UW School of Medicine strives to recruit the best faculty members from across the country and around the world. Our goal is to have a faculty that brings diversity of thought and perspective, reflects the community of patients and learners we serve, and supports an inclusive and equitable climate.
The UW Office for Faculty Advancement Handbook for Best Practices for Faculty Searchers and the Online Tool Kit are the best places to start for those looking to recruit faculty.
Additional resources for recruiting and retaining a diversity of talent can be found below.
Creating a Search Committee
Information for search committee chairs: training and membership guidance for creating and leading faculty search committees
Trainings
Membership
Outreach
Job advertisement templates, job posting sites and search firms, and inclusive language guides
Job advertisement templates, checklists, and examples
Job posting sites and search firms
Job postings should be placed in both field-specific journals and job forums and resources highlighting women and under-represented minorities, such as:
ELAM
National Medical Association
Association of American Medical Colleges
Women in Higher Education
HBCU Career Center
Chronicles of Higher Education
LinkedIn
Internal job posting sites within UW SoM should include listservs that may highlight women or under-represented minorities:
Committee on Minority Faculty Advancement (CMFA)
Committee for Women in Medicine and Science (CWIMS)
Inclusive language guides
UW IT Inclusive Language Guide
The resources provided in this document are mostly focused on language surrounding technology tools, resources and services, or language that is more likely to be used on web properties or documentation platforms.
Advancing Health Equity: A Guide to Language, Narrative, and Concepts
Teams from the American Medical Association and the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) Center for Health Justice came together to produce this document, providing physicians, health care workers and others a valuable foundational toolkit for health equity.
Words Matter: AAP Guidance on Inclusive, Anti-biased Language
This document is intended to provide guidance for authors, editors, presenters, media spokespersons, and other content contributors.
Recruitment templates and resources
Campus Resources
- Jaschik, Scott. “Research Points to Crucial Role of Dual-Career Programs for Recruiting Female Academics.” August 22, 2016. Inside Higher Ed.
- Information about the Greater Washington State Higher Education Recruitment Consortium (GWS HERC)
- Details about the Faculty Recruitment Initiative (FRI)
- Stewart, Maria S. “Advice For Writing Thoughtful Rejection Letters.” August 30, 2016. Inside Higher Ed.
Assessment
Diversity statements (sample prompts, statements, evaluation strategies) and bias resources (implicit bias, sample interview questions)
Diversity Statements and Conflicts of Interest
Interviews and resources to reduce bias
Resources and case studies about implicit bias
- Kirwan Institute Implicit Bias Review
- Interrupting Bias in the Faculty Search Process: A Film and Facilitation Guide
- Implicit Bias: Scientific Foundations
- Project Implicit
- WISELI – Women in Science & Engineering Leadership Institute, “Reviewing Applicants: Research on Bias and Assumptions.”
- Paradigm, “Managing Unconscious Bias: Strategies to Address Bias and Build More Diverse, Inclusive Organizations.”
- Video: Unconscious Bias at Work | Google Ventures. Dr. Brian Welle, Director of People Analytics.
Interview Resources
Retention
Strategies and best practices
Retention
- Scott, Amy. “To Create A More Diverse Faculty, Start With Tenure.” September 12, 2016. Marketplace.
- Information about the National Center for Faculty Development & Diversity (NCFDD)
- UW WorkLife – resources on child care, parenting, elder care, and self care
- Additional Mentoring Resources
- Kerry Ann Rockquemore, “For A Diverse Faculty, Start With Retention.” January 6, 2016. Inside Higher Ed.
- Joya Misra and Jennifer Lundquist, “Tips to Help Midcareer Faculty Members Find Time for Research Projects (essay).” January 15, 2016. Inside Higher Ed.
- Kerry Ann Rockquemore, “Why Mentor Matches Fail (essay).” February 3, 2016. Inside Higher Ed.
- Example of a unit-level climate survey – conducted by the School of Information Studies at the University of Maryland (survey questions in the appendix)
Best Practices from Academic Institutions
- Harvard University Best Practices for Conducting Faculty Searchers
- Emory University School of Medicine: Best Practices Guide for Faculty Search Committee Processes
- University of Michigan Stride Committee: STRIDE Faculty recruitment workshop WHAT CAN WE DO? TOP 10 BEST PRACTICES.
- University of Michigan: Handbook for Faculty Searches and Hiring
- University of Michigan STRIDE: recommended readings
- Columbia University: Guide to best practices in faculty search and hiring
- Princeton University: Best Practices for Faculty Search Officers and Search Committees
- UCSF Faculty Recruitment Resources and Best Practices
- Berkeley Searching for a Diverse Faculty paper