- Office for Women Archives -

History of Women at IUPUI
Women faculty, staff and students have been a vital part of the life of IUPUI since its inception in 1969.  They have been partners and leaders in the development of IUPUI as a modern urban university. The Office for Women has begun writing a document: “Milestones in the History of Women at IUPUI” to preserve a record of women’s contributions to this campus. It is a work in progress, so feel free to send your ideas, recollections, facts, and suggestions to us at ksgrove@iupui.edu. To view the current edition, click here: Milestones in the History of Women at IUPUI.

 

Task Force on the Status of Women Faculty

The establishment of this task force in 1994 was the starting point for the discussion of the status of women at IUPUI. In August 1994, Kathleen Warfel, President of the IUPUI Faculty Council and William Plater, Executive Vice Chancellor and Dean of the Faculties, established this group and defined it’s charge. Chaired by Barbara Wilcox (8/94 to 10/95) and Rebecca Porter (11/95 to 5/96), the task force completed its report in May 1996 and recommended the establishment of the Office for Women and the creation of a Commission on Women.

Executive Summary Task Force Report
Final Report of the Task Force on the Status of Women – May 1996

 

IUPUI Office for Women

In early 1996, the Task Force and the IUPUI Administration submitted a Strategic Directions Charter Initiative Proposal to the IU President Myles Brand to fund the Office for Women for three years. When the initiative was funded, Chancellor Gerald Bepko initiated the search for a Director and appointed the Commission on Women Steering Committee to provide oversight for the office. Kathleen Warfel, a Professor in the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine was named director and the office was established in October 1996. Other staff included Kimberly Quaid, an Assistant Professor of  Medicine and Molecular Genetics  as Assistant to the Director and Betty Wolf as Secretary.  In 1998 Kathleen Warfel resigned and Kimberly Quaid became the Director. Rebecca Van Voorhis was appointed Assistant Director at that time.

Chancellor Bepko Remarks at Inaugural Meeting 1997

1997 Report on Work-Life Initiatives

IUPUI Commission on Women 1997-98 Agenda

January 1998 Progress Report on Office for Women

May 1998 Progress Report on Office for Women/Commission on Women

Commission on Women 1998-99 Agenda

IUPUI Commission on Women 1998-99 Agenda Update

June 1999 Progress Report on Office for Women/Commission on Women

February 2000 Progress Report on Office for Women/Commission on Women

March 2001 Progress Report on Office for Women/Commission on Women

 

Salary Pay Equity Studies at IUPUI

Two of the major research initiatives resulting from recommendations of the Task Force on the Status of Women were pay equity studies conducted for faculty/librarians and staff.

 

Faculty/Librarian Pay Equity Study

With financial support from the chancellor's office, a campus-wide study of pay equity for full-time faculty and librarians was begun in July 1997. The study was conducted under the direction of the Commission on Women’s Pay Equity/Support Equity Working Group with special advice from an ad hoc Pay Equity Study Technical Advisory Committee. Professor Paul Carlin, Department of Economics, IU School of Liberal Arts, Indianapolis, was the principal investigator.  The study was completed in 1998 and a report released in September 1998.

Two of the principal researchers for the project, Professor Paul Carlin, and Patrick Rooney, Director of Research at the IU Center on Philanthropy, published an article describing the study. “Am I Paid Fairly? A University Assesses Pay Equity for its Faculties” was published in the magazine Change, volume 32, number 2, pages 40-49, in the March/April 2000 issue.

Final Report Faculty Pay Equity at IUPUI – Statistical Evidence- September 1998

Pay Equity Working Group 1997-98

 

Staff Pay Equity Study
The planning phase for the Professional Staff Compensation Equity Review began in the spring semester of 1998. It was completed in 1999. A copy of the report is available by request from the Assistant Vice Chancellor for Human Resources.

 

IU Faculty/Staff Salary Listing
To connect with the Indiana University website that has financial (salary) information for all employees, go to: https://fdrs.fms.indiana.edu/cgi-bin/Salary/Salary.pl