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Sue V. Rosser, dean of the Ivan Allen College at Georgia Institute of Technology, shares insights gathered while researching her new book, "The Science Glass Ceiling: Academic Women Scientists and the Struggle to Succeed."
Rosser explains that in order to transform institutions of higher education to attract and retain more women faculty and advance them to senior positions, the barriers and resistance encountered by women faculty in science and engineering need to be analyzed and understood.
She shares the data from responses to e-mail questionnaires of almost 450 women scientists and engineers who had won prestigious Professional Opportunities for Women in Research and Education or Clare Boothe Luce awards, which provide insights into the issues and opportunities these women find most challenging in their careers. Their experiences suggest positive changes in institutional policies or practices to increase the satisfaction, retention and success of female faculty members in fields in which they are the least well represented.
Rosser is the author of several books including “Female-Friendly Science,” “Women's Health: Missing from U.S. Medicine,” and “Re-engineering Female Friendly Science.” Her books are available through the USC Pertusati Bookstore.
This luncheon provides USC's students, staff and faculty an opportunity to meet and to consider the intricacies of being a woman at a university.
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