Anyone who has been to a conference has heard the stories of people who have been harassed. In our next presentation, we will hear from Sherry Marts, a career and life coach, about what to do if it happens to you or your colleagues.
Attending and presenting at meetings and conferences is required for success in academic and research careers. Sexual and gender-based harassment erodes women’s confidence, undermines their professional success, and holds them back in their professions.
Meetings and conferences are a hybrid of two places where women commonly encounter harassment: in public places and the workplace. This interactive presentation will cover approaches suitable for addressing both types of harassment.
Material to be covered:Who Harasses Whom, and Why: What constitutes harassment, why men harass women, how street harassment differs from workplace harassment
Effective Responses to Harassment: How to decide when to confront harassers, how to confront and stop harassers effectively without escalating the encounter, what works and what doesn’t work to stop harassment, how to intervene effectively as a witness or bystander. You will actively learn and practice responding in variety of harassment scenarios.
Anti-Harassment Policies: How societies, associations, and other meeting and conference organizers can address harassment, the components of effective anti-harassment policies, how (and whom) to approach to encourage organizations to adopt and enforce anti-harassment policies.
Sherry Marts is a an executive, career and life coach and workshops leader. A former association CEO, she has a wide-ranging background in biomedical research, regulatory affairs, nonprofit management, public education, and advocacy. She has training in Aikido and Tai Chi, and has trained in and taught women’s self-defense and anti-harassment training. She is an expert speaker and workshop leader with a lively personality and sense of humor.
Sherry received her B.Sc. (Hons.) in Applied Biology from the University of Hertfordshire, and her Ph.D. in Physiology from Duke University. She completed her postdoctoral fellowship at the Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Monday, October 27, 2014 from 5:30 PM to 8:00 PM (EDT). Mixer at 5:30, presentation at 6pm.
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