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ON THE IMPORTANCE OF SAFETY
Sophie Trawalter
ON THE IMPORTANCE OF SAFETY UVA CHARGE To increase the - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
ON THE IMPORTANCE OF SAFETY UVA CHARGE To increase the - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Sophie Trawalter ON THE IMPORTANCE OF SAFETY UVA CHARGE To increase the participation of women in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) and social, behavioral and economic (SBE) science careers. UVA CHARGE Initiative One:
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UVA CHARGE
- Initiative One: Departmental Diversity and Action Transformation
- Initiative Two: Reimagined Spaces—Social science research on use
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- Initiative Three: CHARGE Tournament of Ideas
- Initiative Four: Recruitment, Search and Selection
- Initiative Five: CHARGE Enhancement Fellows
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STUDENT SURVEYS
1102 student participants
– 56% female – Average age: 19.6 – Average class year: 3.1 – Average household income: 8.2 ($140,000-$154,999) – Modal household income: 15 (above 250,000) – Average parental education: 5.3 (4-year college degree) – Modal parental education: 6 (post graduate degree) – % White? Racial composition? Coding in progress… – % STEM major? Coding in progress…
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CONCERNS ABOUT SAFETY ON GROUNDS
0.00 0.20 0.40 0.60 0.80 1.00
Student Results
Male Ps Female Ps
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ARE GROUNDS TOO DARK AT NIGHT? IF GROUNDS WERE BETTER LIT…?
0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1 Grounds Too Dark If Grounds Better Lit…
Student Results
Male Ps Female Ps
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FACULTY SURVEYS
- 250 faculty participants
– 29% response rate – 4% opted out – 67% ignored the email or didn’t get it
- 165 faculty participants have “full” data (i.e.,
demographic data)
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CONCERNS ABOUT SAFETY ON GROUNDS
0.00 0.20 0.40 0.60 0.80 1.00
Faculty Results
Male Ps Female Ps
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ARE GROUNDS TOO DARK AT NIGHT? IF GROUNDS WERE BETTER LIT…?
0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1 Grounds Too Dark If Grounds Better Lit…
Faculty Results
Male Ps Female Ps
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SAFETY CONCERNS MATTER
- For women, safety concerns and sense of
place are negative correlated, r = -.32
- For men, safety concerns and sense of place
are not correlated, r = -.03
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IMPLICATIONS FOR WOMEN IN STEM
- Physical safety is an issue, particularly for
women
– Women are less likely to use public spaces and work spaces – Women are less likely to feel “at home” at the University
- This issue likely impacts women in STEM
disproportionately because their productivity depends on lab work (i.e., work that requires them to be
at work, often afterhours)
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IMPLICATIONS FOR WOMEN IN STEM
- Follow-up: Lighting study (in collaboration with Housing,
Facilities Management, the Office of the Architect, Parking and Transportation)
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CURRRENT AND FUTURE DIRECTIONS
- Pre- and post-lighting projects assessments
– Do lighting projects increase light to desired level? – Do lighting projects impact felt safety?
- Swipe access data
– Do lighting projects impact building use? – Do (reported) crimes impact building use?
- Other data?
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USING “BIG DATA”
- Swipe access data—when are students and faculty using space
at night? And what spaces?
- Crime data—are students and faculty less likely to use public space
at night after a crime has been publicized?
- Lighting project data—are students and faculty more likely to
use space at night after a lighting project has been completed?
- Online access to UVA resources (via VPN?)—are
students and faculty accessing UVA resources from Grounds or remotely?
- Class enrollment data—are students (and particularly women)
less likely to take a class if the start/end time is at night?