Launched in 2010, HICSS Women’s Network serves as an informal network focused on facilitating the advancement of women as leaders in HICCS and in the profession and contributing to overall HICCS creativity and innovation. The Women’s Network includes innovative programming including small, group brainstorming around scenarios; panels with distinguished leaders/journal editors in our field, and the provision of informal guidance for HICSS as an organization.
With more than 60 attendees including friends of the HICSS Women’s Network, participants shared their professional experiences as well as barriers experienced in our fields. A number of issues and opportunities listed below were discussed.
- Strengthening career strategies for women in higher education and in the private sector
- Ensuring equality and diversity
- Obtaining tenure and promotion
- Dealing with hiring and negotiating salaries
- Advocating for women in our field
- Managing work-life balance challenges
The HICSS Women’s Network continues to ensure a space for community, best practices, and mentoring within our larger association.
HICSS Women’s Network includes a Linked-In site, “HICCS Women Who Know” with over 300 members—all with a strong commitment from the HICSS leadership and the Women’s Network conveners to ensuring an organizational climate that is welcoming and inclusive of diversity and that fosters excellent leadership and continuing contributions of women and underrepresented minorities in our field.
HICSS Women Who Know … | LinkedIn Groups
To celebrate the 50 years of HICSS, we established HICSS Women-Who-Know Linkedin Group. The goal of the group is to highlight technical expertise of group members and facilitate professional connections with and among women in computing and system sciences (both industry and academia).
We invite you to become a member of Women Who Know LinkedIn Group.
As a member, you can:
- Exchange job opportunities, opportunities for editorial positions, advice and experiences with other members in the group.
- Use the group information to find candidates for future keynote speakers, board members and other leadership positions.
- Share interests and requests for collaboration on research, journal special issues and grant proposals.
- Contact each other individually.
This group is not limited to women. Any professional in computing and system sciences is welcome to join. By signing up you agree to help promote diversity, especially gender diversity, and are willing to connect and be connected.
HICSS Women Network Organizers:
Nanette Levinson
American University
nanettelevinson@gmail.com
Cindy Riemenschneider
Baylor University
C_Riemenschneider@baylor.edu
Gondy Leroy
University of Arizona
gondyleroy@email.arizona.edu
