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About Us

Women, who constitute about half of the total workforce in the United States and half of the degree recipients in a number of scientific fields, still make up only one-fifth of the nation's scientific and technical workers. Science and engineering education and research are increasingly global endeavors. Identifying the best, brightest, and most innovative science and engineering talent will be crucial if the nation's industries and the nation itself are to maintain their competitive edge.*

The WISE Institute was created in part by an NSF ADVANCE grant as a unit of Women's Initiatives in the Office of Diversity and Multicultural Affairs. The Assistant Provost of Women's Initiatives oversees the unit that has a full time coordinator.

WISE is governed by a steering committee with representatives from the College of Sciences and Mathematics, the College of Agriculture, the College of Veterinary Medicine, Women's Studies, the College of Human Sciences, the College of
Liberal Arts, and the Samuel Ginn College of Engineering.

WISE Institute Staff include:

• Donna Sollie, Assistant Provost for Women's Initiatives
• Bonnie Wilson, Coordinator WISE Institute, email

Steering Committee Members are:

• Virginia Davis, Chair, Chemical Engineering
• Kira Bowen, Immediate Past Chair, Plant Pathology
• Angela Calderon, Pharmacy
• Nanette Chadwick, Biological Sciences
  
• Nancy Cox, Veterinary Medicine
• Ruth Crocker, Women's Studies
• Lori Eckhardt, Forestry & Wildlife Sciences
• Kathy Jo Ellison, Nursing
• Mary Lou Ewald, College of Science and Mathematics
• Sareen Gropper, Nutrition & Food Science
• Karen Rogers, Architecture
• Melody Russell, Education
• Shirley Scott-Harris, Alabama Power/Southern Company Academic Excellence Engineering Program

*National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering, and Institute of Medicine