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Where We Stand – Hope to see you on Monday, Nov 4!

collaboration & leadership, equitable policies & practices, Events, Institutional Climate, JHU, Unconscious Bias

Where We Stand: Mentorship, Community, & Equity

Of course, bias exists—conscious and unconscious. At this event we’ll generate concrete ways to counter those norms and cultivate academic communities in which everyone can do their best work.

This event is for the entire Homewood campus.

We hope you will join Dean Beverly Wendland and the WFF@H for a lively evening.

Please expect: good food; Sharpies; brainstorming; a slide show; reading materials to browse; presentations about bias; Legos for kids; a wall for you to post anonymous do’s & don’ts related to mentorship & community building; and discussions led by undergrads, grad students, staff, faculty, and administrators.

The event is Mon, Nov 4 from 5:30-7pm in the Mudd Atrium. Sorry about the late hour, but this is the time we are able to get an appropriate space. Kids, friends, family–all are welcome.

 

 

 

Fifth Annual Where We Stand event!

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Women Faculty Forum hopes to see you on Monday, November 4, from 5:30-7pm at Mudd Atrium. We always have good food & good company, and children are always welcome and shamelessly adored.img_1282

Our theme this year:

Mentorship, Community, and Equity

For you as a staff member, student, postdoc, or faculty member:

What is one big challenge you see to fostering equity in the academy?

What is one specific example of meaningful support that you have received, given, witnessed, or hoped for?

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Students and advisors in Center for Student Success have thought a lot about how both systemic and personal approaches to mentorship and community-building can undergird a good experience in college. Join us!

 

Image: https://studentaffairs.jhu.edu/student-success/hop-in/

Where We Stand – Monday, Nov 4, 5:30pm @ Mudd Atrium

collaboration & leadership, Events, Institutional Climate, JHU, Unconscious Bias

Screen Shot 2019-10-19 at 5.17.40 PM.pngPlease join Women Faculty Forum & Dean Beverly Wendland two weeks from today!

Our discussion topic is Mentorship, Community, and Equity.

We all know that bias exists—conscious and unconscious. At this event we’ll generate concrete ways to counter those norms and cultivate academic communities in which everyone can do their best work.

This includes looking very hard at the way we do research. To read more about Perez’s book, which will be one of our topics of discussions, check out our previous post here.

 

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Looking back, looking ahead

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You may know that former WFF@H members Naveeda Khan (anthropology) and Angus Burgin (history), longtime members of the committee, stepped away last year. They are very much missed!

Additionally, Karen Fleming (biophysics) has finished up her three-year appointment as co-chair, and Anne-Elizabeth Brodsky (expository writing) will finish her term in December.

You can read our 2018-19Annual Report–featuring research and recommendations on student evaluations of teaching (SETs), the NAS report on sexual and gender harassment, and graduate student advising–here: WFF_AnnualReport2018-19_ForWeb

Looking Ahead

Karen Beemon (biology), Yi-Ping Ong (comparative thought and literature) and Todd Shepard (history; women and gender studies) are the remaining members of WFF@H.

So, YES–WFF@H definitely needs to build up its membership. Interested? Email [email protected] or Dean Wendland’s office.

Also, save the date for the Where We Stand reception! Monday, November 4, 5:30pm in Mudd Atrium. Please bring kids, friends, students, colleagues.

WFF@H Annual Report 2018-19

collaboration & leadership, equitable policies & practices, Institutional Climate, JHU, teaching, Unconscious Bias

Screen Shot 2019-09-22 at 9.55.21 PMIt’s all here in one handy pdf – our year with the NAS report on sexual and gender harassment, ongoing discussions around graduate student mentoring, our exchanges with leadership on student evaluations of teaching (SETs).

Please share with your colleagues and leaders. Thank you!

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