The Center for Gender Equity in Science and Technology (CGEST) at Arizona State University presents the STEM Equity Exchange. Researchers in CGEST seek to transform society by studying both the underrepresentation of women and girls of color in STEM and culturally responsive techniques for addressing the disparities.
These exchanges seek to:
- Fuse intellectual disciplines by building an interdisciplinary community of researchers and practitioners who study related issues.
- Support use-inspired research by providing a venue in which projects can be presented at different stages of development and resources can be shared.
- Encourage social embeddedness by offering the opportunity for our community to engage in framing our work for a broad audience inclusive of policy makers, industry, and philanthropy.
These workshops are led by affiliate ASU faculty Dr. Carlotta Arthur of The Henry Luce Foundation. As Director of the Program for Women in STEM, Dr. Arthur brings years of strategic insight towards helping create a winning partnership for your endeavors. This unique opportunity will only be offered twice, once in the Fall and again in the Spring.
Feel free to attend one or both! There will be plenty to build on if you choose to attend the second session.
Participants can expect to:
- Learn effective strategies to identify and approach private philanthropic organizations.
- Learn how to effectively navigate interpersonal relationships with private philanthropic organizations.
- Improve understanding of, and assimilate, ASU policy for application to private foundations.
Upon successful completion of the workshop, participants should be able to:
- Identify prospective private philanthropic organizations in alignment with participants’ funding needs.
- Discuss the role of interpersonal relationships in private philanthropic grantmaking.
- Understand the role of the ASU Foundation in outreach to private philanthropic organizations
Fall 2021
Date: November 12, 2021
Time: 11:00 am – 12:30 pm MST / 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm EST
Register for Fall Date: https://researchacademy.asu.edu/strategic-partnerships
Spring 2022
Date: March 21, 2022
Time: 11:00 am – 12:30 pm MST / 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm EST
Register for Spring Date: https://researchacademy.asu.edu/strategic-partnerships-spring
Writers' Workshop
Led by Dr. Patricia Garcia
Where
Virtual
When
Friday, November 12th, 1:00pm AZ / 3:00pm EST
Description
The purpose of this workshop is to
1. Identify who is leading what CGEST-related writing project
2. Engage co-authors
3. Develop a writing schedule with the intent of submitting a bevy of CGEST pieces before June 1, 2022.
Come ready to provide a 30-second presentation of a CGEST-writing idea no matter its state! This will be a very interactive and hands on session.
In order to join this session, you must RSVP with your email address so that we may send you the virtual link ahead of time to enter the workshop.
Writers' Workshop
Led by Dr. Tara Nkrumah
Where
Virtual & Community Services Building (200 E Curry Rd, Third Floor)
When
Thursday, October 14th, 1:00pm AZ
Description
As a part of our Five Year Anniversary Celebration, this 90-minute writing retreat format blends writing, networking, and peer review. Participants will be divided up into small groups to present their writing projects in a supportive, forward thinking, and innovative environment for two 15 minute time periods. After the second rotation, participants will have independent writing time to incorporate the feedback and reflections from the peer reviews. The retreat will end with participants creating a writing schedule complete with dates/times and project goals. Example projects to bring to the retreat include book chapters, journal articles, research proposals, revise and resubmit manuscripts, and reports.
In order to join this session, you must RSVP with your email address so that we may send you the virtual link ahead of time to enter the workshop.
During the Fall 2017 semester, the Center for Gender Equity in Science and Technology (CGEST) hosted two Grant Writing Workshops on Friday, October 27 from 9:30-11:30am and Monday, November 27 from 12:00-2:00 pm at the Community Services Building (CSB).
Many people talk about grant writing as it relates to underrepresented groups, but do not know the steps to take to obtain funding. Participants joined this low-stress, fun, and dynamic workshop to learn from expert grant-getters as they share their success.
The themes were "Everything You Need to Know Before Applying for a Grant" and "True Collaboration" on October 27 and November 27, respectively.
The workshop was scheduled for August 17 and 18 from 8:30 am to 5:00 pm. Participants attended both days.
This policy writing workshop helped participants translate research into policy briefs. The session was ideal for students, faculty, and staff with a research background. Participants walked away having written their own policy brief based on their research paper (if available) or a sample provided by the facilitator.
Learning Objectives:
- Understand how to translate research into public policy outcomes
- Review mechanics of developing public policy brief rooted in research
- Draft a policy brief based on your own research or case studies to solidify learning
About the Facilitator
Nicol Turner-Lee, Ph.D.
Fellow - Governance Studies, Center for Technology Innovation, Brookings Institution; Twitter: @drturnerlee
Dr. Nicol Turner-Lee is a fellow in the program’s Center for Technology Innovation and a contributor to TechTank. She comes to Brookings from the Multicultural Media, Telecom and Internet Council (MMTC), a national non-for-profit organization dedicated to promoting and preserving equal opportunity and civil rights in the mass media, telecommunications, and broadband industries, where she served as vice president and chief research and policy officer. In this role, she led the design and implementation of their research, policy, and advocacy agendas. Her most recent White Papers at MMTC included, “A Lifeline to High-Speed Internet Access: An Economic Analysis of Administrative Costs and the Impact on Consumers” (March 2016), “Guarding Against Data Discrimination in the Internet of Everything” (September 2015), “Refocusing Broadband Policy: The New Opportunity Agenda for People of Color” (November 2013).
Prior to joining MMTC, Dr. Turner-Lee was vice president and the first director of the Media and Technology Institute at the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies, the nation’s leading think tank on issues related to African Americans and other people of color. In this role, she led the technology research agenda that was focused on advancing digital equity and inclusion for historically disadvantaged populations. Her most notable work was her development of the first national minority broadband adoption study in 2009 that was later cited in the congressionally mandated Federal Communications Commission’s National Broadband Plan. Her other publications there included, “Minorities, Mobile Broadband, and the Management of Chronic Diseases” (April 2012), co-authored with Dr. Brian Smedley and Joseph Miller; “Place Matters: The Debate over Broadband Availability” (2011); and, “Increasing Civic Engagement in the Digital Age” (2010) which was published by the Federal Communications Commission Law Journal.
In addition to these and other publications, Dr. Turner-Lee has been cited in the New York Times, Washington Post, San Francisco Chronicle, Communications Daily, Multichannel News, Washington Informer, among other print and online publications. She is also a widely sought expert and speaker on issues related to communications policies in media and at conferences, and she has testified before Congress. Dr. Turner-Lee was a two-time Digital Research Program Scholar as part of Time Warner Cable’s Cable Research Program in Communications and recipient of countless recognitions, including the presentation of the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Rainbow PUSH Coalition (2015) and one of the Most Inspiring Women in Media from the Alliance of Women in Media (2014).
At the Center for Technology Innovation, Dr. Turner-Lee researches public policy designed to enable equitable access to technology across the U.S. and to harness its power to create change in communities across the world. Dr. Turner-Lee’s research also explores global and domestic broadband deployment, regulatory, and internet governance issues. She is also an expert on the intersection of race, wealth, and technology within the context of civic engagement, criminal justice, and economic development.
Dr. Turner-Lee graduated from Colgate University magna cum laude and has a M.A. and Ph.D. in Sociology from Northwestern University. She also holds a Certificate in Nonprofit Management from the University of Illinois-Chicago. Dr. Turner-Lee is a Visiting Scholar at the Center for Gender Equity in Science and Technology at Arizona State University. She also serves on the U.S. State Department’s Advisory Committee on International Communications and Information Policy (ACICIP). In her free time, Dr. Turner-Lee is active on the boards of various nonprofit organizations, including the Telecommunications Policy Research Conference (TPRC), the Washington Literacy Center, and STEM4US, which is committed to advancing diversity in the technology fields.