{"643788":{"#nid":"643788","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Husbands Fealing Reappointed to NSF Equal Opportunities Committee","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EKaye Husbands Fealing, dean of the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts, has been reappointed to a second three\u0026ndash;year term on the National Science Foundation Committee on Equal Opportunities in Science and Engineering (CEOSE).\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe congressionally mandated \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.nsf.gov\/od\/oia\/activities\/ceose\/\u0022\u003Ecommittee\u003C\/a\u003E consists of diverse academics, industry, government, and non-profit representatives. They advise the NSF on ways to broaden opportunities for women, minorities, and disabled people in science, engineering, and related field.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Science and engineering are not only pathways to excellent, impactful careers. They also are fields that wield enormous influence over our lives. It is more important than ever before that we ensure all voices are included in the discovery and application of science,\u0026rdquo; Husbands Fealing\u0026nbsp;said. \u0026ldquo;This appointment gives me an excellent platform to continue pressing the case I have made in my research.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/iac.gatech.edu\/people\/person\/kaye-husbands-fealing\u0022\u003EHusbands Fealing\u003C\/a\u003E, an economist who previously chaired the Georgia Tech \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/spp.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ESchool of Public Policy\u003C\/a\u003E, was first appointed to the committee in 2018. She specializes in science and innovation policy, the public value of research expenditures, and the underrepresentation of women and minorities in STEM fields.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EShe has researched and published on the need to broaden the diversity of opportunity in STEM fields. In 2012, \u003Cem\u003EAcademic Medicine\u003C\/em\u003E published a paper she co-authored on the topic, \u0026ldquo;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1097\/ACM.0b013e31826d7189\u0022\u003EChanges in the Representation of Women and Minorities in Bio-Medical Careers\u003C\/a\u003E.\u0026rdquo; In 2015, she co-authored a paper, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1615\/JWomenMinorScienEng.2015004760\u0022\u003E\u0026ldquo;Pathways vs. Pipelines to Broadening Participation in the STEM Workforce,\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/a\u003E examining why women and minorities are underrepresented in scientific research careers. In 2016, Husbands Fealing co-organized the NSF\u0026rsquo;s \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.nsf.gov\/sbe\/scisip\/SoBP_Symposium_report_final.pdf\u0022\u003ESymposium on the Science of Broadening Participation\u003C\/a\u003E. She also co-edited \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/journals.sagepub.com\/doi\/full\/10.1177\/0002764218768874?casa_token=CUbd3Rpz2L0AAAAA%3AtGjqNcumDrAYao8n7SYprHTflorDTCHphOmBJ63JBF3I1L-8w1s1fs-bRNwTiUJO0zR7IIDRtK1e\u0022\u003Ea special edition\u003C\/a\u003E \u003Cem\u003Eof American Behavioral Scientist\u003C\/em\u003E in 2018 that was inspired by the event. In 2019, she was co-author of an award-winning \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/iac.gatech.edu\/news\/item\/628010\/study-probes-gender-pay-gaps-federal-science-agencies\u0022\u003Epaper\u003C\/a\u003E that examined the causes behind gender-based pay gaps in federal science agencies.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe appointment is Husbands\u0026nbsp;Fealing\u0026#39;s second term on the congressional mandated committee, which advises the National Science Foundation on\u0026nbsp;ways to broaden opportunities for women, minorities, and disabled people in science, engineering, and related fields.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The appointment is Husbands Fealing\u0027s second term on the congressional mandated committee, which advises the National Science Foundation on\u00a0ways to broaden opportunities for women, minorities, and disabled people in science, engineering, and related fiel"}],"uid":"34600","created_gmt":"2021-02-02 19:50:49","changed_gmt":"2021-02-02 19:53:41","author":"mpearson34","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2021-02-02T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2021-02-02T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"626398":{"id":"626398","type":"image","title":"Kaye Husbands Fealing","body":null,"created":"1568844437","gmt_created":"2019-09-18 22:07:17","changed":"1568844437","gmt_changed":"2019-09-18 22:07:17","alt":"Georgia Tech School of Public Policy Chair Kaye Husbands Fealing","file":{"fid":"238485","name":"Kaye_Husbands_Fealing.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Kaye_Husbands_Fealing.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Kaye_Husbands_Fealing.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":399342,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Kaye_Husbands_Fealing.jpg?itok=hIa7BxYx"}}},"media_ids":["626398"],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EMichael Pearson\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nmichael.pearson@iac.gatech.edu\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["michael.pearson@iac.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}