Mission
The Georgia Tech Center for the Study of Women, Science, and Technology links issues in the study of science and technology with those of gender, culture, and society. Growing out of the interdisciplinary Ivan Allen College undergraduate minor in Women, Science, and Technology (WST), the WST Center is currently supported by the Office of the Provost. The center brings together faculty and students, addressing issues of gender, science, and technology in research and programmatic initiatives. In key characteristics, the WST Center is interdisciplinary, cooperative in partnerships with students, and collaborative across Georgia Tech Colleges and in alliances with Atlanta-area colleges and universities and Georgia Tech Alumnae.
Affiliations
The WST Center is an Organizational Affiliate Member, Center
for the Advancment of Scholarship on Engineering Education (CASEE),
National Academy of Engineering, and a member of the National
Council for Research on Women, a network of more than 100
leading U.S. research, advocacy, and policy center with a
growing global reach.
Goals
Expand and enhance research on women, science, and technology.
Establish
and expand collaboration among faculty and between students and
faculty through Center research and programmatic initiatives,
and through joint ventures with related Georgia Tech programs,
including the Center
for Education Integrating Science, Mathematics, and Computing
(CEISMC) in the College of Sciences, Women in Engineering
(College of Engineering), and the Women's
Resource Center (Student Affairs).
Enrich and
establish the national prominence of its interdisciplinary research
programs through programmatic ventures, such as the WST Lecture
Series.
Provide research-based
practice and policy toward improved participation and performance
of women in scientific and technological education and careers.
Support the
instruction and development of students in the classroom and through
partnerships with faculty in WST research and programmatic initiatives.
Link Atlanta-area
researchers, entrepreneurs, and technologists with shared interest
in improving human resources of both women and men for science
and technology, thereby connecting Georgia Tech to regional universities,
industry, and government.
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History
The WST Center was created
in 1999, supported by funds from the Georgia
Tech Foundation and the Focused Research Program of the office
of the Vice-Provost for Graduate Studies and Research. The WST Center began as an inter-college initiative sponsored by the
Colleges of Science and Engineering, and the Ivan Allen College.
In 2001, the WST
Center became a Georgia Tech Center, receiving funding from
and reporting to the provost. The WST Center partners
with the Office of the Provost and Georgia Tech colleges on
the Georgia Tech National Science Foundation
ADVANCE
Institutional Transformation cooperative agreement.
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Co-Directors
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