CSU Research Team Awarded Three-Year, $1 Million National Science Foundation Grant
A team of researchers from Cleveland State University has been awarded a three-year, $1 million grant from the National Science Foundation’s ADVANCE program for a project titled Achieving Excellence and Equity through Academic Leadership Development.
The grant will help continue CSU’s ongoing efforts to achieve gender equity among faculty, particularly STEM faculty. The project will draw on successful national models, both from academia and business, for evidence-based practices that positively impact gender equity and can be adapted to CSU’s specific needs.
The principal investigators for the project are Michael Horvath, Ph.D., associate professor in the department of Psychology; Cheryl Bracken, Ph.D., interim vice provost for faculty affairs and professor in the School of Communication; Lili Dong, Ph.D., associate professor, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and Joanne Goodell, Ph.D., professor in the department of Teacher Education. In addition to the principal investigators, the project team includes Toufik Aidja, associate lecturer in Engineering Technology.
“This grant will enable us to refine and extend proven techniques while adapting them to the CSU environment with the goal of achieving gender equity among our STEM faculty,” said Horvath. “We have a well-rounded team of faculty, administrators and staff from across the university who will work together on this project. Each of us is drawing from our discipline-specific expertise as well as our experience with diversity, equity and inclusion. We also plan to expand our team to include other subject-matter experts both internal and external to CSU.”
While the project focuses on STEM faculty, the researchers believe the work will have benefit across the university and will also address how gender intersects with other aspects of identity, including age and national origin.
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