Advancing and Empowering Scholars: Transforming the Landscape of the American Academy through Faculty Diversity

4:15 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.

Check-in

5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.

Welcome Reception
Evelynn Hammonds, Barbara Gutmann Rosenkrantz Professor of the History of Science and of African and African American Studies; Senior Vice Provost for Faculty Development and Diversity, Harvard University
Performance by the Bok Center Players
(The performance will begin at 5:15 p.m.)

7:30 a.m.

Check-in

8:00 a.m.

Continental Breakfast Available

Introductory Remarks
Liza Cariaga-Lo, Assistant Provost for Faculty Development & Diversity, Harvard University

Video Presentation:
“Advancing Scholars: Transforming the Academy through Faculty Development & Diversity”

8:50 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.

The Architecture of Inclusion
Keynote address by: 
Lani Guinier, Bennett Boskey Professor of Law, Harvard University

Susan Sturm, George M. Jaffin Professor of Law and Social Responsibility, Columbia University

10:00 a.m. – 12:00 noon

Creating and Sustaining Mentoring Networks
“Mentoring Programs in a Box?” by:
Joanne Cohoon, Senior Research Scientist, National Center for Women and Information Technology

Telle Whitney, Co-founder, National Center for Women and Information Technology and CEO, the Anita Borg Institute

“Equalizing Mentoring Supports to Match Organizational Demands” by:
Eileen McGowan, Lecturer in the Graduate School of Education, Harvard University

12:00 noon – 1:15 p.m.

Lunch

1:15 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.

Providing Dependent Care and Work-Life Resources: Rebalancing the Work-Life Norm
Joan Girgus, Professor of Psychology; Special Assistant to the Dean of the Faculty, Princeton University

3:15 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.

High tea

4:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.

Determining Creative Solutions for Dual-Career Couples
“The Stanford Study: Dual-Career Academic Couples--What Universities Need to Know” by:
Andrea Henderson, Research Director, Michelle R. Clayman Institute for Gender Research, Stanford University

Londa Schiebinger, L. Hinds Professor of History of Science; Barbara D. Finberg Director of the Michelle R. Clayman Institute for Gender Research, Stanford University

“New Problems, New Practices: Dual Careers and Elite Institutions” by:
Jean Howard, George Delacorto Professor in the Humanities, Columbia University

Question and Answer Period Moderated by:
Laura Fisher, Associate Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences for Faculty Development, Harvard University

7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.

Dinner

8:30 a.m.

Brunch Available

9:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.

Developing the Talent Pool
“Transforming the Academy: A Paradigm Shift for Diversity” by:
Lydia English, Program Officer and Director of the Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship Program, Andrew W. Mellon Foundation

“Developing a Talent Pool for Science: Pathways, Potential and Performance” by:
Shirley Malcom, Head of the Directorate for Education and Human Resources Programs, American Association for the Advancement of Science

10:45 a.m. – 11:40 a.m.

Identifying Benchmarks for Success:
Diversifying the Faculty for the Next Generation
Daryl Smith, Professor of Education and Psychology, Claremont Graduate University