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HERS hosts and attends a variety of events throughout the year, both to keep the HERS Network connected and to offer additional opportunities for women in higher education to grow as leaders.
HERS Alums Meet Authors Series: Dear Department Chair–Letters from Black Women Leaders to the Next Generation
“While there are many books about academic administrators, this unique and inspirational volume is the very first to center the perspectives and experiences of Black women leaders in academia. Desperately needed and long overdue, it is full of sage advice and concrete strategies for success, encouraging self-reflection, wellness, and humility; and emphasizing sisterhood, peer mentorship, and collaboration. It should be required reading for all academic leaders!” – Yolanda Covington-Ward, professor and Chair, W. E. B. Du Bois Department of Afro-American Studies, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Moderated by:
Yolanda Covington-Ward
Professor and Chair, W.E.B. Dubois Department of Afro-American Studies, University of Massachusetts Amherst
HERS Leadership Institute Alum: Bridgewater, 2023
You do not need to read the book in advance!
Book Talk: Doing the Right Thing: How Colleges and Universities Can Undo Systemic Racism in Faculty Hiring with Marybeth Gasman, Ph.D.
In her latest book, Doing the Right Thing: How Colleges and Universities Can Undo Systemic Racism in Faculty Hiring (Princeton University Press, 2022) Dr. Gasman takes a hard look at the systematic racism and biases in faculty hiring processes and what to do about these issues. Dr. Felicia McGinty, HERS Alum and Director of Outreach and Engagement at HERS, will lead a frank discussion with Dr. Gasman about the state of the faculty hiring, institutional impediments to change, and the concrete actions needed to fix the system.
Leading Change: A Book Talk and discussion with Susan Elrod, Ph.D.
Change is hard and it takes time, patience and strategy. Dr. Elrod will lead a discussion of two of her most recent publications, one focusing broadly on how to lead with a shared leadership approach and the other which provides concrete resources and tools for planning a more strategic approach to leading systemic, institutional change on your campus.
As one of our partners, you can be a leader behind much-needed change in the educational sector. Support for our programs drives leadership equity, enabling institutions to better support an increasingly diverse student body and better prepare their students to create a more equitable society.