ADVANCE - Purdue and the Center for Faculty Success

Faculty Search Committee Workshop

ADVANCE-Purdue and the Office of Institutional Equity hold a joint interactive workshop on search and screen procedures. The goal of this workshop is to increase search committee members’ knowledge about current search and hire best practices and procedures leading to the employ of an excellent and diverse faculty. Department Heads, Associate Department Heads and Search Chairs are invited to attend.

Upcoming Workshop

Soon To Be Announced

If you would like to attend, please RSVP to Pat Ehrlich, PCFS Secratary, precorde@purdue.edu

For questions contact Barb Clark, BarbClark@purdue.edu

Workshop Materials

• 2013 Informational Flyer

Resources

• Essential Elements to a Successful Search
• Reviewing Applicants: Research on Bias and Assumptions
• Office of Institutional Equity: Faculty Search and Screen Manual

Recommended Readings

Please note: In most cases, if you are working off campus, you will need to supply your Purdue University ID and password to access the articles listed below.

Many thanks to Mary Dugan, Purdue University Resource Development Librarian for making links to these articles available.

• Bertrand, Marianne and Mullainathan Sendhil. "Are Emily and Greg more employable than Lakisha and Jamal? A field experiment on labor market discrimination." American Economic Review 94(2004): 991-1013.
• Dovidio, John F. and Samuel L. Gaertner. 2000. Aversive Racism and Selection Decisions: 1989 and 1999. Psychological Science 11: 315-319.
• Goldin, Claudia and Cecilia Rouse. "Orchestrating impartiality: The impact of 'blind' auditions on female musicians." American Economic Review 90(2000): 715-741.
• Smith, Daryl G. 2000. How to Diversify the Faculty. Academe 86: 48-52. (Available via Purdue University Libraries or from Academe)
• Steinpreis, Rhea, Katie A. Anders, and Dawn Ritzke. 1999. The impact of gender on the review of the curricula vitae of job applicants and tenure candidates: A national empirical study. Sex Roles 41: 509-528.
• Richeson, Jennifer and Richard J. Nussbaum. 2004. The Impact of Multiculturalism Versus Color-Blindness on Racial Bias. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology. 40: 417-423.
• Wennerås, Christine and Agnes Wold. 1997. Nepotism and sexism in peer-review. Nature. 387: 341-43.

Additional Reading

For readings discussed in the session and other relevant articles, please see ADVANCE Purdue Library: References on bias and assumption (this is a link to a list of articles that the libraries have made available).