You are invited to attend a webinar given by the USRA Diversity, Equity and Inclusion committee:
Friday, January 28, 2022, at 2 PM EST
Featuring Alicia J. Knoedler, PhD
Office Head, Office of Integrative Activities
National Science Foundation
Bold Leadership Actions in Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Access
The Nation’s research enterprise is comprised of a broad array of perspectives and experiences, leveraging a multitude of disciplines providing an ever-increasing number of ideas and innovations. Tremendous STEM engagement and participation opportunities exist across institutions of higher education, industry, non-profit organizations, K-12, state and local organizations and communities. The National Science Foundation has invested in broadening participation in STEM, particularly for those individuals and organizations/institutions underrepresented and underserved in STEM. In this presentation and discussion, Dr. Alicia Knoedler, the Office Head for the Office of Integrative Studies at NSF will provide an overview of NSF’s strategy and investments in broadening participation/diversity, equity, inclusion and access (DEIA). In particular, Dr. Knoedler will emphasize a recent call for “Bold Leadership Actions” related to broadening participation of underrepresented groups in STEM and share insights related to the evolution and expansion of broadening participation/DEIA at NSF.
The webinar will be available on Microsoft Teams:
Join on your computer or mobile app
Click here to join the meeting
Or call in (audio only)
+1 347-566-2759,,501808972# United States, New York City
Phone Conference ID: 501 808 972#
This seminar is open to USRA employees and those in the USRA member university community who might be interested.
For more on USRA’s Diversity, Equity and Inclusion initiative, see https://www.usra.edu/diversity-equity-and-inclusion-dei.
Dr. Knoedler’s brief biography:
Dr. Alicia J. Knoedler is the Head of the Office of Integrative Activities (OIA) at the National Science Foundation (NSF). She joined the NSF in 2021 after serving as the Vice President for Research and Innovation at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. Dr. Knoedler’s career has focused on cultivating and expanding research and innovation through an emphasis on collaborative, interdisciplinary work aligned with institutional strengths and interests as well as the development and cultivation of strong and diverse research infrastructure and competitive capacity.
In leadership and service to the national research enterprise, Dr. Knoedler has held leadership positions within the National Organization of Research Development Professionals (NORDP), served as Vice-Chair of NSF’s Advisory Committee on Equal Opportunities in Science and Engineering (CEOSE), was a member of NSF’s Business and Operations Advisory Committee, and developed professional development programs for senior research leaders within APLU’s Council on Research. She is also the former Co-PI of Oklahoma’s EPSCoR Research Infrastructure Improvement Track 1 award from NSF.
Dr. Knoedler received her MS and PhD from Purdue University in cognitive psychology and her BA in psychology from Trinity University. The depth and breadth of her experience in both instruction and training (psychology, quantitative research methodology, statistics, grant writing, and research development) and institutional capacity building were shaped through various educational, research and administrative contributions at Purdue University, San Jose State University, University of California Santa Cruz, Indiana University, University of Notre Dame, Penn State University, and the University of Oklahoma, Miami University, and Exaptive, Inc.