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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US"> Steven Sawyer [mailto:steven.sawyer@deakin.edu.au]
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<p align="center" style="margin:0cm; margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center"><strong><span style="font-size:14.0pt; font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Invitation to a Public Lecture by Professor Laura Punnett</span></strong><strong><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.0pt; font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"></span></strong></p>
<p align="center" style="margin:0cm; margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center"><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Seminar Title: “Women in the Academy: Building a community that supports all members”</span></strong></p>
<p align="center" style="margin:0cm; margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center"><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">To be introduced by Professor Jane den Hollander AO, Vice-Chancellor, Deakin University</span></strong><span lang="EN-US"></span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Date: 13 April 2018</span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Time 12-2 pm (Seminar presentation followed by light lunch)</span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">See registration details at the end of the e-mail.</span></p>
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<p style="margin:0cm; margin-bottom:.0001pt"><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Professor Laura Punnett is a visiting Thinker in Residence from the
</span></strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">University of Massachusetts Lowell,<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> hosted by Prof Tony LaMontagne at the Centre for Population Health Research, School of Health and Social
Development</span></strong><b></b></span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Biography - Professor Laura Punnett</span></strong></p>
<p style="margin:0cm; margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Laura Punnett, ScD, is Professor of occupational ergonomics and epidemiology at the University of Massachusetts Lowell (UML), USA, where she co-founded
the Department of Work Environment in 1987. She has been a member of the faculties of both Engineering and Health Sciences; she is also a Senior Associate of the UML Center for Women and Work. She is
<span style="color:#1F497D">also </span>Co-Director of the Center to Promote Health in the New England Workplace (CPH-NEW), one of the first two Total Worker Health® Centers of Excellence funded by U.S. NIOSH in 2006.<span style="color:#1F497D">
</span>Her research career has addressed the contribution of the work environment to socioeconomic disparities and gender differences in health, and the effectiveness of workplace programs to improve ergonomics, the psychosocial environment, and workforce health
& wellbeing. </span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Seminar Outline</span></strong></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal">The number of women obtaining science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) doctorate degrees in the USA has increased steadily in recent decades. However, women remain underrepresented in STEM academic positions, especially
at senior ranks and in leadership positions. Research indicates that the marginal participation and advancement of women in STEM is often a function of systemic factors unrelated to their abilities and interests, such as implicit and explicit bias; the culture
and climate of academic organizations; organizational constraints; differential effects of work and family demands; and underrepresentation of women, especially women of colour, in academic leadership and decision-making positions (a vicious circle).
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<p class="x_MsoNormal" style="">In response to these issues, the U.S. National Science Foundation has developed the ADVANCE program (Increasing the Participation and Advancement of Women in Academic Science and Engineering Careers,
<a href="http://www.nsf.gov/advance">www.nsf.gov/advance</a>). Its goals are<span style="color:#1F497D">
</span>to:</p>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Develop systemic approaches to increase the participation and advancement of women in academic STEM careers</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Symbol"><span style="">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Develop innovative and sustainable ways to promote gender equity that involve both men and women in the STEM academic workforce</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Symbol"><span style="">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Contribute to the research knowledge base on gender equity and the intersection of gender and other social identities in STEM academic careers</span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal" style="">The University of Massachusetts Lowell has received a five-year ADVANCE award for the project,
<a href="https://www.uml.edu/Research/ADVANCE/default.aspx" target="_blank" title="link this for ADVANCE landing page">
Making W<span style="color:#1F497D">AVES</span> (Women Academics Valued and Engaged in STEM)</a>, an institutional transformation initiative led by the
<span style="color:#1F497D">UML </span>Center for Women & Work. Making WAVES is designed to promote an institutional environment that supports STEM faculty from underrepresented groups to achieve their highest potential. The goals are 1) to advance scientific
knowledge on gender equity, specifically about all faculty members’ daily experiences with “microaggressions” and how these experiences impact outcomes such as job satisfaction, work productivity, and well-being; and 2) to implement interventions to disrupt
interpersonal and institutional “microaggressions” that undermine the productivity and well-being of women and other faculty members.
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<p class="x_MsoNormal" style="">While the focus is on the STEM fields, the institutional nature of the project necessarily engages all of the faculties on campus. Professor Punnett will discuss the design, goals, and experiences to date of this project in terms
of their potential implications for women as well as people of colour and other under-represented groups in the academy, in all disciplines.</p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal">Date: 13 April 2018</p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal">Time 12-2 pm </p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal">Location: Deakin Downtown</p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal">As places are limited please register your attendance at: <span style="color:#1F497D">
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/tiers-public-lecture-women-in-scienceacademia-tickets-43684924786">https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/tiers-public-lecture-women-in-scienceacademia-tickets-43684924786</a>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal">Please add to your calendar (Deakin staff can click on “Add to calendar” in the registration page)</p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center">Contact Event organisers at
<a href="mailto:health-ethics@deakin.edu.au">health-ethics@deakin.edu.au</a><span style="color:#1F497D"></span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Steven Sawyer <br>
Manager, Collaborative Programs & Research<br>
Faculty of Health <br>
Deakin University<br>
221 Burwood Highway<br>
Burwood, 3125<br>
Phone 03 925 17175<br>
Fax 03 924 46019</span></p>
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