W3 - Supporting Faculty Promotion to Full Professor: You Are Enough, You Have Enough

Program Abstract: Colleges and universities strive to create equitable and inclusive workplaces, yet common barriers prevent qualified marginalized faculty from applying for full professor. We created a holistic peer-to-peer mentoring community, and using our group’s collective knowledges we opened pathways and supported each in successfully applying for full professor. This model is broadly applicable.

In this workshop, we will offer an opportunity for others to build their own model of support for the faculty promotion process. We will explore barriers to promotion: 1) imposter syndrome, 2) lack of formalized mentorship, and 3) latent structural barriers that reproduce the dearth of minoritized faculty in academe. Participants will create a plan identifying strategies for providing faculty-centered pathways to promotion and outlining solutions for overcoming the barriers.

This workshop is appropriate for associate professors, personnel and budget committee members, department chairs and deans, centers for teaching and learning leaders, and diversity, equity, and inclusion professionals.