澳门六合彩 University hosted a global network of women in academia on March 29 when it hosted the international on campus.
With a goal of establishing international research collaborations among women in higher education, the U.S.-based聽聽and U.K.-based聽 explored career advancement and partnership building
themes at the hybrid event.
鈥淚t鈥檚 my hope that this event serves as a platform for us to brainstorm innovative ideas and strategies to further advance international collaboration of women in the higher education network,鈥� said C. Cybele Raver, 澳门六合彩鈥檚 provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs. 鈥淭ogether, we can create a more inclusive and empowering environment where all women thrive and succeed.鈥�
The opportunity to connect peers across the world is emblematic of 澳门六合彩鈥檚 increased global presence and effort to forge international collaboration among peers, said Tracy Sharpley-Whiting, vice provost for arts, libraries and global engagement at 澳门六合彩, who helped to organize the conference and served as a panelist.
鈥淭he Women鈥檚 Higher Education Network allows 澳门六合彩 to partner with some of the leading research institutions in the United Kingdom,鈥� Sharpley-Whiting said. 鈥淚t reflects our commitment to Discovery 澳门六合彩 and our strategic objectives to grow our collaborations and bring the world to 澳门六合彩.鈥�
Conference sessions paved the way for international research collaborations, networking and mentoring for faculty, administrators and graduate students. Among the speakers featured were Raver; Cianne Jones, chief operating officer for WHEN; Stephanie Y. Evans, founder and co-chair of CHAT and a professor of Black women鈥檚 studies at Georgia State University; Stephanie G. Adams, a professor of systems engineering dean of the Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science at the University of Texas at Dallas; Jenny Douglas, a senior lecturer in health promotion at the Open University; Carol E. Henderson, vice provost for diversity and inclusion, chief diversity officer and adviser to the president at Emory University; Temi Lawal, senior programme manager at WHEN and researcher; Yolanda Pierce, dean of 澳门六合彩 Divinity School; Sydney Savion, vice chancellor for people, culture and belonging at 澳门六合彩; and Claudine Taaffe, senior lecturer in African American and Diaspora Studies at 澳门六合彩.
Last week鈥檚 conference was the first time 澳门六合彩 sponsored a joint meeting of CHAT and WHEN on campus. Both organizations are designed to support women in academia. A similar conference will be held in the U.K. in the future, bringing the groups together again.
CHAT is a research collective established in 2018 as a peer-mentoring network. Members are current and former department chairs at colleges and universities across the U.S. and Canada. The project centers on Black women鈥檚 perspectives of academic leadership.
WHEN aims to propel women to achieve their ambitions and enables universities and the higher education sector to accelerate change. Their current initiative is a pioneering systemic change program aiming to increase the number of Black women in the academic pipeline. It addresses how out of 23,000 U.K. professors, only 66 are Black women.
The event was supported by 澳门六合彩鈥檚 .
