ADVANCE Leadership Award

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The problem of under-representation of women in engineering and sciences is critical.This is particularly true of senior women in engineering. To address this urgent problemof under-representation and to meet the marketplace demand for the technologicalworkforce in the 21 st century, a program is proposed that provides for mentoring andleadership development. The aim of the Mentoring and Leadership Program is to sustain and broaden the existinginitiatives at Syracuse University to promote the advancement of women faculty inengineering and sciences. Some of the existing initiatives are the brainchild of WISE,which the PI co-directs with the Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, and othersare the direct results of the PI's Meredith Professorship initiatives. The proposedMentoring and Leadership Program will capitalize on the existing initiatives and will introduce new features that reflect current knowledge of leadership development. The ADVANCE Leadership Award will also enable the PI to maintain an activeresearch program while she develops and implements initiatives aimed at theadvancement of women students and faculty at Syracuse University.This project is supported by the NSF ADVANCE Program. The overall mission of the ADVANCE Program is to increase the participation of women in the scientific and engineering workforce through the increased representation and advancement of women in academic science and engineering careers.