The STRIPE (Strategies and Tactics for Retention through Inclusive Promotion Evaluation) Training Program provides UMass Amherst personnel committees with the opportunity to learn strategies to minimize bias to support inclusion and inclusivity in faculty promotion and tenure cases.
As part of the Provost Office’s ongoing efforts to address institutional bias and increase retention, UMass Faculty Diversity, in collaboration UMass ADVANCE and in consultation with the Office of Faculty Development and the Academic Personnel Office, has launched training for members of college and department personnel committees. This new initiative is a form of applied implicit bias training intended to address the particular challenges of the faculty evaluation process and develop strategies to counteract bias. The workshop builds on the STRIDE faculty recruitment trainings that have been offered to address bias in recruitment. Please note that this is meant to complement, but is separate from the training offered by MSP, which focuses on the procedural aspect of personnel committee work.
The UMass STRIPE Training for personnel committees is modeled after the STRIPE Training developed by ADVANCE at Texas A&M, and draws on materials developed by Beth Mitchneck and the UMass ADVANCE team.
Spring 2025 STRIPE Training Workshops
Click on a date to register for a workshop:
- Monday, February 10, 10:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. - Campus Center, Room 803
- Tuesday, February 25, 10:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. - Campus Center, Room 804-08
- Wednesday, March 12, 2:00-4:00 p.m. - Campus Center, Room 904-08
- Thursday, April 3, 1:00-3:00 p.m. - Campus Center, Room 804-08
2024-25 STRIPE Faculty Fellows
Lynn Adler – Professor, Biology
Michael Becker – Associate Professor, Linguistics
Elizabeth Brabec – Professor, Landscape Architecture and Regional Planning
Adena Calden – Senior Lecturer II, Mathematics and Statistics
Soonkyu Chung – Associate Professor, Nutrition
Laura Francis – Senior Lecturer II, Biology
Christiane Healey – Senior Lecturer II, Biology
Jonathan Hulting-Cohen – Associate Professor, Music and Dance
Sindiso MnisiWeeks – Associate Professor, Political Science and Legal Studies
Timothy Randhir – Professor, Environmental Conservation
Matthew Rattigan – Senior Lecturer, Computer Sciences
Christine St. Laurent – Assistant Professor, Kinesiology
Kelsey Whipple – Assistant Professor, Journalism
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