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The Role Of Mentoring In Tenuring And Promoting Women At The University Of Dayton, Laura Vorachek, Sarah Critchfield

Reports from the Gender Equity Research Fellowship

Report from Gender Equity Research Fellowship, 2019-20:

Retention of women and underrepresented minority faculty is an important consideration for the University of Dayton. This study critically examines current practices for supporting women faculty through the tenure and promotion process at UD, focusing in particular on the mentoring of pre-tenure faculty. A survey and interviews with early career faculty found gender discrepancies in mentoring experiences. Despite lower retention of female faculty, women report more receiving more mentoring and more satisfaction with mentoring than men. The study also found that the type of mentoring received (formal or informal) had a significant impact …

Executive Summary And Recommendations: Developing Best Practices To Support Equity For Lgbt*Q+ Identified Faculty And Staff At The University Of Dayton, R. Darden Bradshaw

Reports from the Gender Equity Research Fellowship

Over the course of the academic year 2019-2020, under the sponsorship of the Women’s Center and the Women’s and Gender Studies Program and with the support of the Provost’s office through a Gender Equity Research Fellowship, Dr. Darden Bradshaw engaged in a yearlong qualitative study examining policies, practices and perceptions of equity for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer (LGBT*Q+) faculty and staff on the University of Dayton campus.

The study participants included 35 self-identified LGBT*Q+ faculty and staff members from the University community who participated in one-on-one interviews, focus group sessions or both as well as 13 senior administrators who …

Developing Best Practices To Support Equity For Lgbt*Q+ Identified Faculty And Staff At The University Of Dayton, R. Darden Bradshaw

Reports from the Gender Equity Research Fellowship

This report presents the results of a year-long qualitative study, grounded in queer and feminist theories, undertaken between August 2019 and May 2020, during which time I examined policies, practices, and perceptions of equity for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer (LGBT*Q+) faculty and staff on the University of Dayton campus. Faculty and staff participants from the University community participated in one-on-one interviews or focus groups. Senior administrators were also interviewed.

The data was analyzed in emergent and interpretivist manners to bring together the participants voices to portray, as much as possible, the multi-faceted experiences of being LGBT*Q+ on a Catholic …

Dayton Literary Peace Prize: Ud Librarians Narrow The Field, Bridget Garnai, Kayla Harris, Zachary Lewis

University Libraries Blog Archive

Volunteer first readers receive up to six books each. After reading them, they select their favorites for consideration as finalists for the international honor.

University Of Dayton Criminal Justice Student Writes Law Enforcement Guide On Engaging With Muslim Communities, Allison Brace

College of Arts and Sciences Newsroom

University of Dayton junior Huthayfa Usman created a reference guide for law enforcement to use when engaging the Muslim community. He hopes his guide, which provides basic information about Muslim culture, helps to build trust between community members and police.

Unpaywall: Your Link To Open Access Research, Tina Beis

University Libraries Blog Archive

A new feature in library search results lets researchers know when open-access content is available.

Who's Publishing What: The Other Side Of The Wall, Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop

Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop Blog

Looking for a magical gift for young readers? Bestselling author Amy Ephron's The Other Side of the Wall is now available in paperback.

Ud In The News Oct. 10-16, University Of Dayton

News Releases

DIVERSE: Issues in Higher Education wrote about and The Chronicle of Higher Education noted the University's release of a historic letter demonstrating systemic racism. All three Dayton TV stations, the Dayton Business Journal and Dayton Daily News did stories about a reusable self-disinfecting N95 mask concept developed by a University of Dayton Research Institute scientist.

Virtual Series To Examine History Of Racism, Segregation In Dayton Area, Shannon Miller

College of Arts and Sciences Newsroom

Three University of Dayton faculty and staff are partnering with the mayor’s office to host a three-part series examining the region’s history of racism, segregation and systemic bias.

Citizen Web Archiving: Preserving Websites For The Common Good, Kayla Harris, Christina Beis, Stephanie Shreffler

University Libraries Blog Archive

Web archiving is the process of collecting, preserving and providing access to the content of the Internet. The articles we share, the social media posts we like — these are the things from today that will make up the historical record of tomorrow, but only if someone actively saves them.

A Conversation With Maleah Wells, Ohiolink Library Leaders Intern, Kayla Harris

University Libraries Blog Archive

A junior history major shares her thoughts on digital legacy, the mafia and the future of archiving.

‘The Considerable Number Of Students’: A Response To W.E.B. Du Bois, Heidi Gauder, Caroline Waldron

Roesch Library Faculty Publications

The letter is brief, dated June 13, 1930, and clearly a reply to an inquiry. It is a total of four numbered paragraphs. What makes it interesting is the letter’s recipient and its explanation about the number of African American students at the University of Dayton in 1930.

In replying to W.E.B. Du Bois, editor of The Crisis, Brother Joseph Muench, S.M., notes that Jessie V. Hathcock is the only African American student at the University of Dayton, that she graduated with a bachelor’s degree in education less than a week prior, and that her academic record was “very …

H&R Block President, Ceo And University Of Dayton Alumnus Jeff Jones Addresses Business Commitment To Community In Webinar With Students, Dave Larsen

College of Arts and Sciences Newsroom

H&R Block President and CEO Jeff Jones ’90 calls himself an “insanely curious learner.” The University of Dayton alumnus’ professional resume reflects that intense desire for knowledge and growth. Previously, he served as the first president of Uber, and executive vice president and chief marketing officer for Target. He also held executive and leadership roles at the Coca-Cola Company, Gap and global advertising agency Leo Burnett.

'The Considerable Number Of Students': A Response To W.E.B. Du Bois, Heidi Gauder, Caroline Waldron

University Libraries Blog Archive

'The Crisis' sought information on Black enrollment at U.S. universities in 1930; a reply from UD in W.E.B. Du Bois' papers in the archives at University of Massachusetts Amherst provides a telling example of racial segregation.

Mia Gaskey: 1918 & 2020 Pandemic Poster, Mia Gaskey

COVID-19 Graphic Design: Posters

• Mixed-media digital collage
• 18 inches wide, 24 inches high

College Faculty In The News: October 9, 2020, University Of Dayton

College of Arts and Sciences Newsroom

The upcoming national election and the presidential and vice-presidential debates dominate the media exposure of faculty from several College departments. Read these stories and other recent media coverage of the service, research, scholarship and commentary of College of Arts and Sciences programs and their faculty.

Anatomy Of The Edelman: Measuring The World’S Best Analytics Projects, Michael F. Gorman, Lakshminarayana Nittala, Jeffrey M. Aldenb

MIS/OM/DS Faculty Publications

Each year, the INFORMS Edelman Award celebrates the best and most impactful implementations of operations research, management science, and analytics. As the Edelman Award approaches its 50-year mark, we provide a history and characterization of the award’s finalists and winners. We provide some basic descriptive analytics about the participating organizations and authors, the impact of their work, and the methods they employed. We also conduct predictive analytics on finalist submissions, gauging contributors to success in establishing winning entries. We find that predicting Edelman winners a priori is extremely difficult; however, given a set of finalists, predictive models based on monetary …

Campus Adapts To The Pandemic, Michelle Tedford

Materials from the University of Dayton Magazine Website

Classes start online, move to in-person.

Demonstrating Respect During Challenging Times, Eric F. Spina

President's Blog: From the Heart

With passions running high this election season, I ask University of Dayton students to commit to "engaging in discourse that’s civil and meaningful" and "building the future we want for our communities and the nation" in a letter.

History Major's Surprise Discovery: Anti-Suffrage, Marie Poinsatte

University Libraries Blog Archive

History major and Roesch Library regular Marie Poinsatte shares her thoughts on a surprise discovery she made in the spring term: There were women in Dayton who were against women's suffrage.

Who's Publishing What: A Time To Seek, Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop

Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop Blog

With wisdom, reverence and grace, Susan Pohlman delivers a lyrical meditation on midlife and motherhood while traveling the cobblestoned streets of Italy in her new book.

Who's Performing At Erma's Got Talent?, Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop

Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop Blog

A dozen performers have been randomly selected to perform on the virtual stage at Erma's Got Talent: The Stand-Up Auditions.

Adding New Imri Graduates, Gloria Falcão Dodd

Marian Library Blog Archive

Four earn IMRI degrees following spring and summer terms.

Training For A Marathon – Responding To A Pandemic, Mary I. Fisher

Physical Therapy Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Sustainability Spotlight, University Of Dayton. Hanley Sustainability Institute

Hanley Sustainability Institute Newsletter

No abstract provided.

Fitz Center For Leadership In Community: History, Strategies And Action, Fitz Center For Leadership In Community, University Of Dayton

Writings on Leadership in Community

No abstract provided.

2020 Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop Program, University Of Dayton

Documents from the Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop

Contents of the program:

• Conference schedule
• Special features
• Session descriptions
• Keynote speaker biographies
• Featured talent biographies
• Presenter biographies
• Winning entries in the 2020 Erma Bombeck Writing Competition
• Winners of "A Hotel Room of One's Own" contest
• Winners of "For the Love of Nickie" writing competition.

Sustainability Spotlight, University Of Dayton. Hanley Sustainability Institute

Hanley Sustainability Institute Newsletter

No abstract provided.

Sustainability Spotlight, University Of Dayton. Hanley Sustainability Institute

Hanley Sustainability Institute Newsletter

No abstract provided.

Shutdown: How The Trump Shutdown Threatened The Fiscal Constitution, Charles Tiefer

University of Dayton Law Review

No abstract provided.