External Resources

Advertising the Position to Attract a Diverse Applicant Pool

 

1) For suggestions on how to implement the use of diversity statements, see the following websites: 

https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2018/11/19/new-paper-explores-what-faculty-candidates-include-their-diversity-equity-and

https://www.insidehighered.com/advice/2016/06/10/how-write-effective-diversity-statement-essay

https://cpb-us-w2.wpmucdn.com/sites.udel.edu/dist/4/648/files/2019/07/The-Use-of-Diversity-Statements-in-Faculty-Hiring-7.29.19.pdf

https://dps.ucsd.edu/_files/examples-submitted-diversity-statements.pdf

https://www.michigandaily.com/section/administration/new-paper-explores-diversity-statements-faculty-hiring

https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2018/11/12/former-harvard-deans-tweet-against-required-faculty-diversity-statements-sets-debate

https://www.unl.edu/gradstudies/connections/writing-diversity-statement

https://deanofthefaculty.vassar.edu/positions/candidate-diversity-statement.html

2) See also the following article:

Sarah Brown, "More Colleges are Asking Scholars for Diversity Statements: Here's what You Need to Know," The Chronicle of Higher Education (February 8, 2019): A8-A10.

3) See also the following dissertation:

Ines Maria Maturana. "Factors in the search process that contribute to the recruitment and hiring of faculty of color," Ph.D. dissertation, University of Massachusetts Boston, 2005.

4) See also the following article:

Ching-Yune Sylvester, Laura Sánchez-Parkinson, Matthew Yettaw, and Tabbye Chavous, "The Promise of Diversity Statements: Insights and a Framework Developed from Faculty Applications," Currents 1, no. 1 (2019): 151-170.