BEGIN:VCALENDAR METHOD:PUBLISH PRODID: SSOE Web Team VERSION:2.0 BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:(UTC-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada) BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:16010101T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;WKST=MO;INTERVAL=1;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:16010101T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;WKST=MO;INTERVAL=1;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:2147554129 DTSTART;TZID="(UTC-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)":20190228T100000 DTEND;TZID="(UTC-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)":20190228T150000 SUMMARY: Allies for Gender Equity Series - February 28th-March 1st (February 28, 2019) X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
In honor of Women’s History M onth, the Engineering Office of\nDiversity will be hosting Allies for Gende r Equity Series on February 28th and March 1st, 2019. The\ nsessions will be offered for faculty and students and will feature separat e\nworkshops for male and female audiences.
The workshops include Men Allies for Gender Equity and Gender and Higher E ducation:\nExploring Women's Experiences.
Men Allies for Gender Equity:
To see the workshop presenta tion please click here.
This\ntwo-hour interactive workshop encourages and equips men to serve a s effective\nallies for gender equity in STEM settings. To begin, we highl ight\nUniversity of Pittsburgh data on the recruitment, retention, and adva ncement of\nwomen as well as the importance of institutional climate. Next , we\noverview recent literature that helps explain why and how gender ineq uity\noccurs. Lastly, we introduce and develop concepts, vocabulary, actio ns,\nand practical skills to promote gender equity. The workshop is struct ured\nas an interactive conversation with opportunities to learn, ask quest ions, and\npractice skills through scenario-based exercises.
Please\nnote that this session is restricted to me n. The similar Gender and Higher Education:\nExploring Women’s Experiences session is available\nfor women.
Faculty Session Registration (Male Audience):
February\n28th, 2019 - Benedum Hall 102 at 10:00 am-12:00 pm
< p>March\n1st, 2019 - Benedum H all 227 at 10:00 am-12:00 pm
Gender an d Higher Education: Exploring Women's Experiences:
To see th e workshop presentation please click here.
This\nsession explores the impact of gender on women’s experiences of campus climate.\nThrough small group ac tivities, a review of the existing research, and large\ngroup discussions t his session will seek to shift the dialogue from individual\nproblems and s olutions to seeking to acknowledge and identify institutional\nchallenges a nd solutions.
Faculty Session Registra tion (Female Audience):
February\n28th, 2019 - B enedum Hall 102 at 1:00 - 3:00 pm
March\n1st, 2019 - Benedum H all G36 at 10:00 am-12:00 pm
The S peakers:
Roger Green:
Dr.\nRoger Green is an Associate Professor of Electri cal and Computer Engineering at\nNorth Dakota State University, where he te aches, conducts signal processing\nresearch, and serves as Undergraduate Pr ogram Coordinator. Since its inception\nin 2008, Dr. Green has been a lead member of the NDSU Advance FORWARD\nAdvocates, a group of male faculty dedi cated to effecting departmental and\ninstitutional change in support of gen der equality. As part of this group, he\nregularly trains men, at NDSU and other institutions, to better serve as gender\nequity allies. Dr. Green rec eived his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the\nUniversity of Wyoming.< /i>
Robert Gordon:
< p>Dr.\nRobert Gordon is a faculty member in the Department of Psychology at Auburn University,\nwhere he also serves as Undergraduate Program Direc tor; his research focuses on\nvisual attention and on mental representation s of scenes and objects. Until\n2017, he was an Associate Professor of Psyc hology, and Associate Dean, at North\nDakota State University. While at NDS U, Dr. Gordon was a member of the NDSU\nAdvance FORWARD Advocates, working as part of that group to facilitate\ninstitutional efforts to promote gende r equity. His efforts have included\nhelping men at NDSU and at other insti tutions learn to work as allies for\ngender equity. Dr. Gordon received his Ph.D. in Psychology from the University\nof Illinois at Urbana-Champaign i n 1999.
Christi McGeorge:
Dr.\nChristi McGeorge is a professor in the Depar tment of Human Development and\nFamily Science at North Dakota State Univer sity (NDSU). Dr. McGeorge earned her\nPh.D. from the University of Minnesot a in Family Social Science with an\nemphasis in Couple and Family Therapy. She is a mixed methodologist who is\ntrained in both quantitative and quali tative approaches to research.
Dr.\nMcGeorge’s research has focused on the influence of heterosexism and homophobia\non c linical practice and training, gender equity in therapy, gender equity in\n higher education, feminist theories, and societal perceptions of single\npa rents. Dr. McGeorge has authored over 35 journal articles, book chapters, a nd\nencyclopedia entries. Additionally, she (along with her colleagues) has \nreceived well over one million dollars in grant funding from the National \nScience Foundation and Non-Profit Foundations to support their research a nd\nadvocacy efforts.
Dr.\nMcGeorge also has e xtensive experience in program evaluation. For example, she\nwas the intern al evaluator for the NSF ADVANCE grant at NDSU and the evaluator\nfor an NS F PLAN-D grant focused on testing the effectiveness of a male advocate\nand ally program to positively impact university climates for women faculty.\n Additionally, Dr. McGeorge has presented nationally to groups of women facu lty\nabout the impact of gender on women’s experiences of campus climate. i>
\n\nDr.\nMcGeorge has been the recipient of a number of awards including the National\nCouncil on Family Relations Kathleen Briggs Outsta nding Mentor Award, American\nAssociation for Marriage and Family Therapy 2 012 Training Award, and the\nUniversity of Arizona School of Family and Con sumer Sciences Professional\nAchievement Award. She has also been selected to give a number of invited\nlectures including the 2016 Tony Jurich Lectur e on Social Justice at Kansas\nState University.