 06459 (860) 685-2262 soconnell@wesleyan.edu

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