Institution Name University of Iowa Department of Computer Science
Program Type formal
Program Name Women's Mentoring Project
Program Description The Department of Computer Science hopes to recruit a visiting professor through the NSF Program, Visiting Professorship for women. During the past academic year (1993) the Department of Computer Science developed a Women's Mentoring Project (WMP) dedicated to the advancement of women in the field of computer science. The mentoring project exists to support and maintain women readily lost in the "pipeline." It is hoped that a visiting professor will provide additional leadership to further develop and expand this program. We feel, each because of our own experiences, a woman can be greatly encouraged by another woman who is only slightly ahead academically. Indeed, as the number of women students at any academic level is most similar to the next nearest level, a successful plan to maintain female enrollment should take this already existing relationship into account. The University of Iowa has also recently (1994) established a Women in Science & Engineering (WISE) Program supported jointly by the offices of the Provost and the Vice President for Research. The mission of the WISE Program is to expand and improve the educational and professional opportunities for women in all fields of science and technology. The central administration at the U of I is very supportive of the WISE Program and its projects.
Contact Name Bev Marshall-Goodell, Ph.D./ Marjorie Johnson (1993-Spring, 1995)
Contact's Title WISE Program Coordinator / Women's Mentoring Project Coordinator
Contact's Phone (319)335-0713
Contact's Email bev-mgoodell@uiowa.edu marjorie-johnson@uiowa or cswomen@caesar.cs.uiowa.edu (semi-permanent)
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General Comments *2 female faculty out of 17 *supportive department chair First-year (1993-94) goals: contact all women in CS personally to inform them of our existence; start a group email to deliver regular announcements of interest to women and minorities (seminars/ scholarships/internships) AND to provide a consistent environment to ask questions and receive support; provide tutorials in UNIX/ Email/simple networking; hold regular office hours; support at least one visiting speaker as a group. ALL 93-94 GOALS ACHIEVED. Second-year (1994-94) goals: seek a female professional to serve as a Visiting Professor in our dept. and explore other options to increase the number of female faculty; prepare NSF proposals to request support for two specific projects; research dept. and college statistics related to women students; support ongoing dissemination of information by our alias; encourage the use of class accts. instead of PCs in all introductory level courses (provides a conduit to gain networking and email experience); begin communicating with other CS women student groups.
Last Update 1994

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