re the seeds nsf grant: “we have to do this.”

President Donna Shalala

Chair of the National Academies report

Beyond Bias and Barriers: Fulfilling the Potential of Women in Academic Science and Engineeringre the SEEDS NSF grant: “We have to

do this.”

Provost Tom

LeBlanc

Established a University-level SEEDS office as a focus for diversity programs in the sciences across all three UM campuses

SEEDS main $upporter

RSMASDean

Roni Avissar

“…A distinguished scientist and prominent scholar who will bring strong leadership to the rich academic resources of the Rosenstiel School…” - Donna ShalalaSEEDS Co-PI

College of Arts and Sciences

Interim Dean Jacqueline

Dixon

SEEDS Co-PI

As a geologist and as an administrator, Dean Dixon says “I enjoy... climbing active volcanoes.”

Miller School of Medicine

DeanPascal

Goldschmidt

SEEDS Co-PI

“Broad based science is extraordinarily helpful in building bridges among groups.”

http://photos.univmiami.net/v/people/admin/pascal_goldschmidt.jpg.html

College of Engineering

DeanJames Tien

SEEDS Co-PI

Doubled the number of women faculty in Engineering: from four to eight !

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Chair of BiologyDirector of

SEEDSKathryn Tosney

SEEDS NSF grant PI

Spent twenty years at the University of Michigan: ten years before and ten years during an NSF Advance for Women in Science Program

RSMASProfessor

Rana Fine

SEEDS Steering Committee Member

Studies the role of oceans in climate change on time scales of decades

Serves on international panels that set policy

RSMASProfessorSusan

Sponaugle


Interdisciplinary studies on the dynamics of population replenishment and connectivity in marine organisms

College of Arts and Sciences

Assistant ProfessorBarbara Whitlock


Combines classic and molecular approaches to study plant diversity and evolution from the DNA to the population levels

Miller School of MedicineProfessor

Sheri Keitz


Associate Dean for Faculty Diversity and

Development

Chief of Medicine Miami VA Center

Advisor on Diversity to President Shalala

College of Engineering

ProfessorHelena Solo-

Gabriele


Associate Dean of Research

Studies microbes in water, the environmental impact of treated wood and hydrology in the everglades

Miller School of MedicineProfessor

Mary Lou King


Avid birderAvid developmental biologist Avid teacher of professional skills

College of Arts & Sciences

Chair of SociologyRobert Johnson

SEEDS Director of Assessment

The SEEDS climate survey is now online and ready for you to take!

SEEDS Program ManagerNatasha Jobbagy

SEEDS Program

Natasha organizes everything in SEEDS!

College of Arts & Sciences Theatre

ArtsAssistant Professor

Jennifer Burke

SEEDS Interactive Theatre

SEEDS Interactive Theatre DirectorMFA from Brandies U, recent projects include performing at the Kennedy Center and building the SEEDS Interactive Theatre from the ground up!

College of Arts & Sciences Biology

ProfessorDavid Wilson


SEEDS Interactive Theatre FacilitatorHas been everything: Dean of Arts & Sciences, Chair of Faculty Senate, Director of Undergraduate Neuroscience Program...has won teaching awards and the McLamore Outstanding Service Award– and now he is in theatre!


ArtsMFA candidate

Marc Mocahbe


His films, web series and music videos have won many awards; he has worked for Animal Planet, Grammy Award winning Jolipop Entertainment, Speed TV and Showtime Networks and served as faculty at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music

SEEDS actor

College of Arts & Sciences Theatre Arts

LecturerJanet Allard


SEEDS Actor MFA Yale School of Drama, dramatic writing. Recent works include Vrooommm! a NASComedy, The Unknown: a Silent Musical, and Untold Crimes of Insomniacs


ArtsLecturer

Lee Soroko


SEEDS ActorMFA U. Texas, acting, movement and combat. Multiple directing and acting credits including off-Broadway, Yale, Triad stage and Savanna Shakespeare Festival


ArtsAssistant Professor Jennifer Vellenga


SEEDS ActorMFA in directing from Ohio U, among many acting and directing roles, directed at the Guthrie Theatre in Minneapolis and the Old Globe Theatre in San Diego

College of Arts and Sciences Theatre Arts

LecturerMaha McCain


SEEDS ActorMFA Ohio U; acting credits include Law & Order, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, and Miami’s own Just the Funny

Glenn Patron


SEEDS ActorA retired businessman who has “done it all” in his second career as a performer: Amateur and professional theatre, stand-up, TV soap operas and radio in English & Spanish.

College of EngineeringAssistant Professor

Eunji Lim

SEEDS You Choose Winner

Won a SEEDS award to host three distinguished scholars who work in industrial engineering areas complementary to her research

Georgia Institute of technology

Associate ProfessorHayriye Ayhan


First speaker in Eunji Lim’s Industrial Engineering Speaker Series, supported by a You Choose Award. Her seminar Queuing Networks with Cross-Trained Servers was followed by a mentoring event

College of Arts & SciencesAnthropology

Associate ProfessorTraci Ardren


Won a SEEDS award to foster a collaboration with Dr. Vera Tiesler, a physical anthropologist in Mexico

Miller School of Medicine

Molecular & Cellular Pharmacology

Assistant ProfessorJoy Lincoln


Won a SEEDS award with cost share from Bookman’s office to host five forums on navigating the NIH system

NIH/NINDSNational Institute of

Neurological Disorders and Stroke

Program DirectorRamona Hicks, M. D.


First speaker in Dr. Joy Lincoln’s series of forums on navigating the NIH system, funded by her You Choose Award, will be speaking on November 11

RSMASMeteorology &

Physical Oceanography

Assistant ProfessorPaquita Zuidema


Won a SEEDS award to host a day-long career skills course on writing by Dr. Judith Swan, Ph.D. in biochemistry from MIT, co-author of The Science of Science Writing

RSMASMeteorology and

Physical OceanographyAssistant Professor

Lisa Beal


Won a SEEDS award to organize an international workshop in Kiel, Germany that forms the basis of a large-scale proposal on climate change

Biostatistics, Epidemiology

Assistant Professor Tulay Koru-

Sengul


Won a SEEDS award to attend a career development workshop for Junior Faculty Health Researchers in Biostatics

Apply for an award!

SEEDS You Choose Award Competition is

Six awards

$2500 each: you may arrange cost-share

The supported activity is up to the applicant: You Choose!

Due December 15, 2009

Details at http://www.as.miami.edu/seeds/

Now Open

Women of RSMAS

Speed Mentoring, MED

Speed Mentoring, Med

Speed Mentoring, RSMAS

Distinguished Lecturer

Dr. Maria Assunção F. Silva DiasUniversidade de São Paulo, Brasil

SEEDS Distinguished Lecturer, RSMAS

Shown with some SEEDS Steering Committee members

Distinguished lecturer

Dr. Maria Assunção F. Silva Dias

SEEDS Distinguished Lecturer, RSMAS

SEEDS Sponsored Mentor

Dr. Lúcia Lohmann Universidade de São Paulo, Brasil

Gifford Arboretum LecturerLed discussion on Building Leadership in Plant

Conservation. Attendees were faculty, graduate students and community leaders in plant conservation

SEEDS Luncheon 2008

President Donna Shalala

Addressing the first SEEDS networking meeting

SEEDS Luncheon 2008


Susan Lindquist, MIT, member of the National Academy of Sciences

Mary Bartlett Bunge Distinguished Women in Cell Biology Lecturer

SEEDS cosponsored her formal mentoring talk Yes We Can! A Woman’s Perspective on a Life in Science


Susan Lindquist

at reception before the SEEDS Q & A mentoring session


Susan Lindquist

Participants at her SEEDS Q & A mentoring session


Susan Lindquist

Mary Lou King, introducing the SEEDS mentoring session


Prof. Meg LowmanPioneer of tree canopy ecology

Author of Life in the Treetops andIt's a Jungle Up ThereLed a discussion of gender and mentoring in

academic science with a diverse group ranging from high school to tenured faculty


Professor Kate BaraldUniversity of Michigan

SEEDS sponsored talk at the Miller School of Medicine:

Tips to Mentors for Writing NIH Postdoc Applications


Barbara LiskovMember of the National

Academy of Engineering

Associate Provost for Faculty Equity

Ford Professor of EngineeringMassachusetts Institute of

Technology

College of Engineering Distinguished Speaker, Monday Nov 9, 2009Security of Internet Storage

SEEDS is sponsoring a mentoring “high tea” event after her seminar


Linda SanfordMember of the National Academy of EngineeringSenior Vice President, IBM

College of Engineering Distinguished Speaker, Monday Jan 25, 2010Building a Smarter Planet: Strategies for Meaningful Change

SEEDS is sponsoring a mentoring “high tea” event before her seminar


The Mid-Term Review Presentation at RSMAS

The department chair meets with the junior faculty member


The Mid-Term Review

Flashback to the faculty meeting


The Mid-Term Review

Varied audience responses


The Mid-Term Review

More audience responses


The Mid-Term Review

A “faculty member” answers an audience query while David Wilson facilitates


The Mid-Term Review

A “time out” for faculty while the audience queries the junior faculty member

SEEDS resources

Recommended resources

See http://www.as.miami.edu/seeds/resources

SEEDS resources

Recommended resource

See https://implicit.harvard.edu/implicit/research/

Project Implicit: Harvard online assessment

An opportunity to assess your conscious and unconscious preferences in topics ranging from pets to political issues, ethnic groups to sports teams, and gender to styles of music

SEEDS Programs

Speed Mentoring NetworkingFocus GroupsCareer WorkshopsDistinguished Scholar LecturersSponsored Mentors Climate surveyYou Choose Leadership AwardsInteractive Theatre

re the seeds nsf grant: “we have to do this.”

Documents

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dean dixon

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number of women faculty