Achieving Diversity in Faculty Recruitment, Hiring & Retention: SBS Guidelines for Faculty Searches

SBS Vision for Achieving Diversity, Equity & Inclusive Excellence

The College of Social and Behavioral Sciences aims to foster a college culture and climate that is
clearly committed to diversity, equity, and inclusive excellence. Faculty recruitment, hiring, and
retention are especially critical in our vision to foster a college environment that positively
affirms the contributions of multiple perspectives, backgrounds, and experiences.

Although SBS is one of the more diverse colleges at UMass Amherst with regards to tenure-track
faculty, we are committed to improving as much as possible every year. We are well aware of
the inequities and complexity of the “academic pipeline” and the impact this has on departmental
culture, curricula, student body, and scholarly production. In light of our mission to be more
consistent in our efforts to hire new faculty from a broadly diverse and highly qualified pool,
below are a set of hiring guidelines aimed to help achieve our vision for inclusive excellence.

SBS Guidelines for Achieving Diversity in Faculty Recruitment, Hiring & Retention

UMass Diversity Matters: Administrative Policies and Procedures

Provost's Office Revised Guidelines for Tenure Stream Faculty Searches (7/15/2010)

For further information contact:
Mari Castañeda, Associate Professor of Communication and Director of Diversity Advancement
311 Machmer Hall
Tel: 413.545.1307
email Mari Castañeda

August 28, 2012