The WVU ADVANCE Center, along with the Office of the Provost and the Women’s Resource Center, encourage WVU faculty to attend three upcoming events on how West Virginia University can improve the culture of inclusiveness and sense of empowerment for all faculty on campus. The events will feature renowned scholar, Dr. KerryAnn O’Meara, a national expert on how to make faculty careers and academic rewards systems more equitable. The events will be held in the Mountainlair March 19-20.
O’Meara will share the latest research on explicit biases and conditions shaping the status quo, focus on how faculty can improve equity in departments, discuss key areas where academic reward system reform is needed the most, and review concrete solutions to workload equity challenges.
As Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs and Graduate Studies in the College of Education, a Professor of Higher Education and Director of the ADVANCE Program at the University of Maryland, Dr. O’Meara works as a consultant with higher education institutions to help reform promotion and tenure policy, faculty development programs, and organizational practices that will help recruit, retain and advance an engaged and diverse faculty. Her work has been published in the Journal of Higher Education, Gender and Education, American Educational Research Journal, Review of Higher Education, and Research in Higher Education, among others. Her work has been supported by the National Science Foundation, Kettering Foundation, Luce Foundation, College Board, TIAA-CREF and Teagle Foundations.
The events are open to all WVU faculty and employees.
March 19
“Equity-Minded Reform in Academic Reward Systems: What We Can and Should Do Now”
When: noon to 1:30 p.m. (Lunch will be provided.)
Registration for the lunch is required and space is limited. Email dmpancoast@mail.wvu.edu to r.s.v.p. to attend.
Where: Greenbrier Room, Mountainlair
What: In this presentation, O’Meara outlines the key areas where academic reward system reform is needed the most and provides rationales for why change is necessary.
“The Hallway ‘Ask’ & What it Reveals About How We Work”
When: 3:30 p.m. to 5 p.m.
Where: Rhododendron Room Mountainlair
What: In this research talk, Professor KerryAnn O'Meara shares the latest research on the implicit biases and conditions shaping inequities in research, teaching, and service workloads.
March 20
“Faculty Workload Equity by Design: What We CAN do Now”
When: 10 a.m. to noon
Where: Greenbrier Room Mountainlair
What: In this workshop, O'Meara shares concrete solutions to these and other workload equity challenges.