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BGSU ALLIES: Building Inclusive Leadership Practices and Policies to Transform the Institution

Co-PIs and Senior Personnel: Peg Yacobucci, Mike Ogawa, Lisa Hanasono, Julie Matuga, Sheila Roberts, Ellen Broido, Deb O’Neil, Susana Peña, Hyun Kyoung Ro, Karen Root, Mike Zickar, Rachel Vannatta, Stacey Rychener

3 year, $984,484 grant from National Science Foundation

NSF’s ADVANCE Program

GOALS:

• To develop systemic approaches to increase the participation and

advancement of women in academic STEM careers

• To develop innovative and sustainable ways to promote gender equity that

involve both men and women in the STEM academic workforce

• To contribute to the research knowledge base on gender equity and the

intersection of gender and other social identities in STEM academic careers Over $270M awarded to 160+ institutions between 2001 and 2016 – BGSU is joining an elite club of ADVANCE universities!

http://www.nsf.gov/advance

BGSU’s Context

Women and faculty of color are underrepresented in STEM applicant pools and hires relative to available doctoral pool Women and faculty of color are not promoted to full professor or leadership positions at an equitable rate Women and faculty of color experience implicit and explicit gender and racial biases, both individually and in their intersection

BGSU ALLIES Project Goal

To make allyship and inclusive leadership the expectation and norm at BGSU How? Focus on how faculty and administrators can work together to reduce biases and transform institutional structures that prevent the advancement

• f women faculty

Who Is Included

STEM Units:

Applied Statistics & Operations Research Biological Sciences Chemistry Computer Science Engineering Technologies Environment & Sustainability Geology Math & Statistics Physics & Astronomy School of Earth, Environment & Society STEM Education

SBS Units:

Communication Economics Ethnic Studies Geography Human Development & Family Studies Media Production & Studies Political Science Psychology Sociology Women’s, Gender & Sexuality Studies

Faculty from across the gender spectrum in:

BGSU ALLIES Activities

Faculty allyship:

Focus on faculty in target units Develop skills in bias intervention via:

• Face-to-face workshops
• Online training modules
• Train-the-trainer programs

Inclusive leadership:

Focus on current and future campus leaders Develop skills in inclusive leadership via:

• Onboarding materials
• Chair/director handbook
• Administrator retreats
• Online training modules

Policy review and revision Improved data collection to capture intersectionality

Faculty Allyship Activities

Incentives to participate:

• $1,000 PD funds for workshop

attendees and peer facilitators

• Certificate of ally training for

attendees who also complete 4

• f 8 online modules
• Gain knowledge and tools

needed to be an effective ally to combat bias and promote gender equity

January 2019 Initial half-day workshop on how to recognize and confront bias and promote inclusion (1-3 faculty and chairs from each unit) Spring 2019 Competitive selection of 12 faculty peer facilitators drawn from January workshop participants Orientation workshops for peer facilitators Fall 2019 Workshops on ally building and bias intervention for STEM faculty (4-5+ faculty per unit) Spring 2020 Online training modules and certificate program Orientation workshops for peer facilitators Fall 2020 Workshops on ally building and bias intervention for SBS faculty (4-5+ faculty per unit) Online training modules and certificate program Spring 2021 Online training modules and certificate program Regional conference on inclusive leadership and faculty ally building

Kickoff Event

Tuesday October 16 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM 308 BTSU

Learn more about BGSU ALLIES and help shape the project RSVP to Peg Yacobucci mmyacob@bgsu.edu Please share this information with your colleagues and consider participating in ALLIES activities! Thank you!