A Workshop on Attracting and Retaining Women Into Faculty Positions in Research Universities; October 5-7, 2005; Washington, DC

加州大学洛杉矶分校的肯·霍克和哈佛大学的辛西娅·弗伦德得到了美国国家科学基金会化学部特别项目办公室的支持，组织了一个关于“挖掘学术化学的女性人才库”的研讨会。“讲习班将（1）讨论和记录学术化学领域妇女短缺的问题以及化学系需要更多妇女的问题;（2）使与会者能够分享吸引妇女从事学术化学职业的行之有效的方法;以及（3）探索新的方法吸引女性进入美国主要研究机构的化学系。化学系的女性教师人数仍然很少尽管最近授予女性化学本科和博士学位的人数大幅增加（目前分别约为50%和33%），但委员会成员仍在努力。 研讨会将提出证据表明，当学术化学系来自一个更大，更多样化的人才库时，研究和教学得到改善。 该研讨会被认为不仅在化学领域，而且在其他学科领域也具有潜在的广泛影响。

Ken Houk of UCLA and Cynthia Friend of Harvard University are supported by the NSF Chemistry Division's Special Projects Office to organize a workshop on "Tapping the Female Talent Pool for Academic Chemistry." The workshop will (1) discuss and document the shortage of women in academic chemistry and the need for more women on chemistry faculties; (2) enable sharing among participants of proven means for attracting women into academic chemistry careers; and (3) explore new ways to draw women to chemistry faculties at major research institutions in the U.S.Chemistry departments continue to have low numbers of female faculty members despite considerable increases in recent undergraduate and doctorate chemistry degrees to women (currently about 50% and 33 %, respectively). The workshop will present evidence that research and teaching are improved when academic chemistry faculties come from a larger and more diverse talent pool. The workshop is viewed as having potentially broad impact not only within chemistry, but other disciplines as well.