This session challenged the traditional notions of tenure, department culture, and expectations for faculty in undergraduate STEM education. The featured keynote was followed by a concurrent session with three speakers focused on systemic issues related to diversity, equity, and inclusion at the faculty level. Conversations included examining equity within faculty recruitment and tenure systems, creating cultural change within STEM departments, and confronting common challenges encountered by faculty at Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs) and Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs).
AAAS Introduction
Travis York, American Association for the Advancement of Science
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Keynote with Q&A
David Asai, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Links Shared During the Event:
- Race Matters by David Asai
- “We Are All for Diversity, but . . .”: How Faculty Hiring Committees Reproduce Whiteness and Practical Suggestions for How They Can Change by Özlem Sensoy & Robin DiAngelo
Concurrent Sessions
Reimagining a More Equitable Tenure System to Recruit and Support Faculty
Christine Grant, NC State University
Call for Departmental/Institutional Change to Broaden Participation
Dontarie Stallings, University of California San Diego
Unique Challenges Faced by MSI and URM STEM Faculty
Zakiya Wilson-Kennedy, Louisiana State University
Call to Action Panel
Ann E. Austin, Michigan State University; Sandra Laursen, University of Colorado Boulder; Marco Molinaro, University of California, Davis; Bryan Kent Wallace, Fisk University
