Dear ADVANCE community,
The ADVANCE Resource and Coordination (ARC) Network is an NSF ADVANCE funded effort to support, build, and expand a vibrant ADVANCE grantee community. The ARC Network promotes emerging research and promising practices with an intersectional perspective to improve gender-based equity for STEM faculty.
The ARC Network hosts the annual ADVANCE Equity in STEM Community Convening (formerly the ADVANCE PI Workshop), Emerging Research Workshops, and a Virtual Visiting Scholar Program, as well as webinars throughout the year on topics related to intersectional gender equity in STEM.
The ARC Network also supports the community with a rich collection of over 6,000 curated materials and resources created by ADVANCE and other equity in STEM change agents. The ARC Network Resource Library has a particular emphasis on intersectional gender equity for STEM faculty. If you have any questions regarding the ARC Network Resource Library or want to add to the collection, please contact Bethany Farmer, the ARC Network community librarian, at bethany@wepan.org.
The ARC Network newsletter is an important way to share and stay up to date on ADVANCE-related job postings, events, report releases, toolkit announcements, and more. Please share this newsletter with your project team and the leadership, faculty, and staff at your institution and encourage them to join the ARC Network to subscribe, connect with others across the country, and learn more about intersectional gender equity for STEM faculty. Joining is free and takes just a few minutes!
Best wishes to everyone as you implement your ADVANCE projects and/or work to sustain and build on the grant work already completed.
Jessie DeAro, Keri Ann Sather-Wagstaff, and Chrystal Smith,
The NSF ADVANCE program team
advance@nsf.gov
The call for proposals for the 2023 ADVANCE Equity in STEM Community Convening is now open!
Since 2019, the NSF-funded ADVANCE EiSCC has served as the convening for NSF ADVANCE grantees in a format that facilitates engagement with change agents within and beyond the NSF ADVANCE community. The ADVANCE EiSCC brings together a variety of change makers from higher education, professional societies, industry, government, and non-profits in an engaged exchange of knowledge, resources, and support to drive systemic change in STEM. The 2023 ADVANCE EiSCC will take place June 5-7 at the Washington Duke Inn in Durham, NC.
Attendees have an opportunity to share new research findings and exchange resources; brainstorm strategies; collaborate in novel ways; learn about avenues for funding; and demonstrate effective programs and interventions for greater collective impact.
Read more about the session types and the submission process and submit your proposal at https://www.equityinstem.org/eiscc/call-for-proposals
Participants whose proposals are accepted are required to register for and attend the 2023 ADVANCE Equity in STEM Community Convening. If you have questions, please contact the ARC Network at arc@equityinstem.org.
Join us on Feb. 23, 3pm ET for Dr. Dawn Culpepper's VVDawn Culpepper's VVS research webinar "Allies, Bystanders, or Advocates: Defining, Interrogating, and Implementing Faculty Development Programs to Mitigate Bias in the Academic Workplace."
Register at bit.ly/culpepperarc
The two newest reports from the ARC Network's Emerging Research Workshops have been released this week. The reports, "Using Big Data and Algorithms to Foster Equity in STEM" and "Cultivating Equity In STEM Through Inclusive Language," cover research and promising practices on each of the topics and suggest new directions for future work. We invite the community to share their expertise on the topics. To read the reports and share your input visit https://www.equityinstem.org/categories/erw-reports.
Cross-Institutional Mentoring Communities (CIMCs) are part of an NSF-funded ADVANCE Partnership Initiative between Iowa State University, Michigan Technological University, North Dakota State University, and Western Michigan University. CIMCs aim for individuals to benefit from an enhanced sense of community and belonging. The program is intended to reduce isolation and exclusion and to develop additional networks outside of the home institution.
CIMCs are designed to create networks of mentoring as a robust support mechanism for faculty with personal characteristics and/or specific identities, especially intersectional identities traditionally underrepresented in STEM (e.g., women of color, LGBTQIA+ women, differently-able women) or simultaneous demands of an academic career and family caregiving responsibilities. The communities emphasize career obstacle problem-solving during discussions every 2-3 weeks.
Read more and join the community at: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc_63kJcKp2T-cALl3mr9wH6YHbnf5ZJaUMdekiY__gh9KO9A/viewform
Interested in contributing to Faculty Diversity and Excellence at the University of Michigan? The ADVANCE Program seeks a Research & Evaluation Specialist to do just that through evidence-based research, including qualitative and quantitative data collection, analysis, and reporting. This is a collaborative team, passionate about Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Social Justice, that embraces a hybrid work model. Read the full job posting and apply at https://careers.umich.edu/job_detail/228456/research-and-evaluation-specialist-intermediate-associate
The NCWIT (The National Center for Women & Information Technology) is currently hiring a Higher Ed Research Associate. This is a fully remote work eligible position through the University of Colorado Boulder, and the job posting can be found here. Any questions about the position not in the job description can be addressed to Jamie Huber Ward at jamie.huberward@ncwit.org.
Join The National Institutes of Health’s (NIH) National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) and WEPAN on Tuesday, February 21, 2023 at 1:00 p.m. ET for a webinar on small business research funding to develop and commercialize treatments, technologies, and solutions for alcohol use disorder and alcohol-related problems.
At "Promoting Development of Alcohol-Related Research Through NIAAA SBIR/STTR Funding," you’ll learn about the NIAAA Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer (SBIR/STTR) program, priority research interests, best practices for preparing a competitive application, upcoming funding opportunities, and other resources for small business grantees.
WEPAN Executive Director Ershela Sims and SBIR/STTR Program Coordinator/Clinical Program Director Megan Ryan are speakers.
Register today for the webinar on Tuesday, 2/21 at 1:00 p.m. ET: https://ogilvy.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_p5UbAjJuTsy2JrVnEvwoPw
Collected resources and news regarding our Virtual Visiting Scholars.
A selection of equity, diversity, and inclusion-related articles.
"A new National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine report notes some improvement in minority representation in higher education related to science, technology, engineering, math and medicine (STEMM)—but not enough to match those groups’ share in the overall population . . . They are recommending systemic changes to better support minority groups to not only enter STEMM education but to work within and advance their careers within universities, hospitals, industries and other STEMM workplaces."
Publications, reports, or communications relevant to equity in the academy. All resources listed below are available in the ARC Network online resource library.
“Application pools for faculty positions in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) have become increasingly diverse. However, the inaccessible design of the employment application process, as well as facilities, software tools, services, and online resources on many campuses, continue to erect barriers to some applicants and employees with disabilities, including those who are also members of other marginalized groups.”
We want to hear from you! Do you have a career opportunity or exciting announcement you think would be of interest to the ARC Network? Share it with us for inclusion in the ARC Network newsletter!
Enter your email below to receive monthly updates from the community and information about upcoming events.
