Ivory Towers Have Glass Ceilings Institutional Responsibility in Promotion to Full Professor

Chardie L. Baird is Professor and Spainhour Family Chair and executive director of the Kansas State University Office for the Advancement of Women in Science and Engineering (KAWSE) since 2012. Her publications focus on how inequity is reproduced in US workplaces, educational systems, and homes. At KAWSE, Baird puts her expertise into practice by developing faculty support and professional development programs and workshops.

Mangala Subramaniam, PhD, is the Senior Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs and professor of sociology at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU). Dr. Subramaniam's work has been extensively featured in podcasts and webinars in national higher education sources such as Diverse Ed, Chronicle of Higher Education, and Inside Higher Ed. Her leadership work and contributions to faculty affairs was the cover story in a 2021 international edition of Higher Ed Digest. Previously, she was the Butler Chair and director of the Susan Bulkeley Butler Center for Leadership Excellence and professor of sociology at Purdue University.