“Leading to Excellence”

“Leading to Excellence”

NSF ADVANCE Grant: Project CEOS (Comprehensive Equity at Ohio State)    

 

The goal of Project CEOS is to increase the representation and advancement of women in academic science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) careers through research-based interventions that transform the workplace culture. These interventions will increase women’s participation in the scientific and engineering workforce at Ohio State. Participating colleges include Biological, Mathematical, and Physical Sciences; Engineering; and Veterinary Medicine.

Learn more about our:

Transformational Leadership Model

Team Members

Research Report

Distinguished Lecture Series

REACH Workshop

 

REACH for Commercialization: A Workshop for Women Faculty and PostDocs in STEM

“REACH for Commercialization” will introduce women in STEM to the multiple pathways toward entrepreneurship. The workshop is aimed at extending the “REACH” of your research beyond your lab, whether it is through patenting, licensing, corporate partnering or starting your own business. The schedule of topics includes:

-Visioning Your Impact

-Learning the Business Landscape

-Finding Funding

Fellowships to cover travel and registration are available. To apply submit a CV and 200 word research statement to ceos@osu.edu by July 2, 2012.

General registration opens June 25, 2012 and closes August 15, 2012.

Project CEOS releases two new research reports

Comprehensive Equity at Ohio State (CEOS) has released a major report on the status of men and women faculty at the Ohio State University. Women STEM Faculty at Ohio State: Access to Resources and Department Climate analyzes several data sets to evaluate conditions of employment and job satisfaction for faculty in sciences, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM).

 Access to resources is an issue of great importance to faculty in STEM disciplines, especially in research-intensive universities like Ohio State. Following MIT’s landmark study (1999) several research universities have conducted internal studies of salaries, lab space, and other important resources, and many have uncovered gender gaps that have disadvantaged women. Simultaneously, surveys of faculty job satisfaction have persistently shown that men and women in STEM have different views of their workplaces.

For the first time, Ohio State has examined resource distribution and faculty job satisfaction simultaneously. Led by Joan Herbers and Anand Desai, teams of faculty and staff meticulously examined databases holding information on salaries, startup funds, lab space, teaching assignments, and faculty perceptions of their workplaces. Those data showed that men and women STEM faculty at Ohio State have equal access to resources, but that women faculty are more likely to feel excluded from power networks, to have fewer opportunities to engage in interdisciplinary research, and to feel under-appreciated by their peers. As a result women faculty were far more likely to express interest in leaving the university. Additionally, the Second Mid-Project Research Report examines the progress and impact of ADVANCE activities at OSU. Together the reports show that Deans and Chairs have done a good job providing equal access to resources, but department climate remains chilly for women in STEM.

Project CEOS welcomes Dr. Gilda Barabino as the first speaker in our Distinguished Lecture series

Dr. Barabino is a Professor and Associate Chair for Graduate Studies in the Wallace H Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering at Georgia Institute of
Technology. Dr. Barabino will visit the Ohio State University campus April 9 and 10. Her talk entitled, “Modulation of Engineered cartilage Development through
Manipulation of Biochemical and Biomechanical Environments“ will be hosted by the Department of Biomedical Engineering on Tuesday April 10 at 4:00 PM in
145 Mount Hall. For more information, read our press release or contact our office at ceos@osu.edu.

Transformational Leadership Model

To achieve these goals, a Transformational Leadership Model has been developed that will:

• Improve recruitment and retention of women and minority faculty
• Improve diversity of faculty and students
• Augment the pool of senior women available for leadership positions

Project CEOS Leadership

The co-investigators and management structure include representation from seven colleges/schools and the Office of Human Resources (view complete list):

• Dr. Jill Bystydzienski: professor and chair, Department of Women’s Studies, College of Humanities
• Dr. James Beatty: professor and chair, Department of Physics, College of Biological Sciences
• Dr. Anand Desai: professor, John Glenn School of Public Affairs
• Dr. Joan Herbers (principal investigator): professor, Department of Evolution, Ecology and Organismal Biology, College of Biological Sciences
• Dr. Anne Massaro: project manager, Office of Human Resources
• Dr. Carolyn Merry: professor and chair, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering & Geodetic Sciences, College of Engineering
• Dr. Mary Jo Burkhard: associate professor, Department of Veterinary BioSciences, College of Veterinary Medicine
• Dr. Susan Williams: professor, Department of English and Vice Provost for Academic Affairs
• Dr. Valerie Lee: professor, Department of English and Vice Provost for Dviersity and Inclusion
• Dr. Mary Juhas: Associate Dean for Diversity & Outreach, College of Engineering, Clinical Associate Professor.