Georgia Tech ADVANCE Program

Mounting evidence suggests that working mothers are disproportionately impacted by pandemic.

‘They Go to Mommy First’ How the pandemic is disproportionately disrupting mothers’ careers.

If we want to hire the best faculty, while achieving equitable outcomes in faculty hiring, we must address the problems outlined below, wherein institutional prestige defines a small "in crowd" for faculty positions.

Systematic inequality and hierarchy in faculty hiring networks | Science Advances

Systematic inequality and hierarchy in faculty hiring networks The faculty job market plays a fundamental role in shaping research priorities, educational outcomes, and career trajectories among scientists and institutions. However, a quantitative understanding of faculty hiring as a system is lacking. Using a simple technique to extract the institutional prest...

A depressing article about the pandemic's outsized toll on women researchers: https://www.theguardian.com/education/2020/may/12/womens-research-plummets-during-lockdown-but-articles-from-men-increase?CMP=share_btn_fb

Any ideas about how Georgia Tech could address this? Eager to hear your stories of how this has impacted you and your family, your lab group, and your colleagues.

Women's research plummets during lockdown - but articles from men increase Many female academics say juggling their career with coronavirus childcare is overwhelming