Yale Bulletin and Calendar

February 15, 2008|Volume 36, Number 18

Panel will explore ways
to promote diverse faculties

The Yale Women Faculty Forum will present a panel discussion titled “Beyond the Body Count: Diversifying Faculties and Scholarship in Global Universities” 6:30-8 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 18, in Rm. 109-111 of Rosenfeld Hall, corner of Temple and Grove streets.

The event will bring together senior administrators from Yale, Harvard, Columbia and New York universities to discuss the implications of the Yale Women Faculty Forum report “Women, Men and Yale University: A View from 2007” (available online at www.yale.edu/wff).

Panelists will talk about how their institutions approach the challenge of promoting diversity and equity, as well as the interventions these institutions are undertaking in order to address it. The organizers hope that this conversation will help generate ideas and practices that the universities’ respective administrations can evaluate as potential policy reforms.

The featured speakers will be Judy Chevalier, deputy provost for faculty development and the William S. Beinecke Professor of Finance and Economics, Yale; Geraldine Downey and Jean Howard, respectively current and former vice provost for diversity initiatives, Columbia University; Evelynn Hammonds, senior vice president for faculty development and diversity, Harvard University; Susan Sturm, the George M. Jaffin Professor of Law and Social Responsibility, Columbia Law School; E. Frances White, vice provost for faculty affairs, New York University; and Hannah Brueckner, professor of sociology, Yale.

The event is free and open to the public. Light refreshments will be served. To R.S.V.P., send e-mail to wff@yale.edu.

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