Caroline Schauer, PhD, Margaret C. Burns Chair in Engineering and Interim Associate Vice Provost for Faculty Advancement, was named the recipient of the 2023 AWIS Elizabeth W. Bingham Award, presented by the Philadelphia chapter of the Association for Women in Science “to a distinguished local scientist who has significantly influenced the advancement of women in science and has served women in science as a mentor and role model.”
Schauer has mentored several junior faculty and upper-division students. Many of the students she has mentored have received prestigious awards and fellowships, among them National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowships, and Goldwater and Fulbright Scholarships.
In addition to mentoring, Schauer is the founder and co-director of the Drexel Woman Faculty Association, a networking group of women faculty from across the university. In this role, Schauer organizes monthly programmatic meetings on topics such as mentoring, negotiation, and sexual harassment in academia, and hosts invited speakers and coffee get-togethers.