TY  - CHAP
AB  - Abstract Despite significant investments in efforts to broaden participation, the number of women in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields who leave the academy is disheartening. Some reports suggest half of women STEM faculty will leave tenure track positions within 10 years after hire (Kaminski & Geisler, 2012). For women of color, the data are equally bleak (Ginther & Kahn, 2012) and affirm the need for continuously evolving practices and policies to retain underrepresented faculty in STEM and ensure career satisfaction and success. Unfortunately, current programs for career development and mentoring largely promote rigid conformity to traditional performance expectations, which enable the persistence of narrow departmental norms regarding markers of success. By drawing on person–environment (PE) fit theory, and combining data from our own institution with evidence-based practices from others, the authors have created a faculty development program designed to upend this practice. The objective of this program is to help faculty advance their careers in the academy while staying true to what they value, while simultaneously helping departments reflect on how they can create more inclusive and supportive environments for all faculty. The authors describe the program in detail and provide initial assessments of impact on faculty participants as well as departmental and institutional practice.
VL  - 12
SN  - 978-1-78756-056-7, 978-1-78756-057-4/2055-3641
DO  - 10.1108/S2055-364120180000012014
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/S2055-364120180000012014
AU  - Hardcastle Valerie Gray
AU  - Furst-Holloway Stacie
AU  - Kallen Rachel
AU  - Jacquez Farrah
ED  - Jaimie Hoffman
ED  - Patrick Blessinger
ED  - Mandla Makhanya
PY  - 2018
Y1  - 2018/01/01
TI  - Advancing and Retaining Underrepresented Faculty in STEM: A Program for Value-Driven Career Success
T2  - Contexts for Diversity and Gender Identities in Higher Education: International Perspectives on Equity and Inclusion
T3  - Innovations in Higher Education Teaching and Learning
PB  - Emerald Publishing Limited
SP  - 185
EP  - 199
Y2  - 2024/04/25
ER  -