Empower. Lead. Transform.

Empower women faculty through redistribution of workloads
Connect women faculty to peers and mentors within research and scholarly communities
Attract and integrate more and more diverse women faculty

Want to help us empower, lead, and transform the University of Arkansas?

Contact UA Engage

The University of Arkansas is committed to supporting and encouraging women in STEM.

UA ENGAGE (Empowering Networked Groups for Arkansas Gender Equity) is funded by a $1 million NSF ADVANCE grant from the National Science Foundation to better recruit and retain women and women of color faculty within STEM departments.

The overarching goal of UA ENGAGE is institutional transformation. By adopting policies and practices to support underrepresented groups and mitigate organizational barriers, UA ENGAGE will make a positive difference to our faculty and university. The initiative will target gender and racial equity among faculty by focusing on valuing and integrating women faculty, while also enhancing efforts to recruit diverse faculty.

The three major aims of the grant are to:

  1. Empower women faculty through redistribution of workloads
  2. Connect women faculty to peers and mentors within research and scholarly communities
  3. Attract and integrate more and more diverse women faculty

Congratulations to Our Faculty!


Many faculty received awards at the Provost's Faculty Recognition Reception on April 10. Faculty were recognized for excellence in mentoring and teaching.

Learn more.

The Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology in the Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences received the Provost Award for Departmental Excellence in Faculty Mentoring.
 
2024 Keynote Speaker Series
 

UA ENGAGE Spring 2023 Keynote by Dean Cynthia Nance


On 4/4 Dean Cynthia Nance gave the 2023 UA ENGAGE Keynote. The 2023 Association of American Law Schools Ruth Bader Ginsberg Lifetime Achievement Awardee will be talking about how women often engage in quiet leadership. You can rewatch the lecture here!

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Congratulations and Well Done! Michelle Gray, an exercise science professor i...
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Congratulations and Well Done! Michelle Gray, an exercise science professor in the U of A College of Education and Health Professions (and UA ENGAGE Fellow!), was recently named a fellow of the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM), the most prestigious distinction within the college. Gray, head of the Department of Health, Human Performance and Recreation, will be honored at the ACSM annual meeting in Boston at the end of May. https://news.uark.edu/articles/70449/michelle-gray-named-american-college-of-sports-medicine-fellow?utm_source=arkansas-news&utm_medium=email_2024-05-15&utm_campaign=news_headlines&utm_content=michelle-gray-named-american-college-of-sports-medicine-fellow
Congratulations and Well Done! Michelle Gray, an exercise science professor in the U of A College of Education and Health Professions (and UA ENGAGE Fellow!), was recently named a fellow of the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM), the most prestigious distinction within the college. Gray, head of the Department of Health, Human Performance and Recreation, will be honored at the ACSM annual meeting in Boston at the end of May. https://news.uark.edu/articles/70449/michelle-gray-named-american-college-of-sports-medicine-fellow?utm_source=arkansas-news&utm_medium=email_2024-05-15&utm_campaign=news_headlines&utm_content=michelle-gray-named-american-college-of-sports-medicine-fellow
 
Congratulations and well done! The National Science Foundation awarded $630,4...
Congratulations and well done! The National Science Foundation awarded $630,444 to Kathleen Paul, an assistant professor of anthropology at the U of A, to provide a comprehensive outline of dental genetic architecture for two primate species of tamarins and macaques. https://news.uark.edu/articles/70424/nsf-awards-630-000-to-study-teeth-of-non-human-primates?utm_source=arkansas-news&utm_medium=email_2024-05-09&utm_campaign=news_headlines&utm_content=nsf-awards-630-000-to-study-teeth-of-non-human-primates
Congratulations and well done! The National Science Foundation awarded $630,444 to Kathleen Paul, an assistant professor of anthropology at the U of A, to provide a comprehensive outline of dental genetic architecture for two primate species of tamarins and macaques. https://news.uark.edu/articles/70424/nsf-awards-630-000-to-study-teeth-of-non-human-primates?utm_source=arkansas-news&utm_medium=email_2024-05-09&utm_campaign=news_headlines&utm_content=nsf-awards-630-000-to-study-teeth-of-non-human-primates
 
Congratulations on this fantastic achievement! Carnegie Corporation of New Yo...
Congratulations on this fantastic achievement! Carnegie Corporation of New York announced the 2024 Class of Andrew Carnegie Fellows. U of A renowned political scientist Angie Maxwell is one of 28 fellows who will receive stipends of $200,000 each for research that seeks to understand how and why American society has become so polarized and how we can strengthen the forces of cohesion to fortify our democracy. https://news.uark.edu/articles/70422/carnegie-corporation-selects-u-of-a-s-angie-maxwell-as-2024-research-fellow?utm_source=arkansas-news&utm_medium=email_2024-05-09&utm_campaign=news_headlines&utm_content=carnegie-corporation-selects-u-of-a-s-angie-maxwell-as-2024-research-fellow
Congratulations on this fantastic achievement! Carnegie Corporation of New York announced the 2024 Class of Andrew Carnegie Fellows. U of A renowned political scientist Angie Maxwell is one of 28 fellows who will receive stipends of $200,000 each for research that seeks to understand how and why American society has become so polarized and how we can strengthen the forces of cohesion to fortify our democracy. https://news.uark.edu/articles/70422/carnegie-corporation-selects-u-of-a-s-angie-maxwell-as-2024-research-fellow?utm_source=arkansas-news&utm_medium=email_2024-05-09&utm_campaign=news_headlines&utm_content=carnegie-corporation-selects-u-of-a-s-angie-maxwell-as-2024-research-fellow
 
Congratulations and well done! Lindsey S. Aloia, associate dean in the Gradua...
Congratulations and well done! Lindsey S. Aloia, associate dean in the Graduate School and International Education and associate professor in the Department of Communication, and Anna Gentry, former master's student, received a Top Paper Award from the Interpersonal Communication Division during the Southern States Communication Association's Annual Convention. Their paper, titled Seeking and Providing Social Support in Online Forums for Individuals Experiencing Depression, investigated how individuals suffering from depression and its associated stigma seek and provide support in online communities. https://news.uark.edu/articles/70090/aloia-and-gentry-awarded-top-paper-at-regional-conference?utm_source=arkansas-news&utm_medium=email_2024-04-10&utm_campaign=news_headlines&utm_content=aloia-and-gentry-awarded-top-paper-at-regional-conference
Congratulations and well done! Lindsey S. Aloia, associate dean in the Graduate School and International Education and associate professor in the Department of Communication, and Anna Gentry, former master's student, received a Top Paper Award from the Interpersonal Communication Division during the Southern States Communication Association's Annual Convention. Their paper, titled Seeking and Providing Social Support in Online Forums for Individuals Experiencing Depression, investigated how individuals suffering from depression and its associated stigma seek and provide support in online communities. https://news.uark.edu/articles/70090/aloia-and-gentry-awarded-top-paper-at-regional-conference?utm_source=arkansas-news&utm_medium=email_2024-04-10&utm_campaign=news_headlines&utm_content=aloia-and-gentry-awarded-top-paper-at-regional-conference
 
Congratulations and thank you for your contributions to our campus! Tulin Kam...
Congratulations and thank you for your contributions to our campus! Tulin Kaman, an assistant professor of mathematics, has been invited to serve as a member of the Membership & Community Portfolio Committee of the Association for Women in Mathematics https://news.uark.edu/articles/63214/kaman-serving-as-member-of-association-s-membership-and-community-portfolio-committee? utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email2023-02-03&utm_campaign=news_headlines&utm_content=kaman-serving-as-member-of-association-s-membership-and-community-portfolio-committee
Congratulations and thank you for your contributions to our campus! Tulin Kaman, an assistant professor of mathematics, has been invited to serve as a member of the Membership & Community Portfolio Committee of the Association for Women in Mathematics https://news.uark.edu/articles/63214/kaman-serving-as-member-of-association-s-membership-and-community-portfolio-committee? utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email2023-02-03&utm_campaign=news_headlines&utm_content=kaman-serving-as-member-of-association-s-membership-and-community-portfolio-committee
 
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We're Hiring!  The Senior Graduate Assistant will assist with developing a cl...
We're Hiring! The Senior Graduate Assistant will assist with developing a clear and transparent assessment of faculty awards data, processes, and opportunities at the University of Arkansas, with an end goal of elevating the national reputation of our faculty and enabling the University’s reputation as an employer of choice. We seek candidates to facilitate a data-gathering, synthesis, and analysis of existing faculty awards at the University of Arkansas. We are also interested in benchmarking data analytics to drive future best practices and guidelines across the university system. The selected candidate will work closely with a team comprised of UA ENGAGE, the Division of Research and Innovation, and the Office for Faculty Affairs, coordinating key activities that are critical to identifying opportunities and barriers to advancing the recognition of the UA faculty through highly prestigious and prestigious national and international awards. The successful candidate will have experience with data management, data analysis and statistics in R or similar programming language, and have good organizational and communication skills. We are open to a candidate developing an independent research project using this work. Regular, reliable, and non-disruptive attendance is an essential job duty, as is the ability to create and maintain collegial, harmonious working relationships with others. Qualifications: Minimum Qualifications: Admitted to a Graduate Program at the University of Arkansas Preferred Qualifications: Enrolled in a PhD program at the University of Arkansas Additional Information: Graduate students are subject to background checks. Salary Information: $20,000 Required Documents to Apply: Cover Letter/Letter of Application, List of three Professional References (name, email, business title), Resume Optional Documents: Proof of Veteran Status Recruitment Contact Information: Julia Menke, Sr. HR Partner, jmenke@uark.edu All application materials must be uploaded to the University of Arkansas System Career Site https://uasys.wd5.mywo https://uasys.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/UASYS/job/Fayetteville/Senior-Graduate-Assistant---12-MONTH_R0054997
We're Hiring! The Senior Graduate Assistant will assist with developing a clear and transparent assessment of faculty awards data, processes, and opportunities at the University of Arkansas, with an end goal of elevating the national reputation of our faculty and enabling the University’s reputation as an employer of choice. We seek candidates to facilitate a data-gathering, synthesis, and analysis of existing faculty awards at the University of Arkansas. We are also interested in benchmarking data analytics to drive future best practices and guidelines across the university system. The selected candidate will work closely with a team comprised of UA ENGAGE, the Division of Research and Innovation, and the Office for Faculty Affairs, coordinating key activities that are critical to identifying opportunities and barriers to advancing the recognition of the UA faculty through highly prestigious and prestigious national and international awards. The successful candidate will have experience with data management, data analysis and statistics in R or similar programming language, and have good organizational and communication skills. We are open to a candidate developing an independent research project using this work. Regular, reliable, and non-disruptive attendance is an essential job duty, as is the ability to create and maintain collegial, harmonious working relationships with others. Qualifications: Minimum Qualifications: Admitted to a Graduate Program at the University of Arkansas Preferred Qualifications: Enrolled in a PhD program at the University of Arkansas Additional Information: Graduate students are subject to background checks. Salary Information: $20,000 Required Documents to Apply: Cover Letter/Letter of Application, List of three Professional References (name, email, business title), Resume Optional Documents: Proof of Veteran Status Recruitment Contact Information: Julia Menke, Sr. HR Partner, jmenke@uark.edu All application materials must be uploaded to the University of Arkansas System Career Site https://uasys.wd5.mywo https://uasys.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/UASYS/job/Fayetteville/Senior-Graduate-Assistant---12-MONTH_R0054997
 
College of Engineering Dean (and UA ENGAGE Co-PI) Kim Needy Honored as Distin...
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College of Engineering Dean (and UA ENGAGE Co-PI) Kim Needy Honored as Distinguished Alumna of University of Pittsburgh Engineering! You deserve all this recognition and more for the many, many ways you uplift individuals, teams like ours, and communities. https://news.uark.edu/articles/70210/needy-honored-as-distinguished-alumna-of-university-of-pittsburgh-engineering-college?utm_source=arkansas-news&utm_medium=email_2024-04-19&utm_campaign=news_headlines&utm_content=needy-honored-as-distinguished-alumna-of-university-of-pittsburgh-engineering-college
College of Engineering Dean (and UA ENGAGE Co-PI) Kim Needy Honored as Distinguished Alumna of University of Pittsburgh Engineering! You deserve all this recognition and more for the many, many ways you uplift individuals, teams like ours, and communities. https://news.uark.edu/articles/70210/needy-honored-as-distinguished-alumna-of-university-of-pittsburgh-engineering-college?utm_source=arkansas-news&utm_medium=email_2024-04-19&utm_campaign=news_headlines&utm_content=needy-honored-as-distinguished-alumna-of-university-of-pittsburgh-engineering-college
 
Congratulations to Caree Banton for starting her new position this semester, ...
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Congratulations to Caree Banton for starting her new position this semester, as the Chair of the Department of History at the U of A. We are thrilled for you and the U of A Community - you will be a stellar department chair!! https://news.uark.edu/articles/69714/caree-banton-named-chair-of-department-of-history?utm_source=arkansas-news&utm_medium=email_2024-03-06&utm_campaign=news_headlines&utm_content=caree-banton-named-chair-of-department-of-history
Congratulations to Caree Banton for starting her new position this semester, as the Chair of the Department of History at the U of A. We are thrilled for you and the U of A Community - you will be a stellar department chair!! https://news.uark.edu/articles/69714/caree-banton-named-chair-of-department-of-history?utm_source=arkansas-news&utm_medium=email_2024-03-06&utm_campaign=news_headlines&utm_content=caree-banton-named-chair-of-department-of-history
 
Congratulations to Mary Savin for starting her new position on April 1st, 202...
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Congratulations to Mary Savin for starting her new position on April 1st, 2024, as the head of the Horticulture Department at the U of A. We are thrilled for you and the UA Community - you will be a stellar department head!! https://news.uark.edu/articles/69325/respected-researcher-teacher-savin-named-horticulture-department-head?utm_source=arkansas-news&utm_medium=email_2024-01-29&utm_campaign=news_headlines&utm_content=respected-researcher-teacher-savin-named-horticulture-department-head
Congratulations to Mary Savin for starting her new position on April 1st, 2024, as the head of the Horticulture Department at the U of A. We are thrilled for you and the UA Community - you will be a stellar department head!! https://news.uark.edu/articles/69325/respected-researcher-teacher-savin-named-horticulture-department-head?utm_source=arkansas-news&utm_medium=email_2024-01-29&utm_campaign=news_headlines&utm_content=respected-researcher-teacher-savin-named-horticulture-department-head
 
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