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Contents Contributors...v Introduction... 1 Section I: The Data 1. Who Receives a Geoscience Degree?... 13 2. We are the 20%: Updated Statistics on Female Faculty in Earth Sciences in the U.S... 17 Jennifer B. Glass Section II: A Framework to Address the Issue 3. A Sociological Framework to Address Gender Parity... 25 Section III: Successful Strategies to Address the Issue 4. Best Practices to Achieve Gender Parity: Lessons Learned from NSF s ADVANCE and Similar Programs... 33 Section III.A: Institutional Strategies 5. Strategic Institutional Change to Support Advancement of Women Scientists in the Academy: Initial Lessons from a Study of ADVANCE IT Projects... 39 Sandra L. Laursen, Ann E. Austin, Melissa Soto and Dalinda Martinez 6. Institutional Transformation: The Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory Experience... 51 7. Dual Career, Flexible Faculty... 67 8. Lactation in the Academy: Accommodating Breastfeeding Scientists... 75 Section III.B: Interactional and Individual Strategies 9. Implicit Assumption: What It Is, How to Reduce Its Impact... 81 iii
iv Contents 10. Hiring a Diverse Faculty... 95 and 11. Multiple and Sequential Mentoring: Building Your Nest... 109 12. Mentoring Physical Oceanography Women to Increase Retention... 121 Susan Lozier and Sarah Clem 13. ASCENT, a Discipline Specific Model to Support the Retention and Advancement of Women in Science... 135 A. Gannet Hallar, Linnea Avallone, Heather Thiry and Laura M. Edwards 14. Facilitating Career Advancement for Women in the Geosciences through the Earth Science Women s Network (ESWN)... 149 Meredith G. Hastings, Christine Wiedinmyer and Rose Kontak 15. Learning to Develop a Writing Practice... 161 Index... 171 Color plate section located between pages 88 and 89
CONTRIBUTORS Ann E. Austin Professor Higher, Adult, and Lifelong Education Michigan State University East Lansing, Michigan Linnea Avallone Program Director Division of Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences National Science Foundation Arlington, Virginia Sarah Clem MPOWIR Program Coordinator Nicholas School of the Environment Duke University Durham, North Carolina Assistant Director, Academic Affairs and Diversity Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory Columbia University Palisades, New York Laura M. Edwards Climate Field Specialist South Dakota State University Extension Aberdeen, South Dakota Jennifer B. Glass Assistant Professor Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta, Georgia v