Lance A. Davis, Executive Officer, National Academy of Engineering

Moderator: Lydia Villa-Komaroff, Chief Scientific Officer, Cytonome/ST, LLC and Co-chair, Committee on Advancing Institutional Transformation for Minority Women in Academia

Where We Stand: Commissioned Research

Donna Ginther, Professor of Economics, University of Kansas andShulamit Kahn, Associate Professor, School of Management, Boston University  

Sylvia Hurtado, Professor, University of California, Los Angeles, Director, Higher Education Research Institute and Member, Committee on Advancing Institutional Transformation for Minority Women in Academia

Moderator: Joan Bennett, Professor of Plant Biology and Pathology, Rutgers University and Member, Committee on Advancing Institutional Transformation for Minority Women in Academia

Panelists:

Evelynn Hammonds, Dean of Harvard College, Harvard University

Gilda Barabino, Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Associate Chair for Graduate Studies, Georgia Institute of Technology

Patricia Taboada-Serrano, Assistant Professor, Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, Rochester Institute of Technology

Tamisha Y. Vaughan, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, School of Medicine, Emory University

Moderator: Florence Bonner, Senior Vice President, Research and Compliance, Howard University and Co-chair, Committee on Advancing Institutional Transformation for Minority Women in Academia

Speaker: Joan Williams, Distinguished Professor of Law and Director of the Center for WorkLife Law, College of the Law, University of California, Hastings

Moderator: Alicia Carriquiry, Professor of Statistics, Iowa State University and Member, Committee on Advancing Institutional Transformation for Minority Women in Academia

Speakers: Donna Ginther, Professor of Economics, University of KansasShulamit Kahn, Associate Professor, School of Management, Boston University

Stephen Cohen, Chief Statistician, National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, National Science Foundation

Rapporteur: Trisha Vickrey, doctoral student in chemistry, University of Virginia

Moderator: Joseph DeSimone, Distinguished Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill and Member, Committee on Advancing Institutional Transformation for Minority Women in Academia

Speaker: Debra Rolison, Head, Advanced Electrochemical Materials Section, Naval Research Laboratory

Rapporteur: Victoria Gunderson, former Christine Mirzayan Fellow, The National Academies

Moderator: Vivian Pinn, Director Emerita, Office of Research on Women’s Health, National Institutes of Health and Member, Committee on Advancing Institutional Transformation for Minority Women in Academia

Speaker: Joan Williams, Distinguished Professor of Law & Director of the Center for WorkLife Law, College of the Law, University of California, Hastings

Rapporteur: Gretchen Stanton, doctoral student in chemistry, University of Pennsylvania

Moderator: Anthony DePass, Assistant Vice President, Research Development and Director, MBRS Program, Long Island University and Member, Committee on Advancing Institutional Transformation for Minority Women in Academia

Speaker: Cherilynn Shadding, Director of Outreach and Community, School of Medicine, Washington University

Rapporteur: Danielle Haney, Postdoctoral Researcher, School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania

Moderator: Florence Bonner, Senior Vice President, Research and Compliance, Howard University and Co-Chair, Committee on Advancing Institutional Transformation for Minority Women in Academia

Speaker: Sylvia Hurtado, Professor, University of California Los Angeles and Director, Higher Education Research Institute and Member, Committee on Advancing Institutional Transformation for Minority Women in Academia

Rapporteur: Tanya Figueroa, doctoral student, Higher Education Research Institute, University of California, Los Angeles

Moderator: Patrick L. Valdez, Director, College Access and Sucess Initiatives, Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities

Panel discussion with representatives from professional societies

Judit Camacho, Executive Director, Society for Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science (SACANAS)

Marian Johnson-Thompson, Chair, Committee on Microbiological Issues Impacting Minorities, American Society for Microbiology and Professor Emerita of Biology and Environmental Sciences, University of the District of Columbia

Suzanne Bennett Johnson, President, American Psychological Association and Distinguished Research Professor, College of Medicine, Florida State University

Linette Watkins, Former Chair, Committee of Minority Affairs, American Chemical Society and Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Texas State University – San Marcos

Joseph DeSimone, Member, Committee on Advancing Institutional Transformation for Minority Women in Academia and Distinguished Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Lauren Van Wazer, Assitant Director for Cyber Security, Office of Science and Technology Policy, The White House

Moderator: Bernadett Gray-Little, Chancellor, University of Kansas

Leading by Example

Jeri L. Buchholz, Chief Human Capital Officer, NASA

Muriel Poston, Director, Human Resources Division, Education Directorate, National Science Foundation

Janine Clayton, Director, Office of Research on Women’s Health, National Institutes of Health

Jim Johnson, Director, National Center for Environmental Research, Office of Research and Development, Environmental Protection Agency

Moderator: Kelly Mack, Program Director, ADVANCE Program, National Science Foundation

Federal initiatives: ADVANCE and other programs

Loretta Moore, Professor, Computer Science Department & Interim Dean, School of Science and Technology

J. Wayne Jones, Arthur F. Thurnau Professor, Materials Science and Engineering, University of Michigan

Joan Y. Reede, Dean, School of Medicine, Harvard University

Shirley Malcom, Head, Directorate for Education and Human Resources Programs, American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)