The Truly Diverse Faculty / Future of Minority Studies (PDF)

Kal Alston, Syracuse University, USA
Monisha Bajaj, University of San Francisco, USA
Nancy Cantor, Rutgers University, USA
Mari Castañeda, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, USA
Luis Fraga, University of Washington, USA
Phillip Atiba Goff, University of California, Los Angeles, USA
Michael Hames-García, University of Oregon, USA
James A. Larimore, New York University, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Daniel Little, University of Michigan, USA
Chandra Talpade Mohanty, Syracuse University, USA
Nana Osei-Kofi, Oregon State University, USA
Victoria Plaut, University of California, Berkeley, USA
John Riofrio, College of William and Mary, USA
Denise Sekaquaptewa, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA
Robert N. Shelton, Research Corporation for Science Advancement
Carol Stabile, University of Oregon, USA
Kecia Thomas, University of Georgia, USA
Tiffany Willoughby-Herard, University of California, Irvine, USA

"The Truly Diverse Faculty will be the 'go to' book for university leaders who aspire to create, nurture, and sustain a diverse faculty but who too frequently fail to grasp what that goal requires of our higher education institutions. It gives administrators and faculty personnel committees a compelling analysis of what often goes awry when faculty newcomers to the professoriate are hired and expected to simply fit in with existing, narrow standards of excellence. It provides powerful examples of institutional failures when common diversity narratives convey that faculty of color strive for success but fall short, not because of normative and procedural shortcomings of institutions but because of their own weaknesses. Fortunately, this book also offers equally powerful examples of institutional successes approaches to creating a truly diverse faculty that work. Importantly, although geared to a higher education audience, this book has much to offer to other institutions that also must diversify to represent and connect with increasingly diverse clients, customers, and colleagues." - Patricia Gurin, Nancy Cantor Distinguished University Professor Emerita of Psychology and Women's Studies, Faculty Associate, Research Center for Group Dynamics, Institute for Social Research, and Director of Research, Program on Intergroup Relations, University of Michigan, USA