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PDW Invitation: Succeeding as a Woman Academic

  • 1.  PDW Invitation: Succeeding as a Woman Academic

    Posted 07-18-2019 09:14

    Nevertheless She Persisted: Succeeding as a Woman Academic 

    AOM All Academy Theme PDW. Program Session: 623


    Scheduled: Sunday, August 11, 11:00 am - 2:00 pm, Boston Hynes Convention Center in 304. 


    Speaker: Sue Ashford, Ross School of Business, University of Michigan

    Speaker: Laura Empson, Cass Business School, City U. London

    Speaker: Stefanie Johnson, U. of Colorado, Boulder

    Speaker: Celia Moore, Bocconi University

    Speaker: Katherine W. Phillips, Columbia U.

    Speaker: Judith Louise Walls, HSG U. of St. Gallen

    Speaker: Lynn Perry Wooten, Cornell SC Johnson College of Business


    Moderator: Grace Augustine, Cass Business School, City U. London

    Moderator: Emily S. Block, U. of Alberta

    Moderator: Emily Dunham Heaphy, U. of Massachusetts, Amherst

    Moderator: Sandy Hershcovis, U. of Calgary

    Facilitator: Rebecca Mitchell, Michigan State U.

    Facilitator: Jill Waymire Paine, IE Business School


    Co-Chairs: Maria Farkas & Sara Soderstrom


    Women academics face challenging circumstances in their professional lives. Relative to their male colleagues, they can expect longer review times (Hengel, 2016), less credit for their research contributions when working in a team (Sarsons, 2017), biased evaluations of their teaching from students (Mengel, et al., 2017, Boring, et al., 2016), and cultures that are more likely to frame men through a professional lens and women through personal and physical lenses (Wu, 2017; Wolfers, 2017; Rivera, 2017). In the face of this rough terrain facing women in academia, through this PDW, we offer a three-pronged approach to helping women academics and allies develop a feeling of community, support, and self-efficacy. This PDW builds off the success of the inaugural "Yet she persisted" PDW in 2018 to bring focus on how we may not just understand but also work to build more inclusive academic organizations.


    The PDW has three parts. The first part, Stories of Persistence is open to all. The second and third part, Tools of Persistence and the Reciprocity Ring exercise, are limited to 120 participants and will be filled on a first come basis. A light lunch will be provided for the break-outs. If you'd like to participate in the Tools of Persistence break-outs, please register at the below link. 


    Part 1 (11 am - 12:30 pm): Stories of persistence: Six accomplished women academics share a story about a challenge they faced in their career and how they overcame it. 


    Part 2 (12:30 - 1:30 pm):  Tools of persistence: In facilitated break-out groups, we will discuss solutions to particular challenges for women academics. Topics are broken into three areas - support for PhD students and Post-Docs, support for junior faculty, and support for senior faculty. If you wish to attend this part, please register at this link – And Yet She Persisted Registration. You will be asked to identify your preferred break-out group focus.


    Part 3 (1:30 - 2:00 pm): Reciprocity Ring to request and share resources and support.



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    Maria Farkas
    Imperial College Business School
    London
    +44 02075949609
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