COACh Workshops for Women in Combustion

CBET-0810873 Ellzey该奖项为将于2008年8月2日在蒙特利尔举行的国际燃烧研讨会的前一天举行的COACh妇女燃烧讲习班提供资金。COACh研讨会由俄勒冈州大学的Geri里士满教授开发，旨在为化学领域的女性提供建立网络的机会并教授领导技能。 燃烧研究人员从事化学和其他学科的工作，该研讨会将适应这些需求。该项目以COACh的成功组织和高效活动为蓝本。COACh成立于1998年，由一群来自美国各地的化学科学高级女教师组成，她们担心在科学学术界实现性别平等方面进展缓慢。自1999年以来，COACh为女教师举办了讲习班，教授谈判、沟通和领导技能，使她们能够推进自己的职业生涯。这些讲习班的目的是：（1）加强必要的沟通和谈判技能，以实现参与者的专业目标;（2）教授在学术环境中对女科学家有效的领导技巧;（3）提供一个与其他学术女科学家建立联系的论坛;（4）制定有效的战略，进行机构和部门改革，改善环境，招聘和留住女教师、女学生和博士后研究员。该奖项既有知识价值，也有可能产生更广泛的影响。 科学和技术进步将通过参与者之间的互动以及他们为研究和职业发展所获得的技能来帮助。该研讨会将帮助已经在该领域工作的妇女，但它将进一步帮助下一代研究人员和教育工作者，并缓解妇女在燃烧领域长期代表性不足的问题。

CBET-0810873EllzeyThis award provides funds for a COACh Workshop for Women in Combustion to be held on August 2, 2008, the day before the International Symposium on Combustion in Montreal. The COACh Workshop was developed by Prof. Geri Richmond at the University of Oregon and is designed to provide networking opportunities and teach leadership skills to women in chemistry. Combustion researchers work in chemistry but also in various other disciplines, and the workshop will be adapted to these needs.The project is modeled on the successful organization and highly effective activities of COACh. COACh was formed in 1998 by a group of senior women faculty in the chemical sciences from across the U.S. who are concerned about the slow progress that is being made in reaching gender equity in academia in the sciences. Since 1999 COACh has developed workshops for women faculty that teach skills in negotiation, communication and leadership that empower them to advance their careers. These workshops have been designed to 1) enhance communication and negotiation skills necessary to achieve the professional goals of participants, 2) teach leadership techniques that are effective for women scientists in an academic setting, 3) provide a forum for networking with other academic women scientists, and 4) develop effective strategies for making institutional and departmental change that improves the climate, recruiting and retention of women faculty, students and postdoctoral associates.The award has both intellectual merit and the potential for broader impacts. Scientific and technological advances will be aided by the interaction among participants and the skills they acquire for research and career development. The workshop will aid women already in the field, but it will further aid the next generation of researchers and educators and alleviate the long under-representation of women in the field of combustion.