Journal article
Factors influencing underrepresented geoscientists' decisions to accept or decline faculty job offers in the US
Communications earth & environment, v 6(1), 65
29 Jan 2025
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Abstract
Many geoscience departments in the United States (US) are working to recruit faculty from underrepresented groups. However, there is little information about how hiring practices are perceived by candidates. Here we address this gap by interviewing 19 geoscientists who identify as an underrepresented race, ethnicity, or gender who recently declined a tenure-track faculty job offer in the US about their faculty job searches, with an emphasis on their decisions to accept or decline an offer. We find that many participants experienced hiring practices inconsistent with existing recommendations to increase faculty diversity, and some participants were subject to uncivilized, even potentially discriminatory, practices. Therefore, we leverage our results to provide actionable recommendations for improving faculty recruitment efforts. We highlight that departments may doubly benefit from improving their culture: in addition to benefiting current members, it may also help with recruitment. Overall, our findings emphasize the need for continued evaluation of faculty hiring practices.
Geoscientists from underrepresented groups experienced unwelcoming hiring practices that influenced their decision, according to a qualitative analysis of interviews with 19 candidates who declined a tenure-track faculty position at a US institution between 2016 and 2023.
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- Title
- Factors influencing underrepresented geoscientists' decisions to accept or decline faculty job offers in the US
- Creators
- Margaret L. Duffy - University of California, BerkeleyLiza Y. Barnes - Drexel UniversityChristopher D. Wirz - Mesoscale & Microscale Meteorology LaboratoryMeghana Ranganathan - University of ChicagoMara A. Freilich - Brown UniversityLyssa M. Freese - Carnegie Institution for ScienceEllen Lalk - Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyJulia Wilcots - Princeton University
- Publication Details
- Communications earth & environment, v 6(1), 65
- Publisher
- Nature Publishing Group
- Number of pages
- 14
- Grant note
- 1852977 / National Science Foundation (NSF) (100000001) NA20OAR4310392 / United States Department of Commerce | NOAA | Climate Program Office (NOAA Climate Program Office) (100007298)
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Management
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:001408829600003
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-85218093340
- Other Identifier
- 991022024203604721
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- Collaboration types
- Domestic collaboration
- Web of Science research areas
- Environmental Sciences
- Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
- Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences