Bonnie S. Bowen, Ph.D.
Executive Director, ISU ADVANCE Program
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Department of Ecology, Evolution and Organismal Biology &
Department of Natural Ecology Resource & Management
Office: 515.294.7554
Email: bsbowen@iastate.edu
Homepage: http://www.public.iastate.edu/~bsbowen

Education
Ph.D., Genetics, University of California, Berkeley
B.S., Biology, Cornell University

Role in the ISU ADVANCE Program
Dr. Bonnie Bowen is a co-PI and the program Executive Director. Dr. Bowen monitors all aspects of the project and devotes time wherever it is needed to assure that we are meeting the requirements of NSF as well as the timeline that our team developed. In Year 3 she was co-chair of the committee that planned the national conference on flexible careers in STEM, which occurred in Ames October 10-11, 2008. She has supervised a graduate student who worked on the conference.

Dr. Bowen is responsible for financial and personnel management, as well as communications. She manages the ADVANCE office and supervises the program assistant. As Executive Director she has provided a supportive structure for the team, the Council, our meetings, and our partners. She meets regularly with diversity partners on campus and participated in the development of an I3 (Innovation through Institutional Integration) proposal to NSF. Additionally, she participates and supports other ADVANCE Council members in presentations to other non-focal departments.

Dr. Bowen is a member of the ADVANCE Steering Committee, the ADVANCE Council, and co-PI Team. She meets with the Equity Advisor/ADVANCE Professor group (twice per month) and with the Internal Advisory Board (twice per year). She also participates in the Site Visit Planning Committee. She presented a poster about ISU ADVANCE work at the annual meeting of the Society for the Study of Evolution 2008.

Research Interests

• Conservation genetics of freshwater mussels
• Population genetics and behavior of communally-breeding birds
• Reproductive biology of ground-nesting birds in grassland habitats
• Women and minorities in STEM