EQ103: Equitable Recruitment and Selection

Tuesday, December 3, 2019 10:00 am - 12:00 pm EST (GMT -05:00)

This workshop focuses on the faculty hiring process and provides high level definitions of equity-related concepts, explains how unconscious bias may have an effect on committee considerations, and promotes best practices for the recruitment and selection process to ensure that the committee reaches an unbiased and fair decision.

The workshop contextualizes a hiring committee’s work within broader institutional equity considerations, as well as legal compliance requirements and the ever-prevalent considerations of EDII in research and funding decisions. The workshop features informative and interactive elements to assist the committee in understanding how an equitable committee functions to reach the most informed decision possible.

Audience: Faculty