The STRIDE Faculty Fellowship Program provides UMass Amherst faculty with the opportunity to support diversity, equity, and inclusion in faculty recruitment.
Through the fellows program, we wish to ensure that the STRIDE (Strategies and Tactics for Recruiting to Improve Diversity and Excellence) Faculty Recruitment Workshops continue to be faculty centered and faculty driven, examining challenges of recruitment in different contexts. This will be a one year program, with the goal of continued engagement either through STRIDE or other recruitment initiatives developed during the fellowship year. We aim to select a cohort of faculty representing the range of diversity on our campus. No prior experience with STRIDE is necessary, only a commitment to promoting faculty diversity.
The STRIDE Faculty Fellowship Program is sponsored by the Office of the Provost and the Office of Equity and Inclusion, and complements other efforts to support faculty diversity, harnessing the knowledge and experience of our faculty to advance diversity, equity and inclusion in recruitment.
STRIDE Faculty Fellows:
- Attend STRIDE Fellow training session in late August.
- Co-lead two-to-three STRIDE Workshops over the course of the AY 2025-26.
- Help recruit new STRIDE Faculty Fellows and become an ambassador for equity and diversity among faculty and librarians across the campus.
- Be willing to be trained in delivering STRIPE Workshops after gaining STRIDE Training experience (this is not required).
- Receive a $2,500 stipend for the AY 2025-26.
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