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ERIC Number: EJ1371217
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2023-Apr
Pages: 37
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0002-8312
EISSN: EISSN-1935-1011
The Safest Bet: Identifying and Assessing Risk in Faculty Selection
O'Meara, KerryAnn; Templeton, Lindsey L.; White-Lewis, Damani K.; Culpepper, Dawn; Anderson, Julia
American Educational Research Journal, v60 n2 p330-366 Apr 2023
Efforts to mitigate bias in faculty hiring processes are well-documented in the literature. Yet, significant barriers to the hiring of racially minoritized and White women in many STEM fields remain. An underreported barrier to inclusive hiring is assessment of risk. Guided by theory from behavioral economics, social psychology, and decision-making, we examine the inner workings of five faculty search committees to understand how committee members identified and assessed risk with particular attention to assessments of risk that became intermingled with social biases. Committees identified and assessed five risks, including candidate interest, candidate disciplinary expertise, candidate competence, candidate collegiality, and the timing and oversight of the search process itself. We discuss implications of risk identification and assessment for effective and inclusive searches.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
Audience: N/A
Language: English
Sponsor: National Science Foundation (NSF), Alliances for Graduate Education and the Professoriate (AGEP)
Authoring Institution: N/A
Grant or Contract Numbers: 1820975