Conference Schedule
Monday, June 10
Participants arrive in Charlottesville.
Check-in at 3 p.m., Boar’s Head Resort
Dinner at Boar’s Head Inn restaurants or on your own in Charlottesville (10 minutes driving)
Tuesday, June 11
8:30 a.m.
Coffee, Meet and Greet, Pavilion III
9 a.m.
Welcome and Introductions
Gertrude Fraser, Principal Investigator, and Lori McMahon, Vice President for Research, University of Virginia
9:30 a.m.
Erika Hamden
TED Talk and reflections on failure disclosure
Gertrude Fraser, moderator
10-10:15 a.m.
Break
10:15
Panels and Q&A
What is Failure Disclosure?
Yiran Du, Columbia University (paper for discussion)
Elly Harrowell, Coventry University (discussant)
Gertrude Fraser, University of Virginia
Vandana Janeja, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Normalizing Failure and Failure Mentoring
Caitlin Wylie, University of Virginia (moderator)
Dawn Culpepper, University of Maryland
Elizabeth Asiedu, Howard University
Jeanita Richardson, University of Virginia
12:15 p.m.
Lunch served.
Please introduce yourselves to your new colleagues. Share your six-word biography.
1:30-3:30 p.m.
Community Workshop: Broadening Conversations on Failure, Failure Disclosure, and the Academy
Designed and led by West Virginia University NSF ADVANCE team.
4-6:30 p.m.
Enjoy the Boar’s Head Resort amenities on your own and with others.
6:30-8 p.m.
Dinner together at Pavilion III, followed by open time to relax and connect.
Wednesday, June 12
9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Panels
Failure is Essential to STEM Success, but is Failure Disclosure?
Stuart Firestein, Columbia University
Elly Harrowell, Coventry University
Claire Thompson, University of Virginia (moderator)
Adriana Mica, University of Warsaw
Melanie Stefan, Medical School Berlin
Ken Ono, University of Virginia
10:45 a.m.
Break
Failure Disclosure as a Status Privilege
Marcia Owens, Florida A&M (paper for discussion)
Yamane, Kan, Columbia University (paper for discussion)
Colleen Carrigan, University of Virginia (discussant)
Erika Hamden, Stewart Observatory, University of Arizona (moderator)
Amena Anderson, West Virginia University
12-1:30 p.m.
Lunch served
1:30-3 p.m.
Interactive Theater with UVA ACTS, presented by Dr. Karen Dabney and actors.
3 p.m.
Break
3:15-5 p.m.
Panels and Q&A
Failure as an Equity and Inclusion Issue
Daniela Fernandez, George Washington University (paper for discussion)
Maryam Kamram, Virginia Tech (discussant/moderator)
Eleni Yitbarek, University of Pretoria
Annie Patrick, Georgia Tech
4 p.m.
Break
Comparing Institutional Cultures of Failure and Failure Disclosure
Natalia Palacios, University of Virginia (moderator)
Sinead Younge, Morehouse College
Chastity Bradford, Tuskegee University
Kimberly Bassett Zing, Johns Hopkins University
6:30 p.m.
Picnic supper together.
Thursday, June 13
9:30-11 a.m.
Panel
Reflections on Institutional Failures
Virginia Valian, Hunter College
Evelyn Hammond, Harvard University
Kelli E. Palmer, Willow Tree
Rosalyn Berne, University of Virginia (moderator)
Ken Ono, University of Virginia
Gertrude Fraser, University of Virginia
11 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Community Workshop: What lessons have we shared, and what would be next steps for systemic change?
12:30 p.m.
Lunch served in Pavilion III
After lunch: participants depart.