Diversity and inclusion in academic research computing at PEARC17. Presentation by Lisa Arafune (CASC), Florence Hudson (Internet2), Kelly Nolan (Compute Canada), Sharon Broude Geva (University of Michigan), John Towns (NCSA)

1. PEARC17
Florence D. Hudson, Senior Vice President and Chief Innovation Officer, Internet2
Finding the Path Forward: Expanding Diversity in
Academic Research Computing

2. • Diversity and Inclusion for women in STEM
• Unconscious Bias
• Diversity and Innovation
• 2016 Internet2 / NCWIT Gender Diversity Initiative CIO Survey
• The Path Forward - What Can You Do – for yourself and others
• Discussion
Agenda

3. • 57% of professional occupations held by women.
• Women hold 26% of US technology jobs.
• Women make up 19% of software developers.
• Women earn 18% of computer/information science degrees.
• Women hold 17.2% of research university presidencies.
• Women hold 14% of executive officer positions.
• Only 5% of Technology leadership jobs are held by women.
• Approximately 4.5% of the Fortune 500 CEOs are women.
• Women of color are even more underrepresented.
Underrepresentation of women in the US
Source: Creating Inclusive Workplaces, Caroline Simard, Clayman Institute for Gender Research, Stanford University;
Avis Yates Rivers, NCWIT; U.S. Dept. of Labor Current Population Survey, 2014

4. We’re Losing What Little Diversity Exists
Source: Drs. Nadya Fouad and Romila, Stemming the Tide: Why Women Leave Engineering, 2011

5. We all have shortcuts,
“schemas” that help us
make sense of the world.
But our shortcuts
sometimes make us
misinterpret or miss things.
That’s unconscious bias.
Unconscious bias is an issue…for all of us….
Where does it come from?
Source: Avis Yates Rivers, NCWIT, 2015

6. How Stereotype Threat Shows Up in Technical and
Business Environments
• Not speaking up in meetings
• Being reluctant to take
leadership positions
• Being overly harsh about their
own work
• Discounting their own
performance
Source: Avis Yates Rivers, NCWIT, 2015

7. © Shelley Correll 2014. All rights reserved.

8. Sources: Avis Yates Rivers, Scott Page, The difference: How the power of diversity creates better groups, firms,
schools, and societies, Princeton University Press, 2009
Groups with greater diversity solve complex problems
better and faster than homogenous groups.
Diversity Benefits Creativity and Innovation

9. 0
500
1000
1500
2000
2500
3000
3500
Women Men
36%
64%
Total Employees by Gender
NCWIT Internet2 member GDI CIO Survey 2016
N=54

10. Where the
Women ARE:
Raw Numbers
by Job
Category
NCWIT Internet2 member GDI CIO Survey 2016
0
200
400
600
800
1000
1200
1400
19 25 50 54 94 105 112 126 166
296
617
Women
Men

11. Where the Women Are: Gender % by Job Category
NCWIT Internet2 member GDI CIO Survey 2016
0.00%
10.00%
20.00%
30.00%
40.00%
50.00%
60.00%
70.00%
80.00%
90.00%
10%
13% 14% 14%
21% 22% 24%
30% 30% 32%
49%
Women
Men

12. NCWIT Internet2 member GDI CIO Survey 2016
3.52%
5.79%
27.12%
63.56%
Women Directors
Women Managers
Women Individual
Contributors
Men Roles
Gendered Job Levels Across All Job Categories

13. 9.67%
15.90%
74.43%
Director
Manager
Individual
NCWIT Internet2 member GDI CIO Survey 2016
Women’s Job Levels Among Women Across All Job Categories

14. NCWIT Internet2 member GDI CIO Survey 2016
Women in Architecture
Engineering
Total = 19 Total = 25
24% Director
24%
Manager
Individual
Contributor
Women in Research
Computing Support
16%
Director
26%
ManagerIndividual
Contributor

15. NCWIT Internet2 member GDI CIO Survey 2016
13% Director
18%
Manager
Individual
Contributor
Women in Project Management Women in Educational/
Academic Technology
Total = 166
13% Director
19%
Manager
Individual
Contributor
Total = 112

16. NCWIT Internet2 member GDI CIO Survey 2016
Women in Security
Total = 54
11% Director
13%
Manager
Individual
Contributor
Women in Desktop Support
Total = 296
8% Director
14%
Manager
Individual
Contributor

17. NCWIT Internet2 member GDI CIO Survey 2016
Women in Development
Total = 617
6% Director
14%
Manager
Individual
Contributor
Women in Network Engineering
5% Director 16%
Management
Individual
Contributor
Total = 94

18. NCWIT Internet2 member GDI CIO Survey 2016
Women in Server
Administration
6% Director
6% Manager
Individual
Contributor
Total = 50
Women in Systems
Administration
Total = 126
3% Director
10%
Manager
Individual
Contributor

19. Source: Drs. Nadya Fouad and Romila, Stemming the Tide: Why Women Leave Engineering, 2011

20. The Path Forward: How You Can Enable Diversity & Inclusion
Ten Ways to
be a
Diversity &
Inclusion
Advocate
Make
diversity and
inclusion
discussions
less "risky"
Be inclusive
– Recruit a
diverse team
Increase
diverse
leader
visibility
Mentor and
sponsor in
support of
diversity
Notice and
correct biasEstablish
accountability
policies and
measures
Model
flexible
work-life
strategies
Support
Diversity
Networks
and
Communities
Develop a
Culture and
Expectation
of Diversity
and
Inclusion
Become a
diversity &
inclusion
advocate –
With words
and actions

21. • Community gatherings at every anchor event since Internet2
Annual Meeting in 2013
• GDI Scholarships at Global Summit & TechEx Events
• GDI Aspiring Leader Scholarships sponsored by member
institutions
• National Center for Women & Information Technology
(NCWIT) partnership, including unconscious bias
presentation and CIO GDI survey
• SWE partnership, including Internet2 sponsored SWE
professional memberships for all genders
• Campus diversity & inclusion presentations & discussions
• Community Outreach & Dialogue
– GDI Wiki: http://bit.ly/1Y1lnxc
– Monthly Calls with Steering Committee
GDI Steering Committee
• Laurie Burns McRobbie, Indiana University (co-chair)
• Marla Meehl, Front Range Gigapop (co-chair)
• John Kolb, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
• Jen Leasure, The Quilt
• Scott Midkiff, Virginia Tech
• Lucy Sanders, NCWIT
Internet2 Gender Diversity Initiative (GDI)

22. Thank You
CINO@Internet2.edu
fhudson@Internet2.edu
@FloInternet2