When college administrators talk constantly about their efforts to attract non-white professors, the supposed beneficiaries of these policies are marginalized, writes one such faculty member.
One key to helping minority faculty members is to recognize that some of their experiences are different from those faced by others, and to remember that some are not, writes Kerry Ann Rockquemore.
“Well, look who’s here,” sneered my older, tenured, male colleague, “It’s Dr. Diversity.” Leaning into the old boys’ corner of the musty mailroom, he chuckled and continued talking with his buddies. I cringed and pretended to receive his remark as a compliment. With a forced smile, I hurried past them to collect my mail. Surely he wasn’t disparaging my emerging research interest on supporting student diversity. Or was he?
Finding a faculty job as a gay person, writes one who has done so, means asking the right questions, recognizing red flags, accepting that locations may not be ideal, and expecting the bizarre.
