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Women’s Mentoring Program

MSSA Women’s Mentoring

Sponsored by MSSA Committee on Women

The MSSA Committee on Women invite the membership to engage in discussions, with the purpose of the initiative to provide support, mentoring, and resources to female undergraduate, graduate and junior faculty members of the MSSA.

Topics include (but are not limited to):

Balancing family and career responsibilities/aspirations
Sexual harassment
Preparing for the job market
Getting tenure and promotion
Developing a research agenda
Applying to and succeeding in graduate school
Teaching support
Publishing
Collegiality
Career options (applying for post-doc positions, grants, etc…)
LGBT issues

Mentoring: Questions on any of the above topics will be addressed in one of two ways:

Open discussion forum
Private one-on-one sessions

To begin your inquiry, email the Chair of the Committee on Women indicating your question/concern and your preference for a one-on-one session with a mentor or an open discussion with all members of the caucus (including male members).

The Committee also offers this list of online resources:

American Association of University Professors Resources on Women in Higher Education
http://www.aaup.org/AAUP/issues/women/resources

Statement of Principles on Family Responsibilities and Academic Work
http://www.aaup.org/AAUP/pubsres/policydocs/contents/workfam-stmt.htm

Disparities in the Salaries and Appointments of Academic Women and Men (1998)
http://www.aaup.org/AAUP/issues/women/menwomenpay.htm

AAUP Faculty Gender Equity Indicators 2006
http://www.aaup.org/AAUP/pubsres/research/geneq2006.htm

Faculty Salary and Faculty Distribution Fact Sheet 2003-04
http://www.aaup.org/AAUP/pubsres/research/2003-04factsheet.htm

The AAUP’s Committee on Women Responds to Lawrence Summers (2005)
http://www.aaup.org/AAUP/comm/rep/SummersResponse.htm

Organizing Women Faculty
http://www.aaup.org/AAUP/issues/women/westOrganizingWomen.htm

Summary of Wage Gap Studies (2000)
http://www.aaup.org/AAUP/issues/women/wagegap2000.htm

Gender Inequities Persist on U.S. Campuses
http://www.aaup.org/AAUP/pubsres/academe/2007/JF/AW/GenEquity.htm

Faculty Forum: It Takes a Village to Create a Full Professor
http://www.aaup.org/AAUP/pubsres/academe/2005/MJ/Col/ff.htm

Working Mothers and Gender Discrimination
http://www.aaup.org/AAUP/issues/women/eubenDiscrimination.htm

Kids on Campus
http://www.aaup.org/AAUP/pubsres/academe/2007/JA/Feat/keye.htm

Do Babies Matter (Part II)? Closing the Baby Gap
http://www.aaup.org/AAUP/pubsres/academe/2004/ND/Feat/04ndmaso.htm

Hitting the Maternal Wall
http://www.aaup.org/AAUP/pubsres/academe/2004/ND/Feat/04ndwill.htm

Balancing Work and Family for Faculty: Why It’s Important
http://www.aaup.org/AAUP/pubsres/academe/2004/ND/Feat/04ndcurt.htm

Developing and Implementing Work-Family Policies for Faculty
http://www.aaup.org/AAUP/pubsres/academe/2004/ND/Feat/04ndsulli.htm

Fear Factor: How Safe Is It to Make Time for Family?
http://www.aaup.org/AAUP/pubsres/academe/2004/ND/Feat/ndwar.htm

Family-Friendly Policies and the Research University
http://www.aaup.org/AAUP/pubsres/academe/2004/ND/Feat/ndquin.htm

Working Part Time After Tenure
http://www.aaup.org/AAUP/pubsres/academe/2004/ND/Feat/ndlobe.htm

Do Babies Matter? The Effect of Family Formation on the Lifelong Careers of Academic Men and Women
http://www.aaup.org/AAUP/pubsres/academe/2002/ND/Feat/Maso.htm

SEXUAL HARASSMENT
Sexual Harassment:Suggested Policy and Procedures for Handling Complaints
http://www.aaup.org/AAUP/pubsres/policydocs/contents/sexharass.htm

Sexual Harassment Policies (2002)
http://www.aaup.org/AAUP/protect/legal/topics/sex-harass-policies.htm

Legal Watch: Sexual Harassment Policies on Campus

http://www.aaup.org/AAUP/pubsres/academe/2003/ND/Col/lw.htm

Sexual Harassment
http://www.aaup.org/AAUP/issues/harass/default.htm

Sexual Harassment In Higher Education: Current Issues And Trends
http://www.aaup.org/AAUP/issues/women/legsexhar.htm