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Item Open Access Sustainability Focused Data Analysis: To what extent do walkability, crime, and neighborhood predict housing prices?(University of Oregon, 2009) Armstrong, Price; Greene, JessicaThis study asks whether residents of Gresham, Oregon value the benefits of mixed land use as indicated by higher housing prices in walkable neighborhoods, controlling for other factors that affect home prices. By controlling for these other factors, this analysis identifies key predictors of housing values in Gresham and teases out the association of walkability with home prices, independent of lot size, neighborhood crime, and other possible confounding elements.Item Open Access Promoting Mentoring Among and For Women in Chemistry: The Experiences of COACh(American Chemical Society, 2010-06-20) Stockard, Jean; Greene, Jessica; Lewis, Priscilla; Richmond, GeraldineA growing body of research documents numerous factors that contribute to women's under-representation in the top tiers of technical and scientific fields. This literature describes the ways in which biases against women, particularly those that are more subtle and implicit, can translate into lower salaries, slower rates of promotion, and less recognition through honors and awards for women relative to their male colleagues (Committee on Science, 2007; Greene, et al, 2010b; Valian, 1999). In 1999 a small group of senior women chemistry faculty from around the United States began meeting to discuss their concerns that women in their field were not experiencing the same career opportunities and advancement patterns as men. With seed funding from the Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation, they formed an organization called COACh, the Committee for the Advancement of Women Chemists. Over the last decade COACh has sponsored numerous career-oriented workshops for women chemists as well as workshops for department heads. One aspect of this work is encouraging mentorship relationships for and by women, an area recognized by the COACh founders as important for career advancement. This paper uses data gathered by COACh to examine women chemists' mentorship experiences and then discusses ways that COACh has promoted mentoring and the apparent results of these efforts. We end with a brief discussion of future research that needs to be done in this area and lessons for policy and action.Item Open Access Promoting Gender Equity in Academic Departments: A Study of Department Heads in Top-ranked Chemistry Departments(Begell House, 2008) Stockard, Jean; Greene, Jessica; Lewis, Priscilla; Richmond, GeraldineAlthough the doctoral degrees in chemistry that have gone to women has increased markedly over the past few decades, the representation of women among higher education faculty has not increased at the same rate. This paper reports the results of a systematic effort to change this pattern by increasing the commitment of department heads in leading departments to the hiring and support of women faculty. Results indicate that participants in a carefully planned intervention changed their attitudes regarding reasons underlying women’s underrepresentation and barriers to their progress in the field from pre- to postworkshop. Participants also reported commitment to change immediately after the event and engaging in a number of specific change efforts in the following months. While the quality of these change efforts was not related to changes in attitudes, those with fewer women in their department were more likely to report more fully on change efforts.Item Open Access Is the Gender Climate in Chemistry Still Chilly? Changes in the Last Decade and the Long-Term Impact of COACh-Sponsored Workshops(American Chemical Society, 2018-07-20) Greene, Jessica; Richmond, Geraldine; Lewis, Priscilla; Stockard, JeanThe representation of women among recipients of chemistry Ph.D. degrees has increased in recent years, but their representation among the faculty in academic departments is still below what would be expected given the proportion of degrees received. Articles published in the Journal of Chemical Education in 2010 documented a hostile gender-related climate in academic chemistry and the way in which COACh had helped women deal with this hostile environment. This paper replicates and extends the 2010 analyses. Findings from surveys of over 400 women indicate that the negative gender-related climate within chemistry changed very little from 2006 to 2016. Women who had participated in COACh continued to report that they often used skills learned in COACh workshops and that these skills helped them in their careers. Discussion of the findings emphasizes the extent to which commitment and actions by administrators and the profession as a whole are needed to promote the full inclusion of women within the field.Item Open Access Is the Academic Climate Chilly? The Views of Women Academic Chemists(American Chemical Society, 2010-03-09) Stockard, Jean; Greene, Jessica; Lewis, Priscilla; Richmond, GeraldineThe statistical picture of the gender composition of chemistry as reported in national data indicates that women are underrepresented in academe in comparison to their representation in the field as a whole. This article presents data on the perceptions and views of a broad cross-section of women in academic chemistry departments and provides some clues as to why this underrepresentation may occur. In general, the data support literature that has posited a work climate that is problematic and less than welcoming for women. The results indicate that a large proportion of the women surveyed report that they receive little professional support through mentoring, that they perceive that there are strong differences in the resources and privileges awarded to men and women faculty, and that gender-related issues affect their department’s ability to recruit and hire or to promote women’s career progress after they are hired. Finally, the chemistry women in this study were significantly less likely than those in a national sample of academics to report being satisfied with their jobs and were significantly less likely than those in the national sample to agree that women and minorities are treated fairly.Item Open Access COACh Career Development Workshops for Science and Engineering Faculty: Views of the Career Impact on Women Chemists and Chemical Engineers(American Chemical Society, 2010-03-09) Greene, Jessica; Stockard, Jean; Priscilla, Lewis; Richmond, GeraldineFor the field of chemistry to play a leading role in the science and technology sector of the U.S. economy it must recruit and retain the best and brightest talent from all segments of our society. Currently in the United States there is a significant disparity in the recruitment and retention of women relative to their male counterparts, particularly at advanced-degree levels. For the past eight years the Committee on the Advancement of Women Chemists (COACh) has been offering professional development workshops on negotiation and communication skills for women faculty in the chemical sciences. The workshops are a combination of professional-skills training, experiential learning, role-playing, and group problem solving. To date, over 400 women chemistry faculty have attended these workshops held prior to national professional meetings for chemists. This article examines the participants’ perceptions of the impact of the workshops on their careers. The results show that the overwhelming majority of the women report that the skills learned at the COACh workshops have enhanced their career progress in important and long-lasting ways.Item Open Access Changing the Chairs: Impact of Workshop Activities in Assisting Chemistry Department Chairs in Achieving Racial and Ethnic Diversity(American Chemical Society, 2011-04-13) Greene, Jessica; Lewis, Priscilla A.; Richmond, Geraldine; Stockard, JeanTo address the low levels of underrepresented minority (URM) faculty in top-ranked chemistry departments, the National Science Foundation, the U.S. Department of Energy, and the National Institutes of Health jointly sponsored a workshop for academic chemistry leaders in September 2007. The goal of the two-and-a-half-day workshop was to create an informed and committed community of chemistry leaders who will develop and promote programs and strategies to advance racial and ethnic equity in both the faculty and student body with the goal of increasing the number of U.S. citizens who are URM scientists. This paper reports the impact of this workshop on the attitudes of the department chair faculty members who attended the workshop. On the basis of surveys of the department chair faculty perceptions before and after the workshop, the results indicate that participants in the carefully planned intervention workshop changed their attitudes regarding reasons underlying the underrepresentation and barriers that minority faculty face in the field. These department chair faculty members also increasingly viewed the solution to diversifying chemistry departments as one in which they, their departments, and universities could play a role.Item Open Access Addressing Gender Equity in the Physical Sciences: Replications of a Workshop Designed to Change the Views of Department Chairs(Begell House, 2011-02) Greene, Jessica; Lewis, Priscilla; Richmond, Geraldine; Stockard, JeanThis research note presents data on the replication of a carefully planned intervention to increase the commitment of department chairs in the physical sciences to the hiring and career advancement of women. Three separate workshops for department leaders in chemistry, physics, and material science were held. Participants’ views regarding factors that affect attracting women candidates, the hiring of women faculty, and barriers to women’s career progress changed significantly from before attending the workshop to after attending. When differences occurred between the disciplines, changes were most apparent for chemistry department chairs. Reasons presented for these differences included variations in the representation of women in the field and elements included in the chemistry workshop that involved greater public acknowledgment of needs for change.