Recruiting women faculty through inclusive, family-friendly practices

Rebeca San Martin; Andrea Moffitt; Theresa Loveless; Simone Brixius-Anderko

doi:10.1016/j.tibs.2023.01.003

Recruiting women faculty through inclusive, family-friendly practices

Trends Biochem Sci. 2023 Apr;48(4):311-314. doi: 10.1016/j.tibs.2023.01.003. Epub 2023 Feb 6.

Authors

Rebeca San Martin¹, Andrea Moffitt², Theresa Loveless³, Simone Brixius-Anderko⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Biochemistry & Cellular and Molecular Biology, University of Tennessee, 309 Ken and Blaire Mossman Bldg., 1311 Cumberland Ave, Knoxville, TN 37996, USA.
² Department of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA; Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, NY 11724, USA.
³ Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of California, Irvine, CA 92697, USA; Department of BioSciences, Rice University, Houston, TX 77005, USA.
⁴ Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Pittsburgh School of Pharmacy, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA. Electronic address: sib51@pitt.edu.

PMID: 36754683
DOI: 10.1016/j.tibs.2023.01.003

Abstract

Recruitment of STEM faculty is biased against parents and caregivers. Specifically, women experience discrimination associated with childrearing and marriage. Underestimating the value of these candidates leads to a tremendous loss of talent. Here, we present a toolkit to facilitate the recruitment of talented women caregivers by providing guidelines for hiring.

Keywords: academia; diversity and inclusion recruitment; early career faculty; family; job search.

Publication types

Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Diversity, Equity, Inclusion*
Faculty*
Female
Humans
Personnel Selection*

Abstract

Publication types

MeSH terms

Grants and funding