Karin Jensen Receives NSF Grant to Study Engineering Faculty Gender Equity
The broader impact of this project will be to enhance knowledge regarding ways to increase the number of women in tenure-track engineering faculty and leadership positions.
Congratulations to Karin Jensen, Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering, and her team on receiving a National Science Foundation (NSF) grant titled “Supporting Engineering Faculty Gender Equity by Understanding the Experiences and Career Trajectories of Women in Non-tenure Track Faculty Roles.” This is a three-year collaborative grant with Dr. Teresa Cardador at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, School of Labor and Employment Relations.
“I am excited to work on this project with my collaborator Prof. Cardador to extend our work investigating how people make career decisions,” Dr. Jensen said.”Furthering our understanding about how graduate students make decisions about academic careers is critical to supporting career development efforts.” The broader impact of this project will be to enhance knowledge regarding ways to increase the number of women in tenure-track engineering faculty and leadership positions.
This project was partially supported by the NSF ADVANCE program, which is designed to foster STEM faculty equity by identifying and eliminating organizational barriers to the full participation and advancement of diverse faculty in academic institutions.