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The WiSTEM organization advances the full and successful participation and inclusion of all persons within academic professions by addressing gender equity, recruitment and retention, awards and recognition, and career advancement and satisfaction.

Learn more about:

History

Where our members come from

Current Executive Board

History

The WiSTEM Pro2 group was organized through grassroots efforts in Fall 2015. Roughly 15 faculty and staff members, representing various academic and non-academic units on campus, began to gather monthly. In Fall of 2016, the organization formally expanded to include all colleagues across the University of Nebraska Omaha. At this same time, the executive board was focused on infrastructure. Committees were formed, a white paper written, and a budget established. Both men and women are members of this organization.
As the organization grows, we anticipate that there will be opportunities for research collaborations, mentorship, and promotion. Program content will be designed to be flexible and geared to meet the changing needs of women and other underrepresented groups in academic-related professions. Life management and leadership issues are a major focus. We plan to increase collaborations across campus. Current collaborations include:

Community Collaborations

We strive to partner with our community to establish a network, collaborate for programming events, and seek funding opportunities.

A few of these partners are:

  • ICAN
  • NU Foundation
  • Omaha STEM Ecosystem

Campus Priorities and Collaborations

As we continue to meet two of the University's Strategic Plan Efforts, Diversity & Inclusion and STEM, we actively collaborate with the following campus units:

  • Center for Faculty Excellence/Academic Partnership for Instruction
  • University of Nebraska Office of Diversity and Inclusion
  • STEM TRAIL Center
  • WiSTEM - Women in STEM, UNO’s student organization
  • Chancellor’s Commission on the Status of Gender Equity (Formerly CCSW)
  • UNMC Faculty Development Office

Where our members come from

Our members consist of all men and women faculty, staff, or alumni that support our mission. Our members come from social, behavioral, and physical sciences, education, technology, mathematics, interdisciplinary fields, as well as business and fine arts.
We have ~80 members from the following units on campus:
  • Academic Affairs
  • Accessibility Services
  • Aviation Institute
  • Biology
  • Biomechanics
  • Center for Public Affairs Research
  • Chemistry
  • Criminology and Criminal Justice
  • Criss Library
  • Emergency Management
  • Executive MBA program
  • Facilities Management & Planning
  • Foreign Languages & Literature
  • Geology/Geography
  • Gerontology
  • Graduate Studies
  • Health & Kinesiology
  • Human Resources
  • Information Services
  • Institutional Effectiveness and Student Success
  • Interdisciplinary Information
  • IS&T
  • IT Innovation
  • Math
  • Milo Bail Student Center Operations
  • Music
  • NASA Nebraska Space Grant
  • Office of Research and Creative Activity (ORCA)
  • Office of Strategic Marketing and Communications
  • Physics
  • Psychology
  • Public Administration
  • School of Arts,
  • School of Communication
  • Service Learning Academy
  • Special Education/Communication Disorders
  • Staff Advisory Council
  • Teacher Education
  • UNL Engineering
  • Women and Gender Studies

Of these members, many are staff, several faculty (all levels), and a few administrators.

If you are interested in joining our group, please do. Even if you do not self-identify as being in a STEM-related field, that is okay! Each of our members is interested in diversity, inclusion, and equity in the workplace.
Join Our Email List.

Executive Board

We are currently looking for members and to create an executive board. If you are interested, please reach out to Kelly Gomez Johnson at kgomezjohnson@unomaha.edu

Current Executive Board

Kelly Gomez-Johnson

President: Kelly Gomez-Johnson

Associate Professor, Teacher Education, UNO

kgomezjohnson@unomaha.edu

Sheryl McGlamery

Treasurer: Sheryl McGlamery

Professor, Teacher Education, UNO

smcglamery@unomaha.edu

DeeDee Bennett

Data Chair: Josie Schafer

Director/Chair, Center for Public Affairs Research, UNO

jgschafer@unomaha.edu

Sandy Vlasnik

Awards Chair: Sandy Vlasnik

Lecturer, Information Systems and Quantitative Analysis, UNO

svlasnik@unomaha.edu

WiSTEM Pro^2

  • Peer Collaboration Mini-Grants
  • WiSTEM Student Organization
  • About Us
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Additional Resources

  • 2016-2017 White Paper
  • Annual Report

Contact Us

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