Strengthening our academic foundations: What we have seen and learned

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Sally Chapman, schapman@barnard.edu, Department of Chemistry, Barnard College, New York, NY 10027, Felicia Dixon, f_dixon@acs.org, Diversity Programs, American Chemical Society, 1155 16th Street, NW, Washington, DC 20036, Natalie Foster, nf00@lehigh.edu, Department of Chemistry, Lehigh University, 6 East Packer Ave, Bethlehem, PA 18015, Deborah A. McCarthy, Department of Chemistry and Physics, Saint Mary's College, Notre Dame, IN 46556, and Nancy M. Tooney, nmt02@att.net, Dept. of Chemistry (emerita), Polytechnic University, 6 MetroTech Center, Brooklyn, NY 11201.
After conducting site-visits at chemistry departments at 35 prestigious Ph.D.-granting universities, we can state with confidence that the climate for women faculty and students is highly variable. At too many otherwise excellent institutions, in departments educating a large number of tomorrow's academic leaders, many women faculty feel (and are seen as) isolated, marginalized, and undervalued. But there are encouraging exceptions: with committed leadership and concerted efforts (including ADVANCE projects), some departments have become places where everyone can thrive.
 

The ADVANCE Project
8:30 AM-11:35 AM, Wednesday, August 22, 2007 Sheraton Boston -- Berkeley A/B, Oral

Women Chemists Committee

The 234th ACS National Meeting, Boston, MA, August 19-23, 2007