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 […]

This remote workshop will focus on strategies that unit leaders (former or current) have used for preemptive retention, e.g. fostering the development of leadership skills in faculty, advising faculty on their careers and future at U-M, and ensuring equity. Panelists will also discuss the more time sensitive moment of a retention offer. This workshop is part […]

This session will present national and U-M data on faculty service and research on strategies for achieving service equity. Participants will explore the connections between service and leadership. In collaboration with the Office of the Provost. Presenters: Deborah Rivas-Drake, Isis Settles, and Jennifer Linderman, Sara Armstrong and the CRLT Players. Please note this workshop is […]

This workshop offers a working definition of climate and an evidence-based case for caring about climate. Participants will learn strategies for improving climate, as well as small steps and “levers” that can be employed by unit leaders to shift climate for respect and inclusion. The frameworks presented at this event will be familiar to previous attendees […]