The Roles of Individual and Structural Bias in Hiring and Advancement of BIPOC Faculty

This workshop will start with an overview of individual and structural biases, describing schemas, subfield bias, prestige bias, service loads, teaching evaluations, and faculty support as specific examples of how these biases play out in academia and affect the careers of BIPOC faculty. Interactive elements will include an exercise around identifying subfield bias. We will identify strategies a unit leader can use to recognize and address these biases. This workshop is part of the 2021-2022 BIPOC Faculty Retention Workshop Series for Chairs, Directors, & Associate Deans.

In collaboration with the Office of the Provost.

Presenters: Isis Settles, Jennifer Linderman