Advancing Metrics for Change: A Virtual Convening on Sexual Harassment Prevention in STEM
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NORC at the University of Chicago invites you to a series of discussions about a National Science Foundation ADVANCE-funded research project. Join panelists—researchers and educators in sexual harassment prevention—as they discuss emerging research findings and assessment and evaluation practices related to sexual harassment prevention in STEM contexts. View the agenda.
Learn more: Advancing Metrics for Sexual Harassment Prevention in STEM project.
Event Details
Date & Time
April 29, 2025 | 12:00-3:00 PM CT
Location
Zoom
Cost
Free and open to the public
Session 1: Project Overview of Advancing Metrics for Sexual Harassment Prevention in STEM
Learn about the project’s scope, purposes, and findings. Principal investigator Lisa Davidson will discuss the study’s background, research questions, key findings, audience questions, and implications for future research.
Featured Speaker
Lisa Davidson
Senior Research Scientist, NORC
Lisa is an education researcher whose work focuses on cross-cultural understandings and measurement of college and university ecosystems, including learning, development, and campus climates.
Session 2: Overview and Discussion of the Preliminary Assessment and Evaluation Tool
In this two-part session, researchers will first present the preliminary assessment and evaluation tool that is part of the project’s scope, including the tool’s inputs into development, perceived strengths, and key questions. The second part will include a facilitated discussion about assets and gaps in the assessment and evaluation of anti-harassment interventions.
Featured Panelists
Lisa Davidson
Senior Research Scientist, NORC
Lisa is an education researcher whose work focuses on cross-cultural understandings and measurement of college and university ecosystems, including learning, development, and campus climates.
Bruce Taylor
Senior Fellow, NORC
Bruce has over 29 years of experience in applied research, field experiments, and statistical analysis in the intersecting areas of violence, health, and criminal justice.
Mari Knuth-Bouracee
Director for Clinical Services Culture, Climate, and Community Engagement, OHEDI at UC Davis Health
Mari joined the OHEDI team in 2022. Her role involves fostering a positive and inclusive environment within clinical services, focusing on culture, climate, and community engagement. She has been involved in leadership roles focused on campus climate, diversity, and inclusion. Previously, Mari served as the first advocate and later the director of the PATH to Care Center at UC Berkeley, which provides support and education on sexual violence prevention.
Session 3: Understanding Institutional Metrics and Initiatives
In this panel discussion, experts will share insights about developing strong anti-harassment intervention assessment practices, building evaluation capacity, and implementing findings across STEM institutions (and at institutions more broadly).
Featured Panelists
Rebecca Barnes
Owner, Lutra Consulting, LLC
Rebecca is an interdisciplinary environmental scientist who helps scientific teams creatively solve problems through interactive workshops and assessment, with a focus on making the scientific enterprise more welcoming and just.
Meg Bond
Emerit Professor, University of Massachusetts Lowell
Meg is a distinguished university professor, inaugural faculty director of the ADVANCE Office for Faculty Equity, founding director of the Center for Women & Work, and professor of Psychology. She directed UML’s NSF-funded ADVANCE Institutional Transformation (IT) Initiative, Making WAVES (Women Academics Valued and Engaged in STEM), which addressed subtle biases through targeting issues at multiple levels of analysis.
Julie Sexton
Education and DEI Consultant, University of Colorado-Boulder
Julie is an education researcher focused on science workforce development, educator professional development, and organizational change in higher education.
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