Women in Power: Networking on & Off Campus

Abstract

While many universities have had some success in increasing the enrollment of women in graduate and undergraduate classes, they still struggle to increase the number of women faculty in their engineering departments. Besides challenges in recruitment, departments must also worry about retention of their women faculty especially since many departments may only have one or two women faculty. Isolationism can play a major role in women faculty leaving a university. One of the solutions for successful retention and recruitment of women faculty (and all faculty) is to get them involved in a "network" so they feel part of the department, college, university or technical community. This paper will discuss networking opportunities for women faculty both on their home campuses as well as at technical meetings. Women faculty in power engineering from three different schools, Mississippi State, Texas A&M and Missouri-Rolla, will discuss their activities on campus including both formal and informal networking opportunities for women faculty. Additionally they will discuss how activities at IEEE Power Engineering Society meetings provide them with off-campus networking opportunities in their specific technical area. The paper will outline how these networking groups started, suggestions for others and lessons learned.

Department(s)

Electrical and Computer Engineering

International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)

0190-1052

Document Type

Article - Conference proceedings

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Citation

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text

Language(s)

English

Rights

© 2024 American Society of Engineering Education, All rights reserved.

Publication Date

01 Dec 2002

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