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	October 2007	Lunch & Discussion with Dr. Paula Rayman The Georgia Tech Center for the Study of Women, Science, and Technology (WST) Invites you to lunch and research discussion with Dr. Paula Rayman Professor of Economics and Social Development University of Massachusetts-Lowell "Inter-generational Voices on Women in Scientific Fields: Concepts, Themes, and Future Directions" Tuesday, October 30, 2007 12 noon - 1:30 pm Student Success Center, President's Suite C RSVP to ChrisFlaherty@gatech.edu by Oct. 26, indicating preference for chicken salad, turkey, or vegetarian sandwich Dr. Rayman is the author of Beyond the Bottom Line: The Search for Dignity at Work (2001, St. Martin's Press) Her other published work include The Equity Equation (1996, Jossey-Bass), Pathways for Women in the Sciences (1993, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation), Out of Work: The Consequences of Unemployment in Hartford's Aircraft Industry (1982, National Institute for Mental Health), The Israeli Kibbutz: Community and Nation Building (1981, Princeton University Press), and Non-Violent Action and Social Change (1979, Wiley Publishers). The WST Center is supported by the Office of the Provost.

	September 2007	IAC ADVANCE Lunch/Discussion: Research Culture Please join the upcoming IAC ADVANCE faculty lunch and discussion ! RSVP - indicating preference for turkey, chicken salad, or vegetarian sandwich: RESEARCH CULTURE: What it means and how to build it IAC ADVANCE - Lunch, Panel, and Discussion Thursday, 13 September, 12 noon Student Success Center - President's Suite B Opening and introduction: Sue Rosser Dean, Ivan Allen College Panelists: Susan Cozzens Professor, School of Public Policy Associate Dean for Research, Ivan Allen College Mary Frank Fox IAC ADVANCE Professor School of Public Policy

	August 2007	ADVANCE Workshop: Navigating Research Dear IAC Friends, Please save this date for an upcoming, Cross-College ADVANCE WORKSHOP: Navigating Research: How to Work with Agencies, Foundations, and Industry August 22, 2007 9 am -> 4 pm Location -and details- to be announced regards, -Mary

	March 2007	REMINDER ABOUT MARCH 29 NSF GRADUATE FELLOWSHIP WORKSHOPS REMINDER ABOUT MARCH 29 NSF GRADUATE FELLOWSHIP WORKSHOPS Please plan to attend the NSF Graduate Fellowship Workshops on March 29--there is no need to preregister. Dr. Earnestine Psalmonds from NSF will be on campus that day to present a workshop for students and another for faculty. STUDENTS: 11:10 NSF Graduate Fellowship Workshop at Management Auditorium 200 Application deadline is in November. You will learn about plans for the 2007 application process, any changes that are planned, and how to produce an effective application. There will be pizza slices available after the presentation. FACULTY: 4:00 NSF Graduate Fellowship Workshop at Management Auditorium 300 Dr. Psalmonds will present information to faculty about mentoring students who are applying for NSF fellowships and about their involvement in the review process if they are interested. There will be a Q&A period. Cheese and fruit will be available after the presentation. TRANSPORTATION and PARKING: The GT trolley stops at the Management Building, and there is parking available at the Georgia Tech Hotel on Spring St. (near 5th). Fellowship Communication Program Contact: Dr. Karen Adams, Karen.Adams@provost. gatech.edu

	February 2007	RESEARCH, WRITING, PUBLISHING: STRATEGIES/LESSONS FOR SUCCESS IAC ADVANCE - Lunch, Panel, and Discussion Thursday, 8 February, 12 noon Student Success Center - Press Room B on 2R Level Panelists: Ann Bostrom Associate Professor, School of Public Policy Associate Dean for Research, Ivan Allen College Katja Weber Associate Professor, School of International Affairs Co-director, European Union Center Lisa Yaszek Associate Professor, School of Literature, Communication, and Culture Coordinator, Science, Technology, and Culture (STAC) Undergraduate Program

	November 2006	Provost to meet WST community Georgia Tech's provost, Dr.Gary Schuster, will be speaking with WST (Women, Science, adn Technology learning community) residents on Monday, November 27, at 5:30pm in 4th Apartments A study lounge.

		WST Research Panel: "The International Mobility of Scientists" Dr. Carolina Cañibano Assistant Professor of Economics Rey Juan Carlos University, Madrid, Spain and Visiting Scholar in PRIME Program, School of Public Policy, Georgia Tech Dr. Paula Stephan Professor of Economics Andrew Young School of Policy Studies Georgia State University TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 2006 12 noon - 1:30 pm Georgia Tech Student Success Center President's Suite C Biographies: Dr. Paula Stephan's research focuses on the careers of scientists and engineers and the process by which knowledge moves across international boundaries in the economy; as well as the role that immigrant scientists play in U.S. science. She has published more than 50 articles and is the co-author of the book, Striking the Mother Lode in Science: The Importance of Age, Place, and Time. Dr. Stephan was recently appointed to serve a four-year term on the National Advisory General Medical Sciences Council, National Institutes of Health, and currently serves on the Advisory Committee of the Social, Behavioral, and Economics Program, National Science Foundation. She was a member of the European Commission High-Level Expert Group that authored the report, "Frontier Research: The European Challenge." She is a member of the Scientific and Engineering Workforce Project of the National Bureau of Economic Research. Dr. Carolina Cañibano's research focuses upon the economics of innovation, with a special focus on labor markets for science, and development economics. She received her Ph.D. at the Autonomous University of Madrid (UAM), Spain and was the recipient of the 2004 Dissertation Award from the Economics Section, Spanish Doctors Academy. Currently, she is a Visiting Scholar at Georgia Tech's School of Public Policy, affiliated with the PRIME Program. Her research is funded by the European Commission.

	March 2006	Rukmini Nair talk at Emory, March 22, 5pm Professor Rukmini Nair will speak on "Stories of Flood and Floods of Stories: Postcoloniality and the Discourse of Disaster" in White Hall 110 at Emory University on Wednesday, March 22, 2006, at 5pm. This talk is cosponsored by Emory's Asian Studies Program, Georgia Tech's Center for the Study of Women, Science, and Technology, Georgia Perimeter College, and the Emory Hightower Fund. Information and directions are available from Melissa Rubins at mrubins@emory.edu, 404-727-2108, or see www.asianstudies.emory.edu ABSTRACT: There are, we intuitively recognize, two broad categories of disaster. These comprise natural calamities (floods, fires, earthquakes, tsunamis, plagues) and man-made or "nominal" catastrophes (riots, wars, industrial accidents). We also know that both these types of disaster usually result in considerable violence against the same segment of our people again and again--the poor and the disenfranchised, and most desperately, the women and children amongst this population. This talk, which partly addresses the problematic of how "the facts" concerning peoples' suffering are to be captured in an "objective" historical and bureaucratic account, therefore attempts to explore the connections between these seemingly independent classes of calamity--the natural and the man-made or "nominal." It does so, mainly but not exclusively, by considering narratives pertaining to the natural disaster of widespread floods. BIOGRAPHY: Rukmini Bhaya Nair is Professor of Linguistics and English in the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences at the Indian Institute of Technology. She is currently a visiting professor at Stanford University. She obtained her doctoral degree at the University of Cambridge in 1982 and has since taught and lectured at various universities. Nair is the author of Technocrat: Culture in a Cybernetic Classroom (Harper Collins, 1997); Narrative Gravity: Conversation, Cognition, Culture (Oxford UP, 2002); Lying on the Postcolonial Couch (Minnesota UP, 2002), as well as an edited volume, Translation, Text and Theory: The Paradigm of India (Sage, 2002).

		2006 ADVANCE Conference 2006 ADVANCE Conference on Friday, March 10, at the GLCC in Technology Square

		WST ADVANCE Women's Awareness Month Town Hall: Institutionalizing ADVANCE Institutionalizing ADVANCE ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Thursday, March 2, 3:30 5 p.m., Clary Theatre, Success Center Sponsored by the Center for the Study of Women,Science and Technology (WST) and the ADVANCE Institutional Transformation Program. Open to all; reception following. This is a joint WST/ADVANCE event for Women’s Awareness Month to discuss how to continue the efforts begun by the NSF-funded ADVANCE program. A reception will follow the event. For more information about ADVANCE, visit http://www.advance.gatech.edu/ Speakers: Carol Colatrella, Director, Georgia Tech ADVANCE Insitutional Transformation Program Mary Frank Fox, CoPI; Director, ADVANCE Research Program and ADVANCE Professor, Ivan Allen College Sue Rosser, CoPI; Dean of Ivan Allen College and Ivan Allen Jr. Dean's Chair in Liberal Arts and Technology Jane Ammons, ADVANCE Professor, College of Engineering Mei-Yin Chou, ADVANCE Professor, College of Sciences Mary Jean Harrold, ADVANCE Professor, College of Computing Monique Tavares, Director, Faculty Career Development Services

		WST ADVANCE Women's Awareness Month Town Hall: Institutionalizing ADVANCE Institutionalizing ADVANCE ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Thursday, March 2, 3:30 5 p.m., Clary Theatre, Success Center Sponsored by the Center for the Study of Women,Science and Technology (WST) and the ADVANCE Institutional Transformation Program. Open to all; reception following. This is a joint WST/ADVANCE event for Women’s Awareness Month to discuss how to continue the efforts begun by the NSF-funded ADVANCE program. A reception will follow the event. For more information about ADVANCE, visit http://www.advance.gatech.edu/ Speakers: Carol Colatrella, Director, Georgia Tech ADVANCE Insitutional Transformation Program Mary Frank Fox, CoPI; Director, ADVANCE Research Program and ADVANCE Professor, Ivan Allen College Sue Rosser, CoPI; Dean of Ivan Allen College and Ivan Allen Jr. Dean's Chair in Liberal Arts and Technology Jane Ammons, ADVANCE Professor, College of Engineering Mei-Yin Chou, ADVANCE Professor, College of Sciences Mary Jean Harrold, ADVANCE Professor, College of Computing Monique Tavares, Director, Faculty Career Development Services

	February 2006	IAC - IAC ADVANCE Grants Workshop Friday, February 3, 2006 Wardlaw Center, Gordy Room 177 North Avenue Workshop Includes: Featured speakers: "Funding Opportunities at the National Institutes of Health" - Elizabeth Thomson, Program Director,The Ethical, Legal and Social Implications Research Program,National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health Faculty Panel - "How to Obtain Funding for Disciplinary and Interdisciplinary Research Involving the Humanities" Facilitator: Shannon Dobranski Panelists: Robert Kirkman, Cindy Klestinec, John Krige (confirmed) and representatives from Clark Atlanta University and Spelman College (invited)

	January 2006	2006 WST Distinguished Lecturer The Center for the Study of Women, Science, and Technology (WST) Invites you to a talk by 2006 WST Distinguished Lecturer Dr. Yu Xie Otis Dudley Duncan Professor of Sociology and Statistics The University of Michigan "Women, Family, and Pathways of Science/Engineering Careers" Thursday, 19 January 2006 4 p.m. Clary Theatre, Success Center Reception follows

	October 2005	VISIT OF DR. IRINA SANDOMIRSKYA MONDAY, OCTOBER 24, 3:30 - 5:00 pm Wesley New Media Center, Skiles Building, Room 10 Co-sponsored by Center for the Study of Women, Science, and Technology (WST) and School of Literature, Communication, and Culture (LCC) "The Woman Prosthetiszed: Speech, Hearing, Thinking" A presentation about Olga Skoroxodova, the Soviet version of Helen Keller, that provides departure for work about Soviet, women, technology, and trauma. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 25, 3:30 - 5:00 pm Skiles Building, Room 358 Sponsored by School of Literature, Communication, and Culture "A Centripetal Femininity: Women, Movement, Technology, and Stalin in Dziga Vertov's Lullaby" (Film screening of Vertov's Lullaby and discussion of the film) In 1936, banished from the official life of the film establishment in the Stalinist USSR, the genius of avant-garde filmmaking Dziga Vertov is busy manipulating a perfectly collaborationist Stalinist film. The result is quite amazing, the film Lullaby that was never finished and never shown on the big screen. It’s theme is the celebration of the sexual equality between Soviet men and women as proclaimed by Stalin’s 1936 constitution. It’s main leimotif is the irresistible attraction of the Soviet woman to the center of the Empire: Stalin on the Red Square in Moscow. Driven by this symbolic attraction, thousands of women (represented in documentary film fragments) are walking and mountain-climbing, driving cars, tractors, and harvesters, biking, rowing, flying airplanes and diving parachutes in one centripetal movement of the collective body of the empire towards its center. The film is an amazing example of what Deleuze (who never saw the film) described in his Cinema-1 as movement-image, a prerequisite of cinematic fascism. Vertov is by the same token succumbing to the call of the fascistic movement-image – and resisting it. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 26, 3:30 - 5:00 pm Wesley New Media Center, Skiles Building, Room 10 Sponsored by School of Literature, Communication, and Culture "On Love, Language, and Electricity in the City of Revolution (Walter Benjamin in Moscow, 1926-27)" BIOGRAPHY: Irina Sandomirskaja, professor of cultural studies at the Baltic and East European Graduate School of the University College of South Stockholm (Södertörns högskola), Sweden, holds a doctoral degree in theoretical linguistics from the Institute of Linguistics of the Russian Academy of Sciences in Moscow, (Semantika emotivnykh glagolov so znacheniem povedeniia, 1991). During her postdoctoral research she was engaged in the project Language and Collective Cultural Identity, as well as a project in feminist theory which resulted in the only issue of IDIOMA, a Russian-American feminist publication in cultural critique (1991, New York). In co-authorship with Natalia Kozlova, she has worked on a project of anthropological reconstruction and linguo-critical interpretation of documents of “naïve writing” (Ia tak khochu nazvat’ kino. “Naivnoe pis’mo”: opyt lingvo-sotsiologicheskogo chteniia, Moscow 1996). In 2001, she published a study of the deconstruction and archeology of Russian and Soviet patriotic speech practices (Kniga o Rodine: Opyt analiza diskursivnykh praktik). Current projects: De patientia: Language, Violence, and Strategies of Subjectivity (a collection of essays in language, power and writing); A Story of O, or Between Technique and Catastrophe. Soviet deaf-blind education and related theories of language and consciousness.

		ADVANCE LUNCH/DISCUSSION "Writing for Publication: Gaining & Sustaining Productivity" Tuesday, 25 October 2005 12 noon - 1:30 pm Place: Success Center, Presidential Suites C & D Lunch served

	September 2005	Welcome !- Reception/Wed-Sept 14 Welcome back to all for the Fall semester - and greeting of welcome to our new IAC women faculty: Laura Bier (HTS) Jennifer Clark (PUBPOLICY) Kelly Comfort (MODLANGS) Alexandra Mazalek (LCC) All are invited to a Reception on Wed, Sept. 14, 3-5 pm - Crescent Room, Student Commons Sponsored by Center for Study of Women, Science, and Technology (WST) NSF ADVANCE Program of GT Women's Resource Center Welcoming and greeting: Women faculty, women staff/administrators, student leaders, and Students and Mentors of the WST Learning Community Please join us at the Reception !

	April 2005	Writing a NSF CAREER Proposal Workshop The Office of Sponsored Programs is hosting “Writing a NSF CAREER Proposal" workshop. The Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program is a Foundation-wide activity that offers the National Science Foundation’s most prestigious awards for new faculty members. The CAREER program recognizes and supports the early career- development activities of those teacher-scholars who are most likely to become the academic leaders of the 21st century. CAREER proposals differ from traditional NSF proposals – the scope and flavor are different – as well as the funding priorities. Come and join us for a discussion on Writing a NSF CAREER Proposal as current awardees and panel reviewers share their thoughts and expertise on these proposals. This event will be held on Thursday, May 26th from 9:30AM – 11AM in the Van Leer Bldg., Room 218. Please contact Nadia Zitman to register via phone 404-894-6944 or via email nadia.zitman@osp.gatech.edu

	March 2005	Women in Higher Education Administration Sponsored by Georgia Tech ADVANCE and the Center for the Study of Women, Science, and Technology (WST) Please join us for lunch at 1pm on Tuesday, April 12, 2005 in the Piedmont Room of the Wenn Commons, Student Center Speaker: Dr. Lisa Rossbacher, President of Southern Polytechnic State University Respondent: Dr. Carol Carmichael, Georgia Tech RSVPs by April 8 to Angela Shartar at angela.shartar@oars.gatech.edu, please put April 12 lunch in subject line Information about Dr. Rossbacher and Dr. Carmichael: In 1998, Dr. Rossbacher became the second president of Southern Polytechnic State University in Marietta, GA, and Georgia's first female president of a public engineering school. She previously held the Russell I. Thompson Chair of the Dean of the College at Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. Her other former positions include serving as Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of the Faculty at Whittier College (1993-95) and as Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs at at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona (1987-93). Dr. Rossbacher's research involves processes that operate on the surfaces of planets, particularly the role of water and ice in the history of the planet Mars. She is the author of four books. Dr. Carol Carmichael is the director of the Institute for Sustainable Technology and Development, where she serves as the Georgia Tech advocate for sustainability in research, education and outreach programs. She is also the director and senior research scientist for an interdisciplinary research program in environmentally conscious design and manufacturing. She received her doctorate in higher education from the University of Georgia.

		Georgia Tech NSF ADVANCE Conference March 31 and April 1, 2005 The fourth Annual Georgia Tech NSF ADVANCE Conference will focus on how the results of the Promotion Tenure Advance Committee have been implemented in the promotion and tenure process at Georgia Tech. The conference will be held in Technology Square at the Global Learning Center on March 31 and April 1, 2005. The work of the ADVANCE professors will be highlighted along with the ADEPT tool developed for the enhancement of the promotion and tenure process. Dr. Mary Frank Fox will present research findings from her study of faculty at Georgia Tech and at eight other universities. Two different workshop sessions have been developed to address the needs of junior and senior level faculty. A computer cluster will be able for participants to use the ADEPT instrument, which has become a requirement for all members of promotion and tenure committees. The reception planned for March 31 will be a time for faculty to interact with each other and Georgia Tech administrators. You can register for the conference at: http://www.pe.gatech.edu/conted/servlet/CEHome KEYWORD: NSF ADVANCE

		Women and Science in Film Join us at the "Women and Science in Film" series, March 2, 3, 4 and 8 sponsored by WST, School of Literature, Communications and Culture, School of Physics and Women's Awareness Month: Note: On March 8, the screening will be introduced by Dean Sue Rosser, and followed by catered reception. RSVP for the reception to angela.shartar@oars.gatech.edu 1. Wednesday March 2, 7-9 pm: M. Le Roi, Madame Curie (1943) Introduction by Angela Dalle Vacche and Elisa Riedo. Based on the book by Eve Curie Cast: Greer Garson, Walter Pidgeon. Henry Travers, Robert Walker, Albert Basserman, Dame May Whitty, C. Aubrey Smith. Hollywood biopic on the discovery of Radium Location: Room 236, Global Learning and Conference Center, 84, 5th Street 2. Thursday March 3, 7-9 pm : S. Goldbacher The Governess, (1998) Introduction by Elisa Riedo Cast: M. Driver, T. Wilkinson. Based on a fictional diary written by S. Goldbacher herself, the film deals with the life of Rosina Da Silva, a Sephardic Jew, involved in the scientific development of photography. Location: Room 236, Global Learning and Conference Center, 84, 5th Street 3. Friday March 4, 7-9 pm. : L. H. Leeson Conceiving Ada, (1997) Introduction by Elisa Riedo Cast: T.Swinton, F. Faridany, T. Leary, J. Perry Barlow. A female researcher in A.I. communicates with the world of Ada Lovelance who was the daughter of Lord Byron, and inventor of the first computer language. Location: Room 236, Global Learning and Conference Center, 84, 5th Street 4. Tuesday March 8, 5-7 pm.: Jewels in a Test Tube, (1995) Introduction by Dean Sue Rosser, Ivan Allen College. Screening in 236 followed by catered reception in Atrium. RSVP for reception to angela.shartar@oars.gatech.edu. This NSF documentary explores the life and work of African- American biochemist Lynda Jordon. It also discusses the difficulties women encounter when they try to break into the male-dominated areas of science. Location: Room 236, Global Learning and Conference Center, 84, 5th Street Again, RSVP to angela.shartar@oars.gatech.edu for this movie and reception!

	February 2005	Ending the Energy Stalemate: Facts and Figures behind the Recent Energy Commission’s Recommendations THE STRATEGIC ENERGY INITIATIVE AND THE POLICY RESEARCH INITIATIVE PRESENT Dr. Marilyn Brown Director, Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy Program Oak Ridge National Laboratory Tuesday, March 1, 2005 4:00pm Room 201, Management Building, Tech Square Dr. Marilyn A. Brown is the Director of Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s Energy Efficiency, Reliability, and Security Program a $13 million/year program of applied R&D committed to accelerating the development and deployment of sustainable and reliable energy technologies. Dr. Brown is an internationally recognized expert on issues surrounding the commercialization of new energy and environmental technologies and the evaluation of government programs and policies. Prior to coming to Oak Ridge, she was a tenured Associate Professor in the Department of Geography at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. She has authored more than 140 publications and has been an expert witness in hearings before Committees of both the U.S. House of Representatives and the Senate. Dr. Brown serves on the boards of directors of the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy and the Alliance to Save Energy, and on the editorial boards of several journals. She is also a member of the National Commission on Energy Policy.

		Cross-College Networking Lunch Series The GT ADVANCE program is now sponsoring a cross-college networking lunch series to provide the opportunities for women faculty to get to know each other, to exchange ideas, and to build connections across schools and Colleges. Short, informal presentations will be scheduled to address issues of common interests and to stimulate discussions. The first lunch will take place on Wednesday, March 2. Mary Hunt and Jane Ammons have kindly agreed to be the inaugural speakers. Mary Hunt will discuss the Georgia Tech "Active Service / Modified Duty" policy -- particularly useful if you need to modify your daily responsibilities for reasons such as childbirth or parental care. Jane Ammons will talk about her first seven months as an Associate Dean in the College of Engineering. Time: 12:00 - 1:30 pm, Wednesday, March 2 Place: Room 319, Student Center Lunch is free. Please RSVP angela.shartar@oars.gatech.edu by Friday, February 25

		Glory Enough Center for the Study of Women, Science, & Technology (WST) Play Sunday, February 13 Performances at 1 pm and 3 pm Sidney Perkowitz's "Glory Enough," presenting a dramatization of the life of Rosalind Franklin Planetarium, Math Science Center, Emory University, 400 Dowman Drive WST/Emory Luncheon Panel on Rosalind Franklin and “Glory Enough” – Monday, February 14, 2005, 12:00noon Emory University, Cox Hall.Open to all Call Emory Arts Box Office at 404-727-5050 to reserve a space for the free play (above) and/or lunch/panel.

	January 2005	When N = 1-2: Justice, Privacy and Women of Color in Science and Engineering Center for the Study of Women, Science, & Technology (WST) partnering with NSF to support the advancement of women through the Georgia Tech NSF ADVANCE Program Presents: A Talk by WST Distinguished Lecturer Angela Ginorio Women's Studies University of Washington "When N = 1-2: Justice, Privacy and Women of Color in Science and Engineering" Tuesday, 25 January 2005 4:00 p.m. Technology Square Research Building* Auditorium: Room 118 Refreshments served RSVP: 404-385-2979 Abstract: As Donna Nelson's quantitative data set of the population for the top fifty science departments in thirteen scientific or engineering disciplines has demonstrated once more, women of color in academic science are a very small population. This lecture will present some of Nelson's data and its implications for women of color scientists and engineers, and will addresses the issue of research with small populations. Research in small populations creates a dilemma when issues of privacy are at stake for the individuals involved but issues of rights and justice are at stake not only for individuals but also for groups with which those individuals identify. This dilemma is one that is also present in interventions for improvement. Biography: Angela B. Ginorio is associate professor in Women Studies, and adjunct associate professor in the Departments of Psychology and American Ethnic Studies at the University of Washington-Seattle. She developed and directs the Rural Girls in Science Program. Her scholarship focuses on feminist science studies, access in education for Latino/as and first-generation college students, and violence against women. She is a fellow of the American Psychological Association. For further information, please contact Mary Frank Fox, WST Co-director, mary.fox@pubpolicy.gatech.edu, 404- 894-1818 * Technology Square Research Building is at the corner of 5th Street and Williams Street. It is across the street from the GT Hotel and Conference Center in the GT Technology Square.

	October 2004	IAC-ADVANCE lunch and discussion Day: Tuesday/November 9 Time: 12 noon Place: Success Center (room TBA) Discussion Topic: Managing/Balancing: Time, Research, Students, and beyond (part I). (We can continue Part II in a following lunch discussion) Lunches will be ordered and served. RSVP by Friday/November 5 to: Karyn Lu Email: gtg633s@mail.gatech.edu

	September 2004	Promotion and Tenure Tools at Georgia Tech PTAC Report and Awareness of Decision-Making in Evaluating Promotion and Tenure Wednesday, October 6 4:00 pm Skiles 357 (ADEPT computer instrument, see www.adept.gatech.edu): David McDowell (ME) Mary Lynn Realff (PTFE) Mary Frank Fox (PUBP) Carol Colatrella (LCC) This workshop is sponsored by the Center for the Study of Women, Science and Technology (WST) partnering with NSF to support the advancement of women through the GT NSF ADVANCE Program.

		Career Planning for Tenure-Track Faculty Thursday, October 28 4:00 pm MRDC 2407 Barbara Boyan (Biomed) Ron Rousseau (ChemEng) Jeannette Yen (Biology) This workshop is sponsored by the Center for the Study of Women, Science and Technology (WST) partnering with NSF to support the advancement of women through the GT NSF ADVANCE Program.

	May 2004	Workshop: How to Advance in Academia Who would attend: Women Faculty at Georgia Tech from all of the colleges Time: June 15, 3pm-5pm Location: Petit Building Room 1103 Duration: 2 hours Topics: Effective use of staff (support staff, students, post docs, technicians) Managing your day Priorities necessary for success Networking - working the crowd, good citizen behavior Mentors - off campus mentor needed for research career Service - on national committees, on "good" committees Behaviors that you need to be a successful researcher Training - leadership, etc. Speakers: From GT and off campus RSVP to: Mary Lynn Realff The workshop is sponsored by the Center for the Study of Women, Science and Technology (WST) partnering with NSF to support the advancement of women through the GT NSF ADVANCE Program.

	March 2004	Politics in the New Century Featured March Events: A Celebration of Food and Culture with Atlanta's Refugee Community Sunday, March 7, 1 - 5 p.m. Livingston Lecture: Ellen Goodman Monday, March 8, 8 p.m. Hear & Now - Women in Position: Politics in the New Century Wednesday, March 31, 7:30 p.m. For information on these and all events, please call 404.814.4000.

		American Association of University Women Educational Foundation Symposium November 12-14, 2004 The American Association of University Women Educational Foundation will hold its third biennial international symposium, International Perspectives: Women Leading Change in Public Health and Technology. The symposium will explore new definitions of technology and its relationship to public health. International Symposium informational page is at http://www.aauw.org/ef/symposium.cfm and call for proposals is at http://www.aauw.org/ef/callforproposals.cfm. Further information by email: swoopest@aauw.org or intsymp@aawu.org.

		Ivan Allen College (IAC) GRANTS WORKSHOP Presented by: Ivan Allen College and IAC - NSF ADVANCE April 2, 2004 11:00am - 3:00pm Wardlaw Center, Gordy Room (http://www.wardlaw.gatech.edu/) Featuring representatives from: Granting Organizations Successful IAC grant writers Office of Sponsored Programs (http://www.osp.gatech.edu/) Buffet lunch and refreshments provided RSVP by March 26th to Karyn Lu Email: gtg633s@mail.gatech.edu

		Georgia Tech NSF ADVANCE National Conference April 19 - 21, 2004 Georgia Tech April 19 5:00 – 7:00 p.m. Welcoming Reception Hosted by Dr. Jean Lou Chameau, Provost, Georgia Institute of Technology April 20 10:00 am – 11:30 a.m. Alice Hogan, ADVANCE Program Director, National Science Foundation Keynote Speaker: Dr. G. Wayne Clough, President, Georgia Institute of Technology 1:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. Parallel Sessions with presentations by NSF ADVANCE Awardees April 21 8:45 a.m. - 10:15 a.m. Special presentation 10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Parallel Sessions with presentations by NSF ADVANCE Awardees 12:00 – 2:00 pm Wrap-up Lunch Session Topics include: • ADVANCE Research • Promotion and Tenure • Faculty Development • Family/Work Policies • Mentoring • Recruitment/Retention of Women Faculty • Networking Why You Should Attend: • Expand faculty and administrator networks initiated at past conferences • Learn successful strategies from others to share with your home units • Contribute to the process of institutional transformation • Come celebrate our success! This conference will be held at the The Global Learning & Conference Center (GLCC), which is located in Technology Square at 84 Fifth Street, N.E., Atlanta, Georgia. The GLCC is the new home for Professional Education activity at Georgia Tech. Visit the Global Learning Center at www.glcc.gatech.edu. Register early! On-Line: www.pe.gatech.edu Registration fees for Georgia Tech faculty are sponsored by the Office of the Provost. To complete registration click "Register Now, Pay Later." Questions? Call Distance Learning and Professional Education 404-385-3500.

	February 2004	In A Nutshell, Science and Technology Must Be For The Welfare of the People: African Women Scientists and the Production of Knowledge Josephine Beoku-Betts Women's Studies and Sociology Florida Atlantic University Wednesday, February 24th, 2004 Success Center, Presidents Suites C & D 4:00pm-5:30 pm Refreshments served; all welcome ABSTRACT: This talk explores and analyzes how African women in academic scientific careers locate themselves in relation to science and its practice. It is based on a qualitative study of 15 doctoral level women scientists in research and academic institutions in the Sub-Saharan Africa region. It focuses on the recurrent themes that appear to influence the shared views of women in the study. These are (1) factors influencing the decision to go into science and choice of research area (e.g., role of parents, teachers, ability, and self motivation), (2) defining and articulating scientific practice to reflect a broader agenda for social transformation in African societies (e.g., academic research, importance of local knowledge systems, and community related interests). Josephine Beoku-Betts is an Associate Professor of Women's Studies and Sociology at Florida Atlantic University. She is Co-editor of Women and Education in Sub-Saharan Africa: Power, opportunities and Constraints (editors, M. Bloch, J. Beoku-Betts, and R. Tabachnick, Lynn Reinner, 1998). Her current research focuses on the educational and employment experiences and perspectives of African and Caribbean women academic scientists. She teaches graduate and undergraduate courses in Women's Studies, with emphasis on international, multicultural, and science and technology issues. She is a former editor for Africa and the Caribbean regions for the journal Women's Studies International Forum, and current co-Book Review Editor for Gender & Society. Sponsored by Center for Study of Women, Science, & Technology (WST)

	January 2004	Georgia Association for Women in Higher Education (GWHE) Conference "Developing, Supporting, and Advancing Women in Higher Education." Feb. 25-27, 2004 Callaway Gardens

	November 2003	Dimensions of Publication Productivity Continuing a terrific discussion on dimensions of publication productivity and Advancement. Wednesday, 14 January, 12 noon President's Suites C & D Student Success Center Topics include: -types of publications -research, collaboration, and publication -research grants and publication -maintaining an active research program -transitions in research programs RSVP to Erin Schwartz Email: gtg164e@mail.gatech.edu Box lunches served

	October 2003	Dimensions of Publication Productivity Please join our upcoming IAC - Advance lunch and discussion on Dimensions of Publication Productivity. Tuesday, November 4, 12 noon Student Success Center Presidential Suites C & D RSVP by Oct. 31 to Erin Schwartz Email: gtg164e@mail.gatech.edu

		Mary Lou Frank, President of the Georgia Association for Women in Higher Education "Planning for Career Advancement - How Much is Needed?" Monday, November 3 Time: 3:30 -5:00 pm Success Center, PRESS A Mary Lou Bryant Frank, Ph.D. works closely with women's organizations across the state, recently being the co-recipient of a grant to study women university presidents. Dr. Frank serves as the President of Georgia Association for Women in Higher Education (GAWHE) and as the Dean of Undergraduate and University Studies at Kennesaw State University. GAWHE is a professional organization dedicated to developing, supporting and advancing women in higher education. Dr. Frank received degrees in Speech Communication (B.A.), Counseling (M.Ed.), Psychology (M.S.), and Psychology (Ph.D.) from Colorado State University (American Psychological Association approved doctoral psychology program). She completed her doctoral internship at the University of Delaware (American Psychological Association approved internship). She is licensed as a psychologist and has received the Distinguished Provider Award in Counseling. She has been named in Who's Who of America, Who's Who of America's Teachers, Who's Who of Medicine and Health Care, and Who's Who of American Women. She has been a consultant and speaker at national and international conferences on topics of first year of college programming, assessment of higher education, eating disorder treatment, women's health, women's advancement and empowerment, gerontology, and academic leadership. Dr. Frank has published most recently in the Buros Mental Measurements Yearbook. She has also contributed book chapters to the Introduction to Group Counseling (1st and 2nd editions) and Counseling and Psychotherapy (1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th editions). At Arizona State University, she headed the Eating Disorders treatment program and team, co-coordinated the master's and doctoral practicum training programs, and concurrently held faculty status and taught in the graduate program in counseling. She was associate professor and assistant academic dean at the University of Virginia at Wise. Dr. Frank next served as department head of Psychology, Sociology, Philosophy, Gerontology, and the graduate program in Community Counseling at North Georgia College & State University. RSVP by October 29 to: angela.sharter@oars.gatech.edu The format is such that you can join all or part of the presentation/discussion. Hosted by NSF ADVANCE and WST

	September 2003	Donna Dean of NIH On September 15, Dr. Donna Dean, who currently serves as Deputy Director of the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering at National Institutes of Health (NIH), will meet with tenure-track women faculty at Tech interested in learning more about NIH and funding. Having served at NIH for many years in diverse capacities, including Interim Deputy Director of NIH, she has considerable knowledge about negotiating the Institutes and funding. Although some may be attending the workshop that Dr. Dean will be presenting on the 16th, the ADVANCE team would like to invite you to a special session with her on Monday, September 15 from 1:00 to 2:00 PM in the President's Conference Room. RSVP to Angela Shartar to confirm your attendance for this discussion. In addition, IAC faculty are invited to another discussion with Dr. Dean, on Mon/Sept. 15, 3-4:30 pm, Skiles Bldg, Rm. 2.

	April 2003	Conversations About Elder Care Series Tuesday, April 8, 2003, 3:30 pm to 4:30 pm Clary Theater in the Success Center The College of Engineering Dean's Office and the Work/Life* Initiative are pleased to announce the first in a series of talks about elder care issues. The 1997 National Study of the Changing Workforce published by the Families and Work Institute revealed that, "one out of four wage and salaried workers in the U.S. labor force had elder care responsibilities during the past year. As the U.S. population continues to age, growing elder care responsibilities promise to have an even greater impact on the workforce." Elder care is a growing concern for many of us, and in an effort to better understand the context, costs, and resources for elder care, please join us. Dr. Frank Whittington, Director, and Mary McKinnon, M.N., Assistant Director, of the Gerontology Institute at Georgia State University will discuss the current state of elder caregiving in the U.S. The Gerontology Institute is an organization of Georgia State University administration, faculty, students, and alumni engaged in the study of aging and charged with the responsibility of developing and coordinating research, instruction, and service in gerontology throughout the university. The talk and discussion will highlight * The social and demographic context within which caregiving occurs * The caregiving experience: burdens, costs and benefits * Positive steps that caregivers can take to minimize feelings of burden * The physical and emotional costs of performing this role over an extended period of time * Information about specific community services and resources for caregivers, to assist and support them economically and emotionally For questions/comments, please contact Monique Tavares, Project Director, at 404.385.2351 or monique.tavares@coe.gatech.edu. *Work/Life: The ability of employers and employees to be more productive by effectively navigating the ever-changing nature of work, family, and community life.

		Eugenia Vedernikova, Gender in Science Tuesday, April 29, 1:00 pm 303 DM Smith Bldg Eugenia Verdernikova, doctoral student in sociology and political science at European University of St. Petersburg, and Research Fellow with WST this semester, invites you to a seminar-discussion: Gender in Science: Theoretical Perspectives on the Large and Small Scales. With refreshments.

	March 2003	Work Family Initiatives at Georgia Tech Please join presentation and lunch/discussion Monday, March 31, 11:30-1:00 Student Success Center, Presidents Suites C&D Boxed lunch provided Hosted by NSF ADVANCE Mary Hallisey Hunt, Director, Georgia Tech NSF ADVANCE Program Tabitha Barnette Director, Faculty Support Services One of the aims of the ADVANCE program is to strengthen and expand the scope and impact of family-friendly policies here at Georgia Tech. Efforts to modify existing policies and facilities are ongoing. Attend this lunch discussion to learn more about > the Active Service-Modified Duties Process > the R. Kirk Landon Learning Center > the Georgia Tech Campus Nursing Moms Program > Summer Day Camps at or near Georgia Tech.

		The Next 50 Years of Women at Tech A discussion with President Wayne Clough Friday, March 28, 2003 2:00 p.m. Reception 2:30 p.m. Panel and Discussion Alumni Faculty House, Ballroom Sponsored by WST in collaboration with the Alumni Association, Women's Resource Center, and the 50th Year Anniversary Committee. Panel includes Faculty/alumni Gary May (ECE) and Mary Lynn Realff (TFE) and Students Sarah Walker (CE), Tiffany Massey (ISYE), and Oanh Lu (BIOL) What future do you imagine for women in science and engineering? What role can Georgia Tech play in that future? The increasing reliance in our age on science and technology provides Georgia Tech significant opportunities to improve prospects for women students and faculty in these fields. President Clough will lead the discussion about the next 50 years of women, and a small panel of students, faculty members, and alumni will offer brief statements on these issues. All students, faculty, and alumni are invited to join in this discussion about the future for women in science, mathematics, engineering, management of technology, and other technical fields on campus and beyond.

		"Planning for Career Advancement - How much is needed?" Please join presentation and lunch/discussion Wednesday, March 26 Presentation: 10:30 a.m. - 12 noon Lunch and discussion: 12 noon - 1 pm Success Center, President's Suite B Box lunches provided Hosted by NSF ADVANCE Mary Lou Bryant Frank President of the Georgia Association for Women in Higher Education Dean of Undergraduate and University Studies Kennesaw State University Mary Lou Bryant Frank, Ph.D. works closely with women's organizations across the state, recently being the co-recipient of a grant to study women university presidents. Dr. Frank serves as the President of Georgia Association for Women in Higher Education (GAWHE) and as the Dean of Undergraduate and University Studies at Kennesaw State University. GAWHE is a professional organization dedicated to developing, supporting and advancing women in higher education.

		"What Makes a Proposal Fundable?" Please join presentation and lunch/discussion Monday, March 10, 11:15 a.m. - 12:45 p.m. Success Center, President's Suites A & B Box lunch provided Hosted by NSF ADVANCE Julie Chen NSF Program Officer for Materials Processing & Manufacturing Julie Chen is the Program Director for Materials Processing & Manufacturing within Design Manufacture and Industrial Innovation in the Directorate for Engineering at the National Science Foundation. Dr. Chen will speak to the female faculty about NSF and what makes a proposal fundable. Dr. Chen is at NSF on loan from University of Massachusetts at Lowell where she is an Associate Professor in Mechanical Engineering and a Co-Director of the Advance Composites Material and Textile Research Laboratory. Dr. Chen received her BS, MS and PhD degrees from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).

	February 2003	Meanings of "Academic Culture" and Implications for Gender, Race and Ethnic Diversity Please join presentation and lunch/discussion Tuesday, 18 February, 12 noon - 1:15 pm Success Center, Presidential Suites C & D Box lunch provided Hosted by Ivan Allen College/NSF ADVANCE We share and articulate needs toward the Advancement of Georgia Tech Faculty -- with a view toward gender diversity, and racial/ethnic diversity as well -- following topics of the ADVANCE mini-conference: --negotiating the tenure and promotion process --post-tenure career development --faculty mentoring --work and family --faculty community development and collaboration --infrastructure and resources also see: http://www.advance.gatech.edu/proceedings.html

	January 2003	Panel on Academic Transitions NSF ADVANCE and Ivan Allen College Thursday, 9 January 2003, 4:00 pm Student Success Center President's Suites C & D Introductions Sue Rosser, Dean Ivan Allen College Mary Frank Fox, NSF ADVANCE Professor of Sociology School of History, Technology and Society Topics and panelists Doctoral student to faculty: Eleanor Alexander School of History, Technology and Society Michelle Dion Sam Nun School of International Affairs Junior to senior faculty: Usha Nair School of Economics Senior Faculty, continuing transitions (including between institutions): Cheryl Leggon School of Public Policy Janet Murray School of Literature, Communications and Culture Faculty to administration: Susan Cozzens School of Public Policy

	November 2002	Faculty Advancement Please join presentation and lunch/discussion Wednesday, 6 November, 12 noon - 1:15 pm Success Center, Presidential Suite C Box lunch provided Hosted by Ivan Allen College/NSF ADVANCE We will share and articulate needs toward the Advancement of Georgia Tech Faculty -- with a view toward gender diversity, and racial/ethnic diversity as well We will be following topics of the ADVANCE mini conference: --negotiating the tenure and promotion process --post-tenure career development --faculty mentoring --work and family --faculty community development and collaboration --infrastructure and resources also see: http://www.advance.gatech.edu/proceedings.html

	October 2002	First IAC ADVANCE lunch of the year Thursday, 17 October, 12 noon - 1:15 pm Success Center, President's Suite C Box lunch provided Hosted by Ivan Allen College/NSF ADVANCE We will share and articulate needs toward the Advancement of Georgia Tech Faculty -- and talk about focusing our luncheon discussions on the topics/areas of the ADVANCE mini-conference, with a view toward gender diversity, and racial/ethnic diversity as well -- the topics: --negotiating the tenure and promotion process --post-tenure career development --faculty mentoring --work and family --faculty community development and collaboration --infrastructure and resources also see: http://www.advance.gatech.edu/proceedings.html Please think about these areas, and which of the topics with which we may want to begin (we can cover the whole range, over time). Consider also if two (or more) people can volunteer to open and help facilitate on a topic for our luncheons ahead.

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