Professor and Assessment Coordinator
West Virginia University
Morgantown, WV, United States
Dr. Leslie E. Tower is Director of the WVU Women’s Resource Center and Professor and Assessment Coordinator in the School of Social Work. Her recent scholarship focuses on gender equity in institutions of higher education. Her research has been funded by NSF, FDA, and USDA as well as private foundations.
She is a former member and Chair of the CSWE Council on the Role and Status of Women in Social Work Education as well as former Track Chair of the CSWE APM Feminist Scholarship Track.
Tower was co-principal investigator on the original WVU NSF ADVANCE grant. She led the policy development component of it, resulting in numerous work/life integration policies. One of her publications from the project, was highlighted in Science.
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Academic Mothers: Equitable Structural Policies in the Academy
Saturday, October 26, 2024
4:15 PM – 5:15 PM CT