The WOMEN IN ENGINEERING DIVISION (WIED) is seeking papers for the 2012 ASEE annual conference.
Topics of interest to WIED include the following areas related to women in engineering and/or technology: mentoring, recruitment and retention programs for women undergraduate and graduate students; mentoring, recruitment, retention, leadership and professional development activities for women faculty and administrators (including work/life balance and dual-career issues); workplace climate; innovative women’s programs; universities’ programs, policies or reviews (including Title IX); innovative programs that combine the recruitment and retention of minorities and women and their assessment; and new research that informs the development of programs in these areas. Popular sessions at recent conferences included panels addressing issues such as managing dual careers, sustainable and appropriate technology for the world’s women, and a mini-workshop on bias in faculty searches. If you have ideas for panels and/or would be willing to help organize a panel, please contact the program chair.
Authors should submit an abstract of 300 words or more on their paper topic. All ASEE divisions are publish to present. Authors of accepted abstracts must submit a full paper for review and acceptance in order to be included in the WIED program at the conference and in the conference proceedings. Panels must also submit an abstract and may submit a full paper.
For additional information, please contact Kristen Constant, WIED Program Chair, Iowa State University, Materials Science and Engineering, 2220J Hoover Hall, Ames, IA 50014, phone 515-294-3337 or email at constant@iastate.edu.