ADVANCE IT Start Award: Assessing the Participation of Women Faculty in Science at the University of Wisconsin - La Crosse

威斯康星州-拉克罗斯大学（UW-L）的女教师在科学领域的代表性不足，特别是在科学、技术、工程和数学（STEM）学科。 克罗斯UW-L项目将在UW-L进行妇女在科学中的地位的研究驱动的评估，侧重于干学科，但也包括社会和行为科学（SBS）学科。 三个重叠的研究问题将被调查：（1）什么是妇女在科学的地位在UW-L？(2)在科学领域征聘和提高妇女地位方面有哪些障碍？(3)现有结构（方案和政策）在解决这些障碍方面有多成功？该项目的智力优势包括通过确定充分参与学术科学的障碍以及调查现有结构如何成功地解决这些障碍来促进对UW-L妇女地位的理解。将收集关于终身制和非终身制轨道状况模式的基线数据;雇用、留用、终身制和晋升;教学任务;资源分配;服务;以及辅导。还将审查大学政策和工作/生活问题。这些将为制定可在UW-L实施的机构转型行动计划提供数据驱动的基础。 该项目也可作为华盛顿大学系统同行机构的典范。该项目有可能在UW-L和UW系统的同行机构提供更广泛的影响。 事实证明，增加妇女对学术科学的参与可以提高学生的总体保留率，并鼓励女学生从事科学事业。将通过国家论坛向广大科学界通报该项目。UW系统社区将通过向我们的同行机构，科学界的妇女和威斯康星州少数民族参与联盟（WiscAMP）计划以及UW系统信件和科学院长会议的介绍而了解情况。该项目的结果也将在科学部门会议和年度UW-L教师研究日，从而提高认识和推进整个UW-L社区的变化。

Women faculty at University of Wisconsin - La Crosse (UW-L) are underrepresented in the sciences, particularly in the science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) disciplines. The Crosse UW-L project will conduct a research-driven assessment of the status of women in science at UW-L, focusing on the STEM disciplines but also including the social and behavioral science (SBS) disciplines. Three overlapping research questions will be investigated: (1) What is the status of women in sciences at UW-L? (2) What are the barriers to the recruitment and advancement of women in the sciences? (3) How successful are existing structures (programs and policies) at addressing these barriers? The intellectual merits of this project include advancing the understanding of the status of women at UW-L by identifying the barriers to full participation in academic sciences as well as investigating how successful existing structures are at addressing these barriers. Baseline data will be collected on patterns of tenure and non-tenure track status; hiring, retention, tenure and promotion; teaching assignment; distribution of resources; service; and mentoring. University policies and work/life issues will also be examined. These will provide a data-driven basis for developing an institutional transformation plan of action that can be implemented at UW-L. This project may also serve as a model for peer institutions in the UW System. This project has potential to provide significant broader impacts at UW-L and at peer institutions in the UW-System. Increasing the participation of women in academic science has been shown to increase student retention overall and encourage female students to pursue careers in sciences. The larger scientific community will be informed of the project through national forums. The UW System community will be informed through presentations to our peer institutions, the Women in Sciences and Wisconsin Alliance for Minority Participation (WiscAMP) programs, and the UW System Letters and Sciences Deans meetings. The results of this project will also be presented at science departmental meetings and the annual UW-L Faculty Research Day, thus raising awareness and advancing change throughout the UW-L community.