Engaging Male Faculty in Institutional Transformation

Abstract

During his Ph.D. studies, he also obtained a graduate minor in statistics.He is currently an Associate Professor with the Electrical and Computer Engineering department at North Dakota State University, where he teaches courses in signals and systems, digital signal processing, random processes, communications, controls, embedded systems, and others. His main research interests include digital and statistical signal processing, time series analysis, spectral and time-frequency analysis, array processing, real-time systems, and data adaptive techniques.

The Men Need to Be Involved: A Critical Frame Analysis of Gender+ Equity Narratives

“…One unique feature of the NDSU ADVANCE FORWARD initiative is the Advocates and Allies (A&A) program that was created at our university, a model that has been detailed and THE MEN NEED TO BE INVOLVED 8 evaluated in a number of publications (c.f., Anicha, Bilen-Green, & Burnett, 2018;Anicha et al, 2017;Anicha, Bilen-Green, Burnett, Green, & McGeorge, 2020;Bilen-Green, Carpenter, Doore, Green, Horton, Jellison, Latimer, Levine, & O'Neal, 2015;Bilen-Green, Green, McGeorge, Anicha, & Burnett, 2013). The program consists of Advocates, men faculty who educate themselves about issues of power and privilege as related to issues women faculty face, and Allies, men faculty trained by the Advocates.…”

Faculty allyship: Differences by gender, race, and rank at a single U.S. University

“…According to Adams and Zúñiga (2016), people who have one or more dominant group memberships (e.g., people who are White, non‐disabled, and/or cisgender men) are acting as allies when they “work in an alliance with [minoritized people] toward a shared goal of change” (p. 114) to combat societal disparities that are “systemic, avoidable, and unfair” (Nixon, 2019, p. 2). While there is a growing body of literature about allyship within various workplace settings (Erskine & Bilimoria, 2019; Nixon, 2019; Salter & Migliaccio, 2019), only a few studies (e.g., Anicha et al., 2015; Bilen‐Green et al., 2013; Haynes‐Baratz et al., 2022) have specifically addressed how people enact allyship to support faculty colleagues. The U.S. higher education literature is focused primarily on how faculty and staff practice allyship to support college students (e.g., Broido, 2000a; Patton & Bondi, 2015; Sumerau et al., 2021).…”

Interactive Panel on Advocacy Tips: an Initiative to Provide Individuals the Tools to Advocate for Women and Underrepresented Minorities

“…The proliferation of online gender equity advocacy organizations oriented to men testifies to an expansion of interest in utilizing men as gender justice allies (see, for example, Men Advocating Real Change (MARC; http://onthemarc.org/home or White Men as Full Diversity Partners, http://wmfdp.com). A review of the literature in a variety of disciplines exploring men's engagement in advocacy efforts and functioning as gender and minority equity allies is provided in prior publications [3,4]. It is in this context and with this literature in mind that we develop and distribute advocacy tips, which target a broad audience and particularly include dominant majority groups, such as white males.…”

“…They participate in the Ally training and sign an Ally Agreement, a brief statement formalizing their commitment to institutional transformation for gender equity. Allies are expected to take action primarily within their departments, such as: speaking up at meetings, inviting female colleagues to collaborate on research, talking about teaching and observing each other in the classroom; serving on committees so their female colleagues do not have to; The NSF ADVANCE //Institution/Program// presented their progress and successes as the ASEE 2013 conference [3]. The presentation spurred a number of conversations with the audience, which carried over once the session ended.…”

“…3 effectiveness and competitiveness of businesses and organizations, and diminishes our nation's capability to address and solve global challenges. Quite simply, this makes gender equality a national imperative of primary importance.…”