May 6, 2019
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Chardie Baird, associate professor of sociology and executive director of the Kansas State Office for the Advancement of Women in Science and Engineering, or KAWSE, and Spainhour family chairat Kansas State University, completed the 2019Higher Education Resource Services, or HERS, Institute at Wellesley College,Massachusetts.HERS is a 1xbet best casino website development and research organization dedicated to women in higher education.
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Bairdhas been serving asthe executive director of KAWSE and Spainhour family chairsince 2012. Her recent achievements include the Southwestern Political Science Association Jewell Limar Prestage Award for the best conference paper on the intersection of gender, race, ethnicity and political engagement for a paper with two other Kansas State University faculty, Ethan Bernick and Sabri Ciftci, titled "How Cultural Beliefs About Women's Roles Shape Women’s Civic Engagement"and multiple national and international publications focusing on the experiences of historically underrepresented groups and mothers in STEM fields. In the last two years, KAWSE has received the INSIGHT into Diversity's Award for Inspiring Programs in STEM and the Kansas State University's Outstanding Department or Unit Award for Enhancing Diversity. Her participation in the HERS 1xbet best casino website was sponsored by Kansas State University's provost's office, KAWSE, and the sociology, anthropology, and social work department.
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"My 1xbet best casino website Project focuses on providing opportunities for Kansas State University's faculty and administrators to incorporate useful, evidence-based strategies for fostering diversity, inclusion and equity into their everyday practices and university policies," Baird said. "I developed this as my specific focus due to the fact that I saw synergy between my expertise in inequality and inequity in workplaces, several of the key goals of Kansas State University's 2025 Visionary Plan, and the stories of students, staff, faculty, and administrators in focus groups and informal conversations."
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