Dual Purpose Data Collection
ADVANCE-Nebraska
Advancing Women, Advancing STEM
Trisha Wonch-Hill
In the beginning . . .
Goal 1: Increase the number of STEM in UNL
tenure-track faculty positions
Goal 2: Retain women tenure, tenure track STEM
faculty and support promotion into Leadership
positions
Goal 3: Conduct Innovative Research on the types
of network structures that support academic
success and increase satisfaction of UNL STEM
faculty. Dr. Christina Falci
Faculty Network and Workload Survey – Conceptual Model
Evaluation
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Active internal evaluation team
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Mindy Anderson-Knott, Nancy Busch, Patricia Wonch-Hill, Christina Falci,
Mary Anne Holmes, Evelyn Jacobson, Julia McQuillan
Comprehensive evaluation
Each event evaluated
o Qualitative (Focus Groups)
o Survey Data (Chair Search Survey Data)
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Other Data Sources
IRP
o PeopleAdmin(HR)
o Equity Access and Diversity
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Combination*
o IRP + FNWS + Involvement Matrix + Focus Groups
3rd Year cite visit = SWIMMING IN DATA
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Involvement Matrix
Applicant Pool
Faculty Pool
Peer Institution Data
Surveys of Department
Chairs and Search
Committee Chairs
• Focus Groups
• New Hire Interviews
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Exit Surveys
Climate Data
Networking Data
P & T Review
Outcomes
• Event Evaluations
• Dual Career Program
Data
• Faculty Interviews
Bridging Research & Evaluation
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Consider Overlapping Meetings
o Evaluation Meetings are combined with Planning Meetings
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Consider Overlapping A Position
o Postdoctoral Research Associate – Year 4 & 5
• Analyze data for reports - Internal
Dissemination/Institutionalization
• Research*
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Utilize External Evaluator
o Help to Frame Questions for different audiences
o Helps to contextualize data in both theory, literature and can helpf
frame from the perspective of your Institution among other
Institutions.
Research
Published Manuscripts
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Holmes, Mary Anne. “Working together. “Nature. 489, 327-328 (2012).
Under Review
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Wonch-Hill, Patricia, Mary Anne Holmes and Julia McQuillan. “The New
Faculty Profile: Partner Employment Status Should Force a Rethinking of
Academic Workplace.” Science
Under Revision
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Falci, Christina, Julia McQuillan, Megumi Watanabe and Mary-Anne
Holmes. “Disconnected in the Ivory Tower: An Exploratory Study of
Gender and Race Differences in STEM Faculty Network Marginalization”.
Watanabe, Megumi and Christina Falci. “Department Climate and Faculty
Job Satisfaction in STEM Disciplines: Explaining Differences by Race and
Gender”
In Progress
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Wonch-Hill, Patricia, Julia McQuillan and Mary Anne Holmes, Christina
Falci. “Academic Rank and Faculty Experiences: Is higher better for men only?”
*More Dissertation, Theses and publications in the pipeline
Example – The New Faculty Profile*
Figure 1. Percent of STEM faculty by relationship status. Numbers
at the base are n’s, the number of faculty for that category.
Example – The New Faculty Profile*
Figure 2. Degree to
which faculty perceive
the family issues
bleed into work time
(blue), family support
(purple), and overall
satisfaction with
department climate
(red) by gender and
employment status of
partner.
Thank You
Website: advance.unl.edu
Contact Information:
Trisha Wonch-Hill [email protected]