ADVANCEGeo Partnership: Empowering scientists to transform workplace climate (ADVANCEGeo)
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ADVANCEGeo Partnership: Empowering scientists to transform workplace climate
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ADVANCEGeo
TypeCategory that best characterizes your initiative
Research
Description of initiativeDescription of initiative
The ADVANCEGeo Partnership is a National Science Foundation-funded program in collaboration with the Earth Science Women's Network, Association for Women Geoscientists and the American Geophysical Union to address the problem of harassment and other exclusionary behaviors, including bullying, that lead to hostile working and learning climates. A primary goal of the project is to improve workplace climate conditions by developing bystander intervention education for department heads, chairs, faculty and grad students to appropriately respond to and prevent sexual and other types of harassment and bullying in research environments, including field research environments. We take a multi-level approach to transform workplace climate: at the institutional level, by addressing academic cultures through the leadership of scientific societies and on campus efforts; structurally, through policies and processes that guide professional conduct and response to exclusionary behaviors; and individually, through education and empowerment of all members of our community.
The aims of our research are to:
(1) Collect and analyze data on workplace climate experiences in the geosciences and ecological sciences.
(2) Develop and test bystander intervention training programs with discipline-relevant scenarios and that incorporate intersectionality.
(3) Develop teaching modules on sexual misconduct, discrimination and bullying as research misconduct for use in research ethics training courses.
(4) Disseminate training workshops, webinars, and teaching modules via partnership with professional societies.
(5) Develop a sustainable model that can be transferred to other STEM disciplines.
This initiative is on behalf of a registered student organization (RSO)Registered Student Organizations (RSO) are groups or associations that are operated by students at UW-Madison who are registered with the Center for Leadership and Involvement
Initiative is not on behalf of a RSO.
Division (Department)-Unit(*REQUIRED)Division, department, and unit responsible for initiative
College of Letters and Science (GEOGRAPHY)-GEOGRAPHY-GEN
Founding date(*REQUIRED)Date the initiative first took place. For events, this can be the same as the date the initiative took place, especially if it is a one-time event.
08/10/2017
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Empowering scientists to transform workplace climate
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09/15/2017
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Career/Professional Development: Training, Class, Course, Leadership, Career Services, STEM
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FY-2020 Logistics(*REQUIRED)
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1000
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No
Indicate whether the initiative is open to those that were not a part of the targeted audience
Yes
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FY-2020 Contacts, Departments, and Sponsors(*REQUIRED)
EM
Erika Marin-Spiotta
Phone (608) 262-1855
Email marinspiotta@wisc.edu
National Science Foundation ()
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American Geophysical Union (AGU)
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Earth Science Women's Network (ESWN)
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Association for Women Geoscientists (AWG)
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