Faculty Search Committee Workshop
ADVANCE-Purdue and the Office of Vice President for Ethics and Compliance 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, Search Chairs and Search Committee members are invited to attend.
Letter from the Provost
Fall 2020 Workshops
The ADVANCE/OVPEC Faculty Search Committee workshops are interactive by design and research based. Studies indicate that these workshops are much less impactful and effective when not done in person. However, with the recently approved faculty searches and the need for training there will be an exception made this year only, due to COVID 19.
It is still highly encouraged for any faculty search committees to be comprised of individuals who have completed the workshop within the last five years (see list below). For those who must serve on the committee, but are past the five year limit an exception will made for this year only.
For those who will serve on a faculty search committee this fall but have never completed the ADVANCE/OVPEC Faculty Search Committee workshop, there will be a virtual 90 minute training held on Friday, October 2nd from 10-11:30 am and Thursday, October 8th from 3-4:30 pm. A link will be provided for those who register. During each of the virtual sessions, video is required for all participants to permit interaction and a visual connection to your discussion group. Please plan accordingly.
Registration is available here.
If you have any questions, please email Chris Sahley at: sahley@purdue.edu or De Bush at: djbush@purdue.edu
Resources
- Big Ten Academic Alliance Professorial Advancement Initiative
- Diversity Focused Sample Job Ad Language
- Essential Elements to a Successful Search
- Office of the Vice President for Ethics and Compliance: Faculty Search and Screen Manual
- Reviewing Applicants: Research on Bias and Assumptions
- Searching for Excellence and Diversity: A Guide for Search Committee Chairs, UW-Madison Edition
Diversity Language Evaluation Guidelines
Past Workshop Attendees
OVPEC session for Support Staff
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).
