Faculty Diversity: Removing the Barriers

by Moody; JoAnn

• ISBN13: 9780415878463
• ISBN10: 0415878462
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2011-12-19
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

Why do we see so little progress in diversifying faculty at America "s colleges, universities, and professional schools? This handbook answers that question and provides steps for hastening faculty diversity. In an easy-to-use format, the second edition of Faculty Diversityoffers new insights, strategies, and caveats. Drawing on extensive practice and expertise, Dr. Moody sets forth practical ways to improve recruitment, retention, mentorship, and evaluation, especially of women in predominately male fields and under-represented minorities in all fields. The new edition includes: Convenient checklists for department chairs, deans, search committees, diversity officers and councils, senior mentors, and faculty developers. New practice exercises in the form of discussion scenarios. More instruction on preventing unintended bias and other cognitive shortcuts that contaminant faculty searches and evaluation processes. New call-out " boxes that share important points from distinguished leaders in the field of higher education. An expanded and improved chapter on mentoring early-stage faculty. This is an essential and reliable guide for colleges, universities, and professional schools aiming to diversify their faculty.

Author Biography

JoAnn Moody PhD, JD, is a national consultant in faculty development and diversity (see www.diversityoncampus.com)she is a former college professor and higher education administrator.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. ix
Introduction and Organization of Faculty Diversity:
Removing the Barriers, Second Edition	p. xi
The Barriers to Faculty Diversity	p. 1
Cognitive Errors that Contaminate Academic Evaluations and Block Faculty Diversity	p. 3
Negative Bias and Positive Bias: Two Powerful Cognitive Errors that Impede the Advancement of Some Faculty and Speed the Advancement of Others	p. 23
Disadvantages for Non-Immigrant Groups but Advantages for Immigrant and "Honorary White" Groups	p. 56
Removing the Barriers to Faculty Diversity	p. 101
Faculty Recruitment: Replacing Dysfunctional Practices with Good Practices	p. 103
Faculty Retention: Replacing Dysfunctional Practices with Good Practices	p. 132
Faculty Mentoring: Replacing Dysfunctional Practices with Good Practices	p. 158
Conclusion and Next Steps	p. 192
	p. 201
	p. 201
Discussion Scenarios-Practice Exercises for Readers and Groups	p. 211
Bibliography	p. 227
About the Author	p. 253
Index	p. 255
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