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There is no required pre-reading for the conference. Below are some relevant readings and resources that you are welcome to peruse.
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Welcome Reception
Session 1: Fostering an inclusive institutional climate
Session 2: Creating and sustaining mentoring networks
Session 3: Providing dependent care and work/life resources
Session 4: Determining creative solutions for dual-career couples
Session 5: Developing the talent pool
Session 6: Benchmarks for success
Welcome reception featuring "A Good Fit," a new sketch by the Bok Center Players:
Smith, Daryl G. et al. 2004. "Interrupting the Usual: Successful Strategies for Hiring Diverse Faculty." Journal of Higher Education 75:133-160.
Smith, Daryl G. and Jose F. Moreno. 2006. "Hiring the Next Generation of Professors: Will Myths Remain Excuses?" Chronicle of Higher Education, September 29, pp. 22.
Turner, Caroline S.V. 2006. "Before Starting a Faculty Search, Take a Good Look at the Search Committee." Chronicle of Higher Education, September 29, pp. 32.
Session 1: Fostering an inclusive institutional climate:
Aguirre, Adalberto, Jr. 2000. "Women and Minority Faculty in the Academic Workplace: Recruitment, Retention, and Academic Culture." Washington, DC: ERIC Digest, Retrieved April 2, 2008 (http://www.eric.ed.gov/ERICDocs/data/ericdocs2sql/content_storage_01/0000019b/8
0/16/99/28.pdf).
August, Louise and Jean Waltman. 2004. "Culture, Climate, and Contribution: Career Satisfaction Among Female Faculty." Research in Higher Education 45: 177-192.
Milem, Jeffrey F. 2003. "The Educational Benefits of Diversity: Evidence from Multiple Sectors." Pp. 126-169 in Compelling Interest: Examining the Evidence on Racial Dynamics in Colleges and Universities edited by M.J. Chang, D. Witt, J. Jones, and K. Hakuta. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press.
Sturm, Susan. 2006. "The Architecture of Inclusion: Advancing Workplace Equity in Higher Education." Harvard Journal of Law and Gender 29:247-334.
Session 2: Creating and sustaining mentoring networks:
Berk, Ronald A. et al. 2005. "Measuring the Effectiveness of Faculty Mentoring Relationships." Academic Medicine 80:66-71.
Boyce, Mary et al. 2006. "Mentoring Booklet." Cambridge, MA: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Retrieved April 2, 2008 (http://www.faculty.harvard.edu/03/documents/MITMentoringBooklet.pdf).
Smith, Judith O. et al. 2001. "Peer Networking as a Dynamic Approach to Supporting New Faculty." Innovative Higher Education 25:197-207.
Thomas, David A. 2001. "The Truth about Mentoring: Race Matters." Harvard Business Review 79:98-107.
Thomas, Rachel. 2005. "Exemplary Junior Faculty Mentoring Programs." New Haven, CT: Yale Women Faculty Forum. Retrieved April 2, 2008 (http://www.yale.edu/wff/pdf/ExemplaryJuniory%20Faculty%20MentoringPrograms.pdf).
Session 3: Providing dependent care and work/life resources:
Curtis, John W. 2004. "Balancing Work and Family for Faculty." Academe 90:21-23.
Drago, Robert et al. 2006. "The Avoidance of Bias Against Caregiving." American Behavioral Scientist 49:1222-1247.
Jaschik, Scott. 2007. "The 'Family Friendly' Competition." InsideHigherEd.Com, April 25. Retrieved April 2, 2008
(http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2007/04/25/family).
Mason, Mary Ann, Goulden, Marc, and Nicholas H. Wolfinger. 2006. "Babies Matter: Pushing the Gender Equity Revolution Forward." Pp. 9-30 in The Balancing Act: Gendered Perspectives in Faculty Roles and Work Lives, edited by S.J. Bracken, J.K. Allen, and D.R. Dean.Sterling, VA: Stylus Publishing, LLC.
Williams, Joan C. 2004. "Hitting the Maternal Wall." Academe 90:16-20.
Session 4: Determining creative solutions for dual-career couples: [to come]
Session 5: Developing the talent pool:
Clayton-Pedersen, A.R., Parker, S., Smith, D.G., Moreno, J.F., & Teraguchi. D.H. (2007). Making a real difference with diversity: A guide to institutional change. Washington, D.C.: AAC&U.
Matsui, John, Roger Liu, and Caroline M. Kane. 2003. "Evaluating a Science Diversity Program at UCBerkeley: More Questions than Answers." Cell Biology Education. 2:117-121.
Moreno, J., Smith, D.G., Clayton-Pedersen, A. R., Parker, S., & Teraguchi, D.H. (2006). The revolving door for underrepresented minority faculty in Higher Education. San Francisco: The James Irvine Foundation. www.irvine,org/assets/pdf/pubs/education/insight_Revolving _Door.pdf
Nelson, Donna J., Christopher N. Brammer, and Heather Rhoads. 2007. "A National Analysis of Minorities in Science and Engineering Faculties at Research Universities." University of Oklahoma, Retrieved April 2, 2008 (http://cheminfo.chem.ou.edu/faculty/djn/diversity/Faculty_Tables_FY07/07Report.pdf).
National Science Foundation. 2007. "Doctorate Recipients from United States Universities Summary Report 2006." Survey of Earned Doctorates. Retrieved April 2, 2008 (http://www.norc.org/NR/rdonlyres/C22A3F40-0BA2-4993-A6D3-5E65939EEDC3/0/06SRFinalVersion.pdf).
Smith, D.G., Turner, C.S., OSei-Kofi, N., Richards, S. (2004). Interrupting the usual: Success strategies for hiring diverse faculties. Journal of Higher Education, 75(2), 133-160.
Smith, D.G., Wolf, L.E., Busenberg, B. & Associates. (1996). Achieving faculty diversity: Debunking the myths. Washington, DC: AAC&U.
Turner, C. S. V. (2002a). Diversifying the faculty: A guidebook for search committees. Washington, DC: American Association of Colleges and Universities.
Zappert, Laraine T., Rauner, Mary H., and Patricia P. Jones. 2007. "Priming the Pipeline: Understanding the Obstacles and Incentives for Considering an Academic Career." Stanford, CA: Stanford University Retrieved April 2, 2008
( "Full Pipeline Report"(2.4Mb, 199 pages), http://facultydevelopment.stanford.edu/reports_studies/PLR.pdf
"Pipeline Report Summary" (180Kb, 12 pages),
http://facultydevelopment.stanford.edu/reports_studies/PLR_Sum.pdf).
Session 6: Benchmarks for success:
Kalev, Alexandra, Dobbin, Frank, and Erin Kelly. 2006. "Best Practices or Best Guesses? Assessing the Efficacy of Corporate Affirmative Action and Diversity Policies." American Sociological Review 71:589-617.
Smith, Daryl G. et al. 2006. "Building Capacity: A Study of the Impact of The James Irvine Foundation Campus Diversity Initiative." Association of American Colleges and Universities and Claremont Graduate University. Retrieved April 2, 2008 (http://www.cgu.edu/MSDocs/CDI%20Evaluation%20Project%20Impact%20Study%20
Aug%2006.doc).