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The Academic Woman: Balancing Responsibilities, Expectations, and Biases

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The Bias Prevention Component held a workshop called “The Academic Woman: Balancing Responsibilities, Expectations, and Biases” on December 10, 2011 at the E-Center. The workshop formed three focus groups to address the perceptions and realities of gender bias for single female faculty, married/partnered female faculty, and the spouses/partners of the female faculty, and developed a baseline for the development of bias prevention training on the campus of Jackson State University.  This workshop particularly addressed the unique issues of work/life balance for academic women of color by exploring the unique relationship dynamics between STEM and SBS women of color faculty members and their spouses/partners.