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2011 Purdue Conference for Pre-Tenure Women

The three things I learned at the Purdue Conference for Pre-Tenure Women: on being a radical scholar
By Katie Clancy | SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN
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Advice on managing the academic career: Work-Life Balance
By Audrey Williams June | THE CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION
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Conference Highlights

Photo Gallery

• Your Plan to Tenure: Beverly Davenport Sypher, Ph.D.
  Your Plan to Tenure Document
  
  From Graduate Student to Faculty Member: Brenda Berkelaar, Ph.D.; Heidi R. Lewis, Ph.D.; Jess White, Ph.D.
  From Grad Student to Faculty member_Questions Document, Audio Recording of Conference Session
  

  Friday Plenary: Mary Dankoski, Ph.D.
  Homework Feeling Lucky Document, Audio Recording of Conference Session
  
  
• Embody the Professional: Veronica Rahim, Ileana Cortés Santiago
  Embody the Profofessional Document
  
  
• Salary Negotiation: Sara Laschever
  Resources mentioned in Sara's sessions
  
  
• Challenges for Women in STEM: Monica Cox, Ph.D.
  Challenges for Women in STEM
  

Gallery Opening
Conversation Pieces: An exhibition of contemporary art from pre-tenure women faculty. Eleven artists have been invited to participate in this first ever event as part of the 2011 Conference for Pre-Tenure Women.
Artwork Catalogue

Supplemental Material
Job Satisfaction and Gender
32 Colleges Are Named Most Friendly to Junior Faculty

Plenary speakers include:

• Sara Laschever, author, speaker, and researcher on women’s life and career obstacles
  
• Mary Dankoski, Assistant Dean for Faculty Affairs and Professional Development, Vice Chair for Faculty and Academic Affairs, Department of Family Medicine, Lester D. Bibler Scholar and Associate Professor of Family Medicine
• Caroline S. Turner, Professor, California State University, Sacramento, Professor Emerita, Arizona State University

Speakers' bios

 

Click here to download a copy of the Conference schedule!

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We wish to thank and acknowledge those involved with the planning of this year’s conference.

Purdue Conference for Pre-Tenure Women Steering Comittee:

Felica Ahasteen-Bryant

Director, Native American Educational and Cultural Center

Maricela Alvarado

Director, Latino Cultural Center

Patrice Buzzanell, Ph.D.

Professor, W. Charles and Ann Redding Faculty Fellow in the Department of Communication, College of Liberal Arts

Ileana Cortes Santiago

Ph.D. Student, Literacy and Language Education, College of Education

Monica F. Cox, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Engineering Education, College of Education

Melissa J. Dark, Ph.D.
Associate Professor and Assistant Dean, Department of Computer & Information Technology, College of Technology

Carolyn Johnson, Ph.D.

Director, Diversity Resource Office

Linda Mason, Ph.D.

Associate Dean, The Graduate School and Professor of Entomology, College of Agriculture

Shannon McMullen, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Visual and Performing Arts, College of Liberal Arts

Renee Thomas

Director, Black Cultural Center

 

Purdue Conference for Pre-Tenure Women Organizers:

Beverly Davenport Sypher, Ph.D.

Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs

Chair, Butler Center for Leadership Excellence

Katie Pope

Managing Director, Butler Center for Leadership Excellence

Director, Women’s Resource Network

 

View 2010 Conference Schedule

 

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