Race & Gender in the Scientific Community
  • Home
  • About
  • Syllabus
  • Blog
  • Contact

Blog

Brown Daily Herald: Structural bias poses obstacles to faculty of color

12/6/2014

0 Comments

 
Picture
University Hall, from the Brown Daily Herald
“I’ve been teaching for 20 years, and I don’t think I’ve ever been on a search committee where someone … has not said something like, ‘Well, diversity’s fine, but excellence should come first,’”
– Professor Tricia Rose
Some science, technology, engineering and mathematics faculty members have expressed fear that a strong commitment to diversity would mean selecting weaker candidates.                                                 – Dean Kevin McLaughlin
Underrepresented minorities currently make up 8.1% of Brown University's faculty. Nationally, 12.6% of the U.S. population identifies as African American or Black, and 16.4% of the population identifies as Hispanic or Latin@. (Data from the 2010 Census). Even compared to these numbers, which account only for the largest racial and ethnic minority groups in the U.S., 8.1% is strikingly small. Faculty of color face an overwhelming number of structural barriers, from bias in the hiring process to unequal demands on time once hired. For a more detailed description of the inequalities faced by faculty of color, read the full Brown Daily Herald article on structural racism at Brown University.
0 Comments



Leave a Reply.

    Authors

    We are Brown University students studying race and gender in the scientific community.

    Archives

    December 2014
    November 2014
    October 2014
    September 2014

    Categories

    All
    Brown University
    Course Discussion
    Gender
    Goals
    History
    In The News
    Philosophy
    Psychology
    Race
    Speaker
    Statistics
    Teaching
    Underrepresented Minorities
    Well Represented Minorities
    Western Science

    RSS Feed


Powered by Create your own unique website with customizable templates.