Office of Faculty Diversity

Readings and Resources

Diversity Bibliography

• Bias Literacy: A Review of concepts in research on discrimination PDF, Ruta Sevo and Daryl E. Chubin

  The paper offers a quick digest of the evidence for discrimination, especially with reference to women in science and engineering. It explains common terminology and lists relevant legislation and national policy initiatives. Drawing on research in psychology and social science, it summarizes core concepts including: gender schema, accumulative advantage, stereotype threat, implicit bias, glass ceiling, mommy track, occupational segregation, statistical profiling, climate study, and the value of diversity in learning.

• Diversity Articles and Research from Academe The online version of the bimonthly magazine of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP)
• Faculty Affirmative Action Report 2002-2003
• Faculty Affirmation Action Report 2003-2004

• Faculty Senate Committee on Women Faculty Summary PDF, Kathryn B. Adams

  This document presents the results of Faculty Focus Groups and the University Climate and Community Survey.

• The Faculty Time Divide PDF, Jerry A. Jacobs

  Jerry Jacobs is a professor of Sociology at the University of Pennsylvania. This speech was his presidential address to the Eastern Sociological Society in Philadelphia during February 2003. Jacobs examines "the time demands of academic life."

• The Impact of Gender on the Review of the Curricula Vitae of Job Applicants and Tenure Candidates: A National Empirical Study PDF, Rhea E. Steinpreis, Katie A. Anders, and Dawn Ritzke

  Published by the University of Wisconsin-Wilwaukee in Sex Roles, Vol. 41, Numbers 7 and 8, 1999, this study shows "...some of the factors that influence outside reviewers and search committee members when they are reviewing curricula vitae, particularly with respect to the gender of the name on the vitae."

• Mysterious disappearance of female investigators PDF, Davach Watson, Anja C. Andersen, and Jens Hjorth

  This letter from Davach Watson, Anja C. Andersen, and Jens Hjorth of the University of Copenhagen concerns how only three of the twenty-five recipients of the European Young Investigator (EURYI) award are women. It appeared in Volume 436 of Nature, July 14, 2005.

• A National Analyis of Diversity in Science and Engineering Faculties at Research Universities (PDF) By Dr. Donna J. Nelson and Diana C. Rogers
• National Science Foundation, Division of Science Resources Statistics, Gender Differences in the Careers of Academic Scientists and Engineers: A Literature Review, NSF 03-322, Project Director, Alan I. Rapoport (Arlington, VA 2003).
• NSF: The Division of Science Resources Statistics (SRS) the National Science Foundation central clearinghouse for the collection, interpretation, and analysis of data on scientific and engineering resources, which provides a source of information for policy formulation by other agencies of the Federal Government.
• NSF: Women, Minorities, and Persons with Disabilities in Science and Engineering - 2002 This report, the 11th in a series of Congressionally-mandated biennial reports, provides data on the participation of women, minorities, and persons with disabilities in science and engineering education and employment. The data and analyses presented here can be used to track progress, inform the development of policies to increase participation in science and engineering, and evaluate the effectiveness of such policies.

• Resource Equity Study 2003

• New Study: Revolving Door Undermines Efforts to Increase Faculty Racial/Ethnic Diversity Report Shows Only Slight Increases in Underrepresented Minority Faculty, Higher Turnover Rates, at California Independent Colleges and Universities Word Document

  This document summarizes the report "The Revolving Door for Underrepresented Minority Faculty in Higher Education" from the James Irvin Foundation Campus Diversity Initiative.

  
  The Revolving Door for Underrepresented Minority Faculty in Higher Education PDF by Jose F. Moreno, Daryl G. Smith, Alma R. Clayton-Pedersen, Sharon Parker, and Daniel Hiroyuki Teraguchi

  This research brief from the Jamies Irving Foundation utilizes readily available data from twenty-seven colleges and universities to examine their efforts to enhance faculty racial/ethnic diversity between 2000 and 2004.

• Sexual Conduct at Case
  The Task Force on Sexual Conduct is a coalition of university departments and organizations. Each member has a stake in the issue of sexual conduct, and all work to make the Case campus a place where respectful, responsible relationships are the norm.
• Suggested Elements of an Effective Offer Letter (Word document download)

• The Subtle Side of Discrimination

  Joan Williams, a professor of law at American University and director of its program on gender, work and family, discusses how academic women are disadvantaged in subtle ways by work and family roles. This article appeared in the Chronicle of Higher Education April 14, 2003.

• Tenure Denied: Cases of Sex Discrimination in Academia PDF

  Published by the American Association of University Women Educational Foundation and American Association of University Women Legal Advocacy Fund in October 2004, and edited by Susan K. Dyer.
  This report "...presents evidence that ...gives a human voice to the concept of sex discrimination in academia. As this report makes clear, professors-turned-litigants are spurred by significantly more than an off-color joke or an occasional slight. Plaintiffs have risked and sometimes sacrificed promising, prestigious academic careers to seek justice for themselves and other women."

  Tenure Denied Overview, PDF a 3 page overview of the 115 page report.

• White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack PDF, Peggy McIntosh

  Peggy McIntosh is associate director of the Wellesley College Center for Research on Women. This essay is excerpted from Working Paper 189. "White Privilege and Male Privilege: A Personal Account of Coming To See Correspondences through Work in Women's Studies" (1988), by Peggy McIntosh. This excerpted essay is reprinted from the Winter 1990 issue of Independent School.
  
  The excerpted "Daily Effects of White Privilege" PDF, lists 50 conditions that McIntosh identifies as benefits of white privilege.

• Why So Slow?: The Advancement of Women, Virginia Valian.

  Chosen by the National Science Foundation as recommended reading for NSF-ADVANCE grant recipients and participants. Dr. Valian is Professor of Psychology and Linguistics at Hunter College and the CUNY Graduate Center. The book is available for purchase through several online booksellers, and university bookstores. MIT Press 1999.
  PDF Chapter 1, "Gender Schemas at Work" PDF
  PDF Chapter 11, "Women in Academia" PDF
  "Research on Women in Academia". PDF a 4 page excerpt of Chapter 11

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Belenky, Mary Field, Blythe McVicker Clinchy, Nancy Rule Goldberger, and Jill Mattuck Tarule. Womenís Ways of Knowing the Development of Self, Voice, and Mind. New York: Basic Books, 1986.

A discussion of how women develop psychologically and how they learn.

Bowen, William G. and Derek Bok. The Shape of the River. Long-Term Consequences of Considering Race in College and University Admissions. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 1998.

Written pre-Grutter v. Bollinger (University of Michigan Affirmative Action case), this book makes a compelling case as to why race should matter in college admittance.

Moody, JoAnn. Faculty Diversity Problems and Solutions. New York: RoutledgerFalmer, 2004.

A very good book with practical advice regarding faculty diversity.

Roediger, David. Towards The Abolition of Whiteness: Essays on Race, Politics, and Working Class History. Verso Books, 1994.

Smith, Daryl G. Achieving Faculty Diversity Debunking the Myths. Washington D. C.: Association of American Colleges and Universities, 1996.

Groundbreaking research debunking the myths of ìpipeline issues,î ìbidding wars for faculty-of-color,î ìnot enough qualified minorities,î etc.

Tatum, Beverly Daniel. ìWhy are all the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?î: A Psychologist Explains the Development of Racial Identity. New York: Basic Books, 1997.

Using the developmental concept of racial identity, Tatum explains why young people often self-segregate in high school and college.

Thompson, Ayanna. Colorblind Shakespeare. New York: Routledge, 2006.

West, Cornel. Race Matters. New York: Vintage Books, 1994.

A discussion as to why race issues matter for everyone in the U.S.

Wise, Tim. White Like Me: Reflections on Race from a Privileged Son. Brooklyn, NY: Soft Skull Press, 2005.

Personal account of ìWhite Privilegeî that explores speaker Tim Wiseís understanding of white male privilege in the U.S. with research debunking many myths about minorities held by people of privilege.