Uprooting Bias in the Academy Lessons from the Field

This open access book analyzes barriers to inclusion in academia and details ways to create a more diverse, inclusive environment. It first describes what the barriers to inclusion are and how they function within the broader society, focusing on concept of implicit bias: what it is, how it develops...

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Other Authors: Bisson, Linda F. (Editor), Grindstaff, Laura (Editor), Brazil-Cruz, Lisceth (Editor), Barbu, Sophie J. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham Springer International Publishing 2022, 2022
Edition:1st ed. 2022
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Chapter 14. Disrupting complacent systems (Laura Grindstaff and Linda F. Bisson)
  • Part 1: Foundations: Why we need institutional change
  • Chapter 1. From affirmative action to inclusion (Linda F. Bisson, Laura Grindstaff, Kyaw Tha Paw U., Raquel Aldana, Sophie Barbu, Lisceth Brazil-Cruz, Adela De La Torre, Mary Lou De Leon Siantz, Yvette Flores, Denneal Jamison-Mcclung, Suad Joseph, Philip H. Kass, Linda Katehi, Karen Mcdonald, Josephine Moreno, Binnie Singh, Maureen Stanton and Lisa Sullivan)
  • Chapter 2. Barriers to inclusion: Social roots and current concerns (Laura Grindstaff)
  • Part 2: Making the case for institutional change
  • Chapter 3. Data-driven decision making (Sophie Barbu, Karen Mcdonald, Lisceth Brazil-Cruz, Lisa Sullivan and Linda F. Bisson)
  • Chapter 4. Assessing institutionalized bias (Linda F. Bisson, Philip H. Kass, Kyaw Tha Paw U. and Laura Grindstaff)
  • Chapter 5. Leadership and organizational structure (Linda F. Bisson, Denneal Jamison-Mcclung, Laura Grindstaff, Linda Katehi and Mary Lou De Leon Siantz)
  • Part 3: Diversity, demographics, and the Latinx experience
  • Chapter 6. A long-term vision on faculty diversity at UC Davis (Raquel Aldana and Josephine Moreno)
  • Chapter 7. Latinx communities and academic trajectories (Lisceth Brazil-Cruz, Laura Grindstaff and Yvette Flores)
  • Chapter 8. Making visible the invisible: Studying Latina stem scholars (Yvette Flores, Laura Grindstaff, and Lisceth Brazil-Cruz)
  • Part 4: Building a more inclusive academy
  • Chapter 9. Seeing self: The campos model (Mary Lou De Leon Siantz and Lisceth Brazil-Cruz)
  • Chapter 10. Mentorship, sponsorship, and professional networking (Denneal Jamison-Mcclung)
  • Chapter 11. Work life integration in academia: From myth to reality (Sophie Barbu, Karen Mcdonald, Binnie Singh and Laura Grindstaff)
  • Part 5: Lessons learned and the road ahead
  • Chapter 12. Leading while female: a personal journey (Linda Katehi)
  • Chapter 13. Advice not taken (Linda F. Bisson, Mary Lou De Leon Siantz and Laura Grindstaff)