4002.0: Tuesday, October 23, 2001: 8:30 AM-10:00 AM |
Oral Session |
| Ceilings and Salaries: Addressing Barriers to Minority Faculty Recruitment and Development |
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| Minority faculty in schools of public health comprise a dismal 15% of the total faculty (tenured and non-tenured).* This underrepresentation of minority faculty affects the ability to train skilled, culturally-competent and culturally-sensitive practitioners who will respond effectively to the health needs of the increasingly diverse U.S. population. This session will not only address the institutional challenges of recruiting, developing and retaining minority faculty, but also the obstacles of minority faculty in regards to mentorship, leadership development, professional roles and scholarly responsibilities. To illustrate the need for increased administrative support and mentorship, current graduate students and faculty will share their own mentoring experiences. Also, participants will have the opportunity to engage in discussion about “glass ceiling” experiences (salaries, racial/ethnic, gender) with minority faculty.
Panelists will discuss the professional and civic responsibilities of academic institutions and their vested partners (federal, state, non-profit, and private sector) to create and cultivate a diverse educational environment. They will emphasize and illustrate the fundamentals of how to develop model faculty recruitment and development programs. Finally, the significance of collecting appropriate data that accurately depicts the faculty demographics will be addressed, since the documentation and tracking of real data and experiences are necessary for the development of successful strategies to address minority faculty underrepresentation.
*ASPH Faculty Data 1997 |
| See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement. |
| Learning Objectives: 1)Understand the importance of recruiting, developing, and mentoring minority faculty;
2)Recognize the responsibilities and challenges faced by minority faculty in academic public health institutions;
3)Develop strategies to address the various glass ceilings' encountered by minority faculty, including race/ethnicity, gender, salary, and professional experience experienced by minority faculty;
4)Develop successful recruitment and retention programs; and,
5)Discuss the consequences of incomplete and imprecise data on minority faculty. |
| Facilitator(s): | Patricia Johnston, DrPH, MS, RD |
| Panelist(s): | Thomas LaVeist, PhD
Harold Neighbors, PhD |
| Discussant(s): | Amy Schulz, PhD |
| Organizer(s): | Geraldine Sanchez Aglipay |
| 8:30 AM | | Welcoming Remarks
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| 8:45 AM | | Introductory Remarks
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| 9:00 AM | | Panel Discussion
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| 9:15 AM | | Discussion
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| 9:30 AM | | Concluding Remarks
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| Sponsor: | Academic Public Health Caucus |
| Cosponsors: | Asian Pacific Islander Caucus of APHA; Black Caucus of Health Workers; Caucus on Refugee and Immigrant Health; Latino Caucus; Social Work; Socialist Caucus; Women's Caucus; Association of Schools of Public Health |
| CE Credits: | CME, Nursing, Pharmacy, Social Work |