NSF, DOE, NIH Sponsored Workshop: Building Strong Academic Departments through Gender Equity

Co-Chairs:

Workshop on
Building Strong Academic Chemistry Departments through Gender Equity

January 29-31, 2006, Arlington, Virginia

Sunday Evening, January 29, 2006:

	4:30- 6:00 pm	No-host reception with hors d’oeuvres
	6:00 pm	Opening Remarks, Introductions, and Goals of the Workshop:
		Co-Chairs: Cynthia M. Friend, Professor of Chemistry, Harvard Kendall N. Houk, Professor of Chemistry, UCLA

		Arthur B. Ellis, Director, Division of Chemistry (NSF) Walter J. Stevens, Director, Chemical Sciences, Geosciences, and Biosciences Division (DOE) Michael E. Rogers, Director, Division of Pharmacology, Physiology, and Biological Chemistry (NIGMS)

Session 1: Defining the Issues

		Presiding: Cynthia Friend
	6:15 pm	Keynote Speaker: Denice D. Denton, Chancellor, UC Santa Cruz
	6:45 pm	Discussion

		Presiding: Kendall N. Houk
	7:00 pm	Speaker: Donna J. Nelson, Associate Professor, University of Oklahoma "Demographics of Chemistry Departments"
	7:30 pm	Discussion
	7:45 pm	University of Michigan CRLT Players Theatre Performance (NSF Advance has commissioned sketches on mentoring, faculty hiring, and the tenure decision process.)
	9:00 pm	No-host Reception

Monday, January 30, 2006:

Session 2: Equity and Bias

		Presiding: Robert Lichter, Merrimack Consultants, LLC
	8:00 am	Keynote Speaker: Virginia Valian, Professor, Hunter College
	8:30 am	Discussion
	8:40 am	Speaker: Mary Ann Mason, Dean of the Graduate Division, UC Berkeley
	9:10 am	Discussion
	9:20 am	Speaker: Samuel L. Gaertner, Professor of Psychology, University of Delaware "Prejudice Can Be Subtle and Insidious - But It Is Not Inevitable."
	9:50 am	Discussion
	10:00 am	Break

Session 3: Challenges and Opportunities at the Institutional Level

Presiding: Charles B. Harris, Dean of the College of Chemistry, UC Berkeley

10:30 am

Keynote Speaker: Charles M. Vest, Professor of Mechanical Engineering and President Emeritus, MIT
"Women in Science and Engineering: Personal and Institutional Journeys, Obligations, and Opportunities"

11:00 am-
12:00 pm

Panel Discussion: Challenges to Institutions

Moderator:	Geri L. Richmond, Professor of Chemistry, University of Oregon

Panelists:	Denice Denton, Chancellor, UC Santa Cruz
	Charles M. Vest, Professor of Mechanical Engineering and President Emeritus, MIT
	Alice Hogan, ADVANCE Program Director, NSF
	Carl Lineberger, Professor of Chemistry, JILA and Colorado
	Mary Ann Mason, Dean of the Graduate Division, UC Berkeley

Monday Afternoon:

Session 4: Challenges and Opportunities at the Departmental Level

12:00 -
1:30 pm

Breakout Sessions (Working Luncheon Provided)

10 small groups will meet, each with a designated leader and reporter. Each small group is charged with identifying challenges that departments/centers face in working towards eliminating biases that negatively impact efforts to recruit, hire, retain, and promote women in the chemical sciences, such as two-body problems, child-care, tenure clock, and related issues.

Breakout Groups I-V: Recruitment and Hiring

Breakout Groups VI-X: Retention and Promotion

1:30 pm

Summary of Breakout Group Discussions and Panel Discussion
(A reporter from each group will summarize the recommendations of that group)

2:00 -
3:00 pm

Panel to Discuss, Augment, and Assist in Prioritizing Recommendations

Identifying and implementing best practices for eliminating biases that negatively impact efforts to recruit, hire, retain, and promote women in the chemical sciences. This group will address the challenges from the breakout groups.

Moderator:	Marsha I. Lester, Professor of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania

Panelists:	Chuck P. Casey, Professor of Chemistry, Wisconsin
	Carol A. Fierke, Professor of Chemistry, Michigan
	Mary D. Barkley, Professor of Chemistry, Case-Western Reserve
	Kristin Bowman-James, Professor of Chemistry, Kansas and Director of Kansas NSF EPSCoR
	Martha Greenblatt, Professor of Chemistry, Rutgers
	Catherine L. Drennan, Professor of Chemistry, MIT

3:00 pm

Break

Session 5: Recommendations for Academic Institutions

3:30 -
4:30 pm

Breakout Sessions:

10 groups, as before. Charge this time is to develop a set of best practices and recommendations that will increase the recruitment, retention, and promotion of women in academia in the chemical sciences

Breakout Groups XI-XV: Recruitment and Hiring

Breakout Group XVI-XX: Retention and Promotion

4:30 pm

Summary of Breakout Group Recommendations

5:00 -
6:00 pm

Panel to Discuss, Augment and Assist in Prioritizing Recommendations

Moderator:	Charles B. Harris, Dean of the College of Chemistry, UC Berkeley

Panelists:	Virginia Valian, Professor of Psychology, Hunter College
	Robin L. Garrell, Professor of Chemistry, UCLA
	Hannah Reisler, Professor of Chemistry, USC
	Robert Lichter, Merrimack LLC
	Jeffrey T. Roberts, Professor of Chemistry, Minnesota

6:00 pm

No-host Reception

7:00 pm

Dinner

Tuesday, January 31, 2006:

Session 6: Challenges and Opportunities at Funding Agencies

Presiding: Robert Silbey, Dean, School of Science, MIT

8:00 am

Keynote Speaker: The Honorable Ron Wyden Senator from Oregon
Title IX, Legislative Issues

8:30 am

Speaker: Ronald D. Branch, NSF, Director of Equal Opportunity Programs

9:00 am

Discussion

9:10 am

Remarks and Panel Discussion Featuring Funding Agency Directors:
Jeremy Berg, Director (NIGMS), Patricia M. Dehmer, Associate Director, Office of Basic Energy Sciences (DOE), Michael S. Turner, Assistant Director, Mathematical and Physical Sciences Directorate (NSF)

10:00 am

Breakout Sessions: Recommendations to Funding Agencies

Three Breakout Sessions with groups discussing issues relevant to NIH, NSF, and DOE

XXI. NSF – Leader: Geri L. Richmond
XXII. NIH – Leader: Kristin Bowman-James
XXIII. DOE – Leader: Charles B. Harris

10:45 am

Reports from Breakout Group Leaders

11:00 am

Panel Discussion of Issues and Findings Relevant to Funding Agencies

Moderator:	Robert J.Silbey, Dean, School of Science, MIT

Panelists:	Judith H. Greenberg, Director, Division of Genetics and Developmental Biology, NIGMS, NIH
	Patricia M.Dehmer, Associate Direcotr, Office of Basic Energy Sciences, BES, DOE
	Michael S. Turner, Assistant Director, Mathematical and Physical Sciences Directorate, MPS, NSF
	Kristin Bowman-James, University of Kansas
	Charles B. Harris, UC Berkeley
	Geri L. Richmond, University of Oregon

11:45 am-
12:00 pm

Concluding Remarks: Cynthia M. Friend and Kendall N. Houk

1:30 -
2:30 pm

Open Session for the Press and Public Summarizing the Results of the Workshop.

Co-Chairs Friend and Houk, and Steering Committee Members and Panelists will summarize the workshop and be available to answer questions about the workshop.