Overview As part of Institute Diversity, Georgia Tech’s ADVANCE Program builds and sustains an inter-college network of professors who are world-class researchers and role models dedicated to supporting the community and advancement of women and minorities in academia by:

Advocating for diversity, equity, and inclusion.Advising campus leadership on policy and structure.Increasing awareness and reducing the impact of implicit bias.Making data-driven recommendations for faculty retention, advancement, and satisfaction.

We will recruit, develop, retain, and engage a diverse cadre of students, faculty, and staff with a wide variety of backgrounds, perspectives, interests, and talents, creating a campus community that exemplifies the best in all of us — in our intellectual pursuits, our diversity of thought, our personal integrity, and our inclusive excellence.

— Georgia Tech’s Strategic Plan: Designing the Future

ADVANCEPROGRAM

ADVANCE Program237 Uncle Heinie Way

A. French BuildingAtlanta, Georgia 30332-0740

advance.gatech.edu

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Mission To develop systemic and institutional approaches that increase the representation, full participation, and advancement of women and minorities in academic STEM careers, contributing to a more diverse workforce, locally and nationally.

VisionTo take continuing action in the initiatives, practices, and policies that support a more equitable, diverse, and inclusive workplace.

InitiativesThe ADVANCE Program supports the following:

Equity, Diversity, and Excellence Initiative (EDEI) – Focuses on four areas —mentoring, transparency, bias awareness, and accountability — to help foster a diverse pool of talent, create an inclusive and equitable work climate, and support the career growth of existing faculty at all levels.

Implicit Bias Workshops – Offers workshops for faculty focused on implicit bias and perceptions of competence.

Institute Diversity Associate Vice President Julie Ancis co-facilitates an Implicit Bias Workshop targeted toward inter-college faculty hiring committees; reappointment, promotion, and tenure committees; and school advisory committees.

ADVANCE ProfessorsKim Cobb ADVANCE Professor, College of Sciences404.894.1992 kcobb@gatech.edu

Mary Frank FoxADVANCE Professor, Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts404.894.1818 mary.fox@pubpolicy.gatech.edu

Pinar Keskinocak ADVANCE Professor, College of Engineering404.894.2325 pinar@isye.gatech.edu

From left to right: ADVANCE Professor Beril Toktay, Ernest Scheller Jr. College of Business; ADVANCE Professor Kim Cobb, College of Sciences; ADVANCE Professor Mary Frank Fox, Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts; ADVANCE Professor Dana Randall, College of Computing; ADVANCE Professor Catherine Ross, College of Design; ADVANCE Professor Pinar Keskinocak, College of Engineering.

Dana RandallADVANCE Professor, College of Computing 404.894.3156 randall@cc.gatech.edu

Catherine RossADVANCE Professor, College of Design404.385.5130 catherine.ross@design.gatech.edu

Beril ToktayADVANCE Professor, Scheller College of Business 404.385.0104 beril.toktay@scheller.gatech.edu

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