Engaging Faculty in Group- Level Change for Institutional Transformation Disrupting Inequity and Building Inclusive Academic Departments

• Other Authors: Jackson, Jennifer Kasi (Editor), O Anderson, Amena (Editor), Dilks, Lisa (Editor), Holmes, Maja (Editor), Kunkle, Christine (Editor), Nolan, James (Editor), Latimer, Melissa (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Taylor & Francis 2023
• Series: Routledge Research in Higher Education
• Subjects: Education; Organization & management of education; Higher & further education, tertiary education; Educational strategies & policy; Teacher training; Inclusive education / mainstreaming; Leadership in Higher Education,HE leadership,Higher education administration,Higher education management,Institutional change,Institutional reform,Institutional policy,Diversity,Equity,Inclusion,DEI,DE&I,Inclusive practice in Higher Education,Racial discrimination,Gender discrimination,Group-level change,Group behavior,Group behaviour,Group dynamics,Department-level change,Change agent,DEI,Group Level Change,Ped,Collective Efficacy,Change Agent,Dual Agenda,Data Debriefs,Social Justice Work,Non-tenure Track Faculty,Intersectional Lens,Disengaged,Hold,Advance Project,HBCUs,Department Atmosphere,Specific Facilitated,Departmental Strategic Planning,Advance Initiative,Institutional Transformation,Higher Education Administration,Problem Solving Action Planning,Transforming Change Processes,Follow,Refocus,All
• Online Access: OAPEN Library: description of the publication

Diversifying the academic faculty remains an elusive goal marked by slow and uneven progress. This book describes an effective model for institutional transformation which is uniquely grounded in group-level processes. Efforts at institutional transformation continue to center individual actors. This is evident in the proliferation of programs that train individuals on implicit bias, search strategies, and other diversity and inclusion-based content as solutions for inequities in academia. Acknowledging the value of these approaches, this book adds a new focus: group-level processes. It unifies research on gender and racial inequity with concepts from social psychological theories of group dynamics to present a model of change centered on professional adult learners, including faculty and academic staff. The book details the implementation of group-level processes based on insights from the learning sciences, higher education leadership, communication studies, and group facilitation to instill norms for a more equitable and inclusive institution. Drawing on quantitative and qualitative data to illustrate the impact of group-level initiatives, the book offers recommendations to enable the application of this model in higher education contexts. This book will be of interest to researchers and graduate students studying institutional transformation, academic social justice leadership, and faculty professional development and to those interested in integrating justice and equity into team science, translational research, and other trans-, inter-, and multi-disciplinary fields.