Race & Ethnicity in Faculty Recruitment and Retention:
October 2, 2009
The Office for Faculty Development and Diversity hosted William Julius Wilson, the Lewis P. and Linda L. Geyser University Professor at Harvard University, to kick off a day of workshops with the keynote address: “Race and Affirmative Opportunity in the Barack Obama Era." Wilson’s keynote address introduced a day of workshops on race and ethnicity in faculty recruitment and retention. The workshops were designed for University academic leaders, participants on a faculty or senior leadership search committees, or members of the University community who are interested in the faculty diversity initiative.

*Please click here for materials and resources from the workshops

Mutual Mentoring: May 1, 2009
The Office for Faculty Development and Diversity hosted a workshop on mentoring for faculty. The workshop included a brief presentation by Mary Sorcinelli, Associate Provost for Faculty Development and Lisa Scott, Assistant Professor at UMass Amherst. Dr. Sorcinelli described the UMass Mutual Mentoring program, which is funded in part by a $400,000 grant from the Mellon Foundation, and Lisa Scott described her personal experience with mutual mentoring.

Gender Bias: October 31, 2008
The Office for Faculty Development and Diversity hosted a search committee event to discuss issues associated with bias in the search committee process. All members of search committees, academic and administrative, were invited to attend this event. The Cornell Interactive Theatre Ensemble (CITE) was used to combine live theatre and audience participation to create a resource for education and training on a wide variety of workplace issues. The CITE presentation focused on gender bias.