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Social Science Grants Funded Fall 2011

Proposal Title: Success Stories: Examining Work-Life Balance in STEM and Non-STEM Faculty

Principal Investigators: Dana Lee Baker and Carolyn Long, Associate Professors of Political Science, WSU Vancouver

Project Overview and Connection with ADVANCE Initiatives
There is little doubt that achieving and maintaining work-life balance involves substantial challenges. Arguably, significant barriers exist for women pursuing careers in traditionally male dominated fields such as the academy in general and STEM disciplines in particular. Continued work directed at articulating, specifying and understanding these challenges is of vital importance. A better understanding of barriers to full participation in meaningful careers is fundamental to improving policies and practices designed to nurture inclusive workplaces. >More

Proposal Title: Profiles of Associate Professors: A Latent Profile Analysis of Associate Professors’ Job Satisfaction Using COACHE Data

Principal Investigator: K.D. Joshi, Professor of Information Systems, WSU

Project Overview and Connection with ADVANCE Initiatives
The objective of this proposed work is to further extend our understanding of the associate professors’ career development at WSU within the context of their job satisfaction levels. More specifically, this work will look at the issue of associate professors’ career development by segmenting this group based on their attitudes and perceptions about WSU’s promotion policies, nature of their work, and climate surrounding their work. The aforementioned objective is well aligned with ADVANCE’s Leadership and Advancement initiative which focuses on identifying and overcoming barriers to retention and advancement of post-tenured faculty. >More

Proposal Title: Measuring Impacts of Partner Accommodation Policies on Recruitment, Retention and Promotion of Female and STEM Faculty at WSU

Principal Investigator: Jill McCluskey, Professor, School of Economic Sciences, WSU (collaborating with Ben Cowan, Tori Byington, and Julie Kmec)

Project Overview and Connection with ADVANCE Initiatives
There is a growing trend to adopt official spouse/partner employment assistance policies. These policies are being written to guide the decision university administrators frequently face when deciding to hire a job candidate with a qualified academic partner. According to a 2008 study conducted by the Clayman Institute for Gender Research at Stanford University, joint searches for employment are increasing. >More