ADVANCE Leadership Award: Tulane University

这个领导奖将支持PI的目标，为杜兰大学科学和工程专业的妇女和少数民族教师提供进步计划。该大学坚定地致力于提高女教师的地位，《战略计划》、最近成立的多样性和平等问题总统工作队以及工作队最近进行的平等气候调查都表明了这一点。此外，PI，玛丽安·沃尔特斯教授，在开发类似的项目为女性教师在科学和医学在健康科学中心的丰富经验。这个奖项将支持沃尔特斯教授的努力，为女性和少数民族教师在科学和工程的"上城"校园，并为她的研究项目提供研究生助理。指导/网络计划将包括参加一对一指导的机会，在几个教师级别的网络会议，研讨会的机会和教师发展会议。将通过建立女教师邮件列表服务器来促进交流。在整个大学分发的半年期时事通讯将重点介绍目标女教师的成就。有限数量的旅行和成就奖将进一步提高目标教师的进步/认可。总之，美国国家科学基金会的“先进领导奖”将使“首席执行官”能够提供旨在提高杜兰大学科学和工程系教师多样性的计划，这些计划通过各种活动使目标教师能够最好地驾驭这个系统，并成功地在教师和行政部门中取得进步军衔

This Leadership Award will support the PI's goal of providing advancement programsfor women and minority faculty in science and engineering at Tulane University. TheUniversity has a strong commitment to advancement of women faculty, indicated by theStrategic Plan, the recently established Presidential Task Force on Diversity and Equity,and an equity climate survey recently undertaken by the Task Force. Moreover, the PI,Professor Marian Walters, has extensive experience in developing similar programs forwomen faculty in science and medicine at the Health Science Center.This award will support expansion of Professor Walters' efforts for underrepresentedfaculty to provide mentoring/networking and career development programs for women and minority faculty in science and engineering on the "Uptown" campus, as well as provide a graduate assistant for her research program. Mentoring/networking programs will include opportunities to participate in one-on-one mentoring, networking sessions at several faculty levels, seminar opportunities and faculty development sessions. Communication will be facilitated by establishing a women faculty Listserv. A biannual newsletter distributed throughout the university will highlight the accomplishments of the targeted women faculty. A limited number of travel and achievement awards will further enhance the advancement/recognition of the targeted faculty.In conclusion, this NSF ADVANCE Leadership award will allow the PI to provideprograms directed at improving diversity among the faculty in the science and engineering departments at Tulane University through activities that empower the targeted faculty members to best navigate the system and successfully advance through the faculty and administrative ranks.