The Empowering the Next Generation of Global Women Leaders in Universities around the World group aims to help populate the global pipeline of women leaders by developing empirically supported interventions in university-based settings.

Women have been found to enter college with significantly lower leadership aspirations than men. Among Global 500 CEOs, for example, only 4 percent are women and, within universities, women only comprise about 22 percent of elite university presidents. The Empowering the Next Generation of Global Women Leaders in Universities around the World group aims to contribute to populating the global pipeline of women leaders by developing empirically supported interventions in university-based settings that bolster young women’s leadership skills and competencies and foster more equitable aspirations for leadership. 

Co-leads:

• Jennifer L. Tackett, Psychology, Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences
• Haoqi Zhang, Electrical and Computer Engineering, McCormick School of Engineering

Northwestern group members:

• Bruce Ankenman, Industrial Engineering and Management Sciences, McCormick School of Engineering
• Joe Holtgrieve, Undergraduate Engineering, McCormick School of Engineering
• Elizabeth Gerber, Mechanical Engineering, McCormick School of Engineering
• Mike Raab, The Garage at Northwestern

External group members:

• Ann Cooper Albright, Dance, Oberlin College
• Greg Wolniak, Higher Education, University of Georgia