Appendix: Professional Development Subcommittee Report Members: Antoine Banks, Nazish Salahuddin, Will Reed, Sarah Tahamont, Alexis Foley and Price Fisher Summary The committee’s priority this year was to get a lay of the land in BSOS when it came to faculty diversity. This first step will allow us to identify the areas in the college that need professional development. We began this endeavor by investigating TTK faculty diversity in the college. Through this analysis, we identified faculty appointment and retention trends in BSOS over the last 10 years. The findings revealed a severe underrepresentation of Black faculty in the college, and as a committee we provided several recommendations to remedy this problem. Subcommittee Activities • •
Gathered and analyzed data of BSOS faculty diversity across departments and ranks. Made a series of presentations and held conversations with PSYC, GVPT, ABRI, Deans, and Chairs and Directors Council.
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We found that BSOS made important progress with regard to gender and racial diversity (i.e. Latinx, Asian Americans, and Native Americans) among TTK faculty in BSOS. We went from about 30% women faculty in 2011 to about 50% in 2020 and became more racially diverse by hiring more faculty of color. However, during this same time period, we actually decreased our number of Black faculty. So, diversity initiatives have not benefitted all groups equally especially, Black faculty. Five departments in BSOS have not had a Black faculty member since 2011: ECON (Economics), GEOG (Geography), CCJS (Criminology and Criminal Justice), HESP (Hearing and Speech Sciences), and JPSM (Joint Program in Survey Methodology) See the Appendix for results.
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