Social Science Grants Funded Fall 2012
Proposal Title: Measuring Impact of Work-Life Policies on Recruitment, Retention and Promotion of Female and STEM Faculty at WSU
Principal Investigator: Jill McCluskey, Professor, School of Economic Sciences, WSU
Project Overview and Connection with ADVANCE Initiatives
To increase the participation of women in academia, the National Science Foundation Institutional Transformation Program supports Work-Life Initiative for academic institutions. The program provides assistance for tenured and tenure-track women faculty to overcome difficulties with balancing their professional and personal lives. The conditions of academic life are particularly hard for female scientists who have care giving responsibilities such as child care, which is a possible cause of underrepresentation of women in academic sciences, with its additional requirements for laboratory hours (Halpern, 2007). Survey results from almost 400 Professionals Opportunities for Women in Research and Education (POWRE) awardees for 1997-2000 show that the most significant challenge for women faculty is balancing career and family. 71% of respondents consider this problem as a barrier for women scientists and engineers in academia (Rosser, 2004). >More
Jill McCluskey
mccluskey@wsu.edu
Phone: 509-335-2835
111E Hulbert Hall
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