Doing research at Purdue University to develop a more inclusive, engaged, and socially just vision of engineering education
RIFE member and ADVANCE postdoc Dina Banerjee will be starting at Shippensburg University in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology this fall. We have learned so much from her, and wish her all the best in her new position!
We went to Greyhouse Coffee for some gelato to celebrate Dina's new job and to wish her well.
2011. Hoffmann, Stephen R., Pawley, A. L., Rao, R., Cardella, M. E., Ohland, M.W. “Defining “Sustainable Engineering”: A Comparative Analysis of Published Sustainability Principles and Existing Courses.” Paper presented at the 118th American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition, June 2011. Paper.
2011. Mercado Santiago, M., Pawley, A. L., Hoegh, J., & Banerjee, D. “Institutional Ethnography as a Method to Understand the Career and Parental Leave Experiences of STEM Faculty Members.” Paper presented at the 118th ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, June 27. Paper.
I presented a paper and gave a workshop at the 12th Sakyadhita International Conference on Buddhist Women, Bangkok, Thailand. Both works are related to my future 
dissertation work, my career path, and my NSF Graduate Research Fellowship.
It was a wonderful experience I’ll never forget. I felt that I was like in a big family! Many people (including Buddhist university administrators) were very happy to see that someone was connecting Buddhism with engineering education.
We are so pleased to welcome two new researchers to RIFE. Corey Schimpf is a second-year engineering education graduate student with a background in sociology who joined the group in May. Corey has been working on the Gender and JEE project and will be shifting to ADVANCE this fall; you can read more about Corey here. Canek Phillips is a new engineering education graduate student with a background in mechanical engineering; you can read more about Canek here.
Welcome, both!
ADVANCE Purdue and the Center for Faculty Success (CFS) invite applications for a postdoctoral scholar.
We are seeking a highly-motivated up-and-coming researcher to help develop and administer a series of research studies associated with increasing the number of women, particularly women of color, in faculty positions in the Colleges of Science, Technology, Agriculture and Engineering at Purdue University. This project is supported by a grant through the National Science Foundation’s ADVANCE-IT Cooperative Agreement HRD-0811194
The scholar will work closely with Dr. Alice Pawley (co-PI and assistant professor in the School of Engineering Education, affiliate with Women’s Studies Program) and her research group in carrying out two projects:
Project 1 Model checking: determine the extent to which women’s career pathways into and through academic faculty levels in STEM disciplines are modeled by pipeline or chilly climate ideas. An explicit and critical component of Study 1 is to determine the applicability of these models to women of different ethnicities. This study is conducted through collecting and analyzing interview data. Data analysis will qualitatively assess the effectiveness of pipeline and chilly climate models for explaining women’s persisting underrepresentation in STEM disciplines at Purdue and will inform the project’s programs.
Project 2 New models: develop alternative models that provide other explanations of career pathway decisions experienced by women STEM faculty members of different ethnicities at Purdue. This study will be completed via an institutional ethnography applied to the Colleges of Engineering, Science and Technology to explore the impact of Purdue’s organization and rules through the experiences of people, particularly women, who work within them. Researchers use interviews, discursive analysis of texts, and participant observation to understand the institution structure and organization by exploring how real individuals negotiate the “everyday world” (lived realities in a particular institutional location).
This post-doctoral scholar will also be involved in the quantitative data analysis required for NSF-ADVANCE reporting purposes, as well as securing the institutionalization and future funding of the project.
The successful candidate must have a Ph.D. in STEM Education, Sociology, Psychology, Gender Studies, Ethnic Studies, Education, or related fields and must demonstrate a strong working knowledge of qualitative research techniques and social theory, an ability to work effectively within interdisciplinary environments, and an ability to communicate effectively with local and national leadership teams. Excellent literature search, research design, written, and verbal skills are required. The successful applicant for this position must be able to work independently and demonstrate leadership. Existing expertise in critical race theory and gender theory is preferred, and additional quantitative analysis skills would be an asset. The candidate should have an interest in and beginning skills for mentoring to help mentor Dr. Pawley’s other research group members.
The salary for this position is $43,000 US, and includes benefits. The starting date is flexible, but ideally begins August 1, 2011. The position will likely end July 31, 2012, although we are exploring funding options to extend it a year pending satisfactory performance. Applicants should apply by sending electronically 1) a cover letter, 2) a statement of your relevant research experiences, interests and goals, 3) a curriculum vitae, 4) a writing sample (such as a chapter of a PhD dissertation, or a published paper in a journal) and 4) the names, email addresses and phone numbers of three references to Dr. Alice Pawley ([email protected]), subject “ADVANCE Purdue postdoc position.” Please contact Dr. Pawley with queries. Additional information about ADVANCE Purdue is online
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We’re helping ADVANCE Purdue host the 2nd Annual Gender and STEM Research Symposium today and tomorrow. Things kicked off this evening with a keynote speaker Virginia Valian (author of Why So Slow? and director of the Gender Equity Project at Hunter College and CUNY), who was kind enough to visit our lab and talk with us about our research beforehand. How great is this?!? We were psyched.
I am pleased to share with you that ADVANCE Purdue and the Center for Faculty Success will be hosting the 2nd Annual Gender and Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Research Symposium February 17-18, 2011 at Purdue University.
We are now accepting abstracts to be presented during the main symposium day, February 18. We encourage work submitted by undergraduates, graduate students, staff, and faculty from Purdue and across the Midwest region. More information on the call is below; 250-word abstracts are due by January 15, 2011.
Our opening keynote on the evening of Feb 17 will be Dr. Virginia Valian, author of Why So Slow? The Advancement of Women (published by MIT Press, 1998).
We hope to be able to make registration free again this year, but will make updates about this on the symposium website, at http://www.purdue.edu/discoverypark/advance/cfs/symposium/symposium.php>
Please share this CFP widely, and consider submitting some of your work. We look forward to seeing you in February!
— CALL FOR PAPERS AND REVIEWERS —
Gender and Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Research Symposium
February 17-18, 2011
hosted by ADVANCE-Purdue and the Center for Faculty Success
ADVANCE-Purdue and the Center for Faculty Success (http://www.purdue.edu/dp/advance/) invite abstracts for presentation, posters, and discussions for the second annual Gender and STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) Research Symposium, to be held February 17-18, 2011 at Purdue University (West Lafayette campus). Researchers — including undergraduate students, graduate students, staff and faculty — from throughout the Midwest or beyond are encouraged to submit current research in the broad area of gender and STEM. Please note: last year’s symposium was local; this year, we plan to be more regional in scope.
The objectives of this symposium are:
Topics of research could include but are not limited to:
We strongly encourage presenters to make explicit their theoretical foundation for their research design, methodology, educational intervention design and connection with gender. In addition, we ask that presenters consider discussing gender in its context with race and ethnicity. (This means, for example, in a sample of primarily white students, one should talk about them primarily as white students, and not simply as “students” as though they have no race/ethnicity).
Authors should submit an abstract of approximately 250 words on their paper topic and list up to 5 keywords that will help locate the paper within the broader topic of gender and STEM research. We will also ask you to please categorize your paper using some pre-determined keywords, and to locate your paper as embodying best practices, research-to-practice, research, or other.
Abstracts should be submitted online at <https://purdue.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_9sOOGkHvaLe5R4M> by January 15, 2011 to be considered for inclusion. All abstracts will be accepted (to facilitate making your travel plans) as well as peer-reviewed, and assigned to a formal oral presentation slot, a small group discussion slot, or a poster session. Authors will be asked which format they may prefer, but conference organizers may need to move abstracts between preferred formats to facilitate scheduling. Authors will be notified of the reviews of their abstract by January 24, 2011, and its format by January 31 if not before. Presentations, discussions, and posters will be presented on the main symposium day, February 18, 2011.
We are also searching for reviewers to aid with peer-reviewing abstracts. If you would like to serve as a reviewer for this symposium, please visit <https://purdue.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_cLOxBHt9eFyV5Dm> and complete the form. We will be in touch with you again shortly.
Please contact ADVANCE symposium organizers Alice Pawley ([email protected]) and Dina Banerjee ([email protected]) with questions. We look forward to your submissions!
Gender and STEM Research Symposium website: <http://www.purdue.edu/discoverypark/advance/cfs/symposium/symposium.php>
(Registration information will be posted here shortly.)