This panel discussion features interdisciplinary IUP women faculty, who have played a variety of important academic leadership roles at the university, in their disciplines, and in the community. They will share their leadership experiences, including the challenges, the rewards, and equity on campus.
This is Panel #3 in the Empowering Women Series. Download the Leadership by Women Faculty: Challenges and Rewards flier.
Available both in-person and on Zoom: 97869071565.
Light refreshments will be available. Student attendants can scan our QR code. All are very welcome!
Lingyan Yang, organizer and chair of the panel
Director, Women's and Gender Studies Program, Associate Professor, Dept. of English
College of Arts and Humanities
Panelists
Alida Merlo, Distinguished University Professor
- Professor, Dept. of Criminology and Criminal Justice, WGS-affiliated faculty
College of Health and Human Services
Lisa Newell, Chair
- Professor, Dept. of Psychology
College of Health and Human Services
Catherine Dugan, Chair
- Associate Professor, Department for Disability Access and Advising (D2A2)
Co-chair, IUP Senate Academic Committee
College of Education and Communications
Gail Sechrist, Co-chair
- UWUCC (University-Wide Undergraduate Curriculum Committee)
Associate Professor, Dept. of Geography, Geology, Environment, and Planning
Kopchick College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics
Susan Drummond, Information Literacy Librarian/Cataloging
- Former Chair, UWPC (University-Wide Promotion Committee)
Former President, IUP APSCUF
IUP Libraries
This panel is organized by the Women's and Gender Studies Program and is co-sponsored by the Department of Psychology.
The Empowering Women Series is cosponsored by the Center for Health and Well-Being, Office of the Provost, Office of the Vice President for Student Affairs, Women's and Gender Studies Program, President's Commission on the Status of Women, Office of Social Equity, University College, Multicultural Affairs and Student Success, Collegiate Women in Progress, and Panhellenic Association.
If you have questions on the Leadership panel, please email Lingyan Yang, director of Women's and Gender Studies Program, at lingyan@iup.edu. If you have questions about the Empowering Women Series, please email Ann Sesti at annsesti@iup.edu.