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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to describe a mentoring program developed at a large predominantly white research university that was aimed at retaining and advancing women faculty of color. The ADVANCE Scholar Program pairs each scholar for two years with a senior faculty member at the university who serves as an internal advocate,…
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Abstract This study tests the effectiveness of three strategies [structured free recall (SFR), source monitoring, and error management] to reduce the impact of raters’ stereotypes on evaluations of female leaders. Results reveal several three‐way interactions indicating that that the strategies became more effective as raters’ implicit bias decreased. Findings show that the source monitoring and…
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From its earliest beginnings, the university was not designed for women, and certainly not for women of color. Women of color in the United States are disproportionately under-represented in academia and are conspicuous by their absence across disciplines at senior ranks, particularly at research-intensive universities. This absence has an epistemic impact and affects future generations…
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Increasing the number of Black women with Ph.D.s does nothing to address the structural barriers they face throughout the process of seeking tenured positions, writes Zawadi Rucks-Ahidiana.
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“It’s very disheartening when we work hard and do all we’re supposed to do and don’t get tenured,” said one professor.
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Although modest gains are observed in the number of African American, Mexican American, and Puerto Rican faculty in higher education institutions, systemic issues of underrepresentation and retention remain problematic. This article describes how historically underrepresented minority ( URM ) faculty in Predominantly White Institutions perceive discrimination and illustrates the ways in which discriminatory institutional practices—such…
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This article contributes to a movement to interrogate the history and foundation of sociology. The current hegemonic narrative credits a few European men for establishing sociology as a mechanism for using science to understand social conditions amid the rise of industrialization and modern capitalism. This hegemonic story defines positivism as a central concern in the…
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Abstract The purpose of this paper is to explore how racially gendered classed power‐relations structure history, knowledge and A merican S ociology’s historical memory and disciplinary knowledge production. In order to do so, this paper will 1) utilize C abral’s (1970) theory of history to center humanity as historically developed into a racially gendered classed…
