Keeping Our Faculty Symposium VIII
The University of Minnesota is pleased to announce the eighth of these Symposia. We invite you to join us as we gather to engage cross-disciplinary theories, rigorous scholarship, and innovative practices to advance conceptual, empirical, and practical work to recruit, develop, and retain faculty of color.
- Submit a proposal online - a submission link will be added when the call is published
- Deadline for Submission of Proposal - date will be announced when the call is published
Solicitation of Symposium Topics
We seek proposals for scholarly papers, panels, workshops, presentations, best practices and posters related to recruiting, retaining, and advancing American Indian faculty and faculty of color in academia. We encourage new voices to join our conversation on topics including, but not limited to, the following questions.
- What important lessons have we learned about diversifying faculty?
- Do we need to re-think our current frameworks for advocating for and even discussing faculty diversity? If so, from which discursive resources should we draw?
- How can we ensure the continual interaction of theory, research, and practice as they relate to supporting a diverse faculty?
- How can faculty and administrators with multiple, intersecting identities support faculty diversity, especially as allies?
- How might partnerships within and between educational and community organizations creatively and effectively enhance faculty diversity?
- How should we assess our efforts to diversify our faculty in ways that inform practice and promote responsibility?
- What are the experiences of American Indian faculty and faculty of color? In what ways does the campus climate facilitate or inhibit their contributions?
- Proposals should identify the type(s) of institutions to be considered in the presentation and how the presentation will engage the audience.
How to Submit
Authors must submit an electronic copy of their proposal (1-2 pages) including, as appropriate, links to previous research and/or publications, by the stated deadline. Submissions can be for individual proposals (15-20 minutes) or for an entire session (75 minutes). We encourage presentations representing multiple institutions and/or disciplines. The number of presentation sessions is limited.
View sample submissions from previous years:
- Building a Comprehensive Model of Mentorship at the University of Minnesota
- Faculty Leaders and Discourses of Diversity
Notification of Acceptance
The planning committee will review the proposals and authors will be notified of the acceptance of their presentation. Accepted proposals will be listed on the conference website.