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 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.
Fall 2023 STRIPE Training Workshops
Click on a date to register for a workshop:
- Thursday, October 5, 9:00-11:00 a.m. - Campus Center, Room 804-08
- Tuesday, October 10 - 2:00-4:00 p.m. - Campus Center, Room 165-69
- Wednesday, October 25 - 9:00-11:00 a.m. - Campus Center, Room 904-08
- Monday, November 13 - 10:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. - Campus Center, Room 804-08
- Monday, November 20 - 1:00-3:00 p.m. - Campus Center, Room 168C
- Thursday, November 30 - 9:00-11:00 a.m. - Campus Center, Room 904-08
- Tuesday, December 5 - 2:00-4:00 p.m. - Campus Center, Room 904-08
2023 STRIPE Faculty Fellows
Lynn Adler – Professor, Biology
Sanjiv Gupta – Associate Professor, Sociology
Christiane Healey – Senior Lecturer, Biology
Cheryl Swanier – Senior Teaching Faculty, Manning College of Information & Computer Sciences
Neena Thota – Senior Teaching Faculty, Manning College of Information & Computer Sciences
Garrett Washington – Associate Professor, History
Contact us with any questions: facultydiversity@umass.edu
