Workshops for Colleges & Universities Across the Nation
Recruiting and Hiring Faculty
Includes “Implementing Workshops for Search Committees” train-the-trainers module
WISELI can typically present this workshop during the spring and summer semesters (January–August), but not during the fall semester (September–December). Please contact WISELI for more information about scheduling and hosting a workshop.
Because the search process plays a critical role in shaping our faculty and staff for years to come and provides the best opportunity for diversifying our workforce, it is important that we implement effective and efficient recruiting practices and address important contemporary issues of excellence and diversity.
WISELI has developed and implemented workshops that provide search committees with the latest tips and advice for:
- Running efficient and effective searches
- Recruiting excellent and diverse applicants
- Understand the potential influence of unconscious bias on evaluation of candidates
- Conducting fair and thorough reviews of candidates
- Implementing an effective interview process
- Successfully hiring selected candidates
Looking for this workshop at UW–Madison?
See below for RESOURCES for Search Committees and WISELI Publications related to the faculty search process.
Workshop options
Searching for Excellence and Diversity®
A workshop for department chairs and search committee members
This four-hour workshop is designed for faculty and staff members who are or will soon be serving on search committees on your campus. During this workshop, we will present the content of the search workshops we have developed and implemented on the UW–Madison campus.
Workshop Schedule
AM: “Searching for Excellence and Diversity®” – A workshop for department chairs and search committee members
PM: “Implementing workshops for search committees”
In the morning, we will offer the four-hour workshop, “Searching for Excellence and Diversity,” for faculty and staff members who are or will soon be serving on search committees on your campus.
In the afternoon, we will meet (for approximately 2-3 hours) with a selected group of faculty and staff whom you expect will be actively involved in future efforts to develop and present training for search committees. We will engage participants in informal discussion about implementing search workshops on your campus. Issues discussed will include: the materials, techniques, strategies, and options for implementing search committee training on your campus. During this session, participants can also gain some experience presenting research relevant to the search process.
Resources
- Recruiting resources for search committees
- Searching for Excellence and Diversity: A Guide for Search Committees (PDF). Hard copies of this guidebook are available from WISELI’s Online Bookstore.
- Reviewing Applicants: Research on Bias and Assumptions (PDF). A brochure summarizing research on unintentional biases and assumptions and their potential influence on evaluation of faculty candidates. Printed copies are available from WISELI’s Online Bookstore.
- BIBLIOGRAPHY of references used in WISELI publications
- BIBLIOGRAPHY of works related to the search process
Universities Visited
2023
- Gonzaga University
- Missouri University of Science & Technology
2021
- Michigan State University School of Law (virtual)
2020
- University of Nebraska Omaha
- University of North Carolina School of the Arts (virtual)
2019
- American University
2018
- Florida Atlantic University
2016
- Pennsylvania Consortium for the Liberal Arts
- University of Chicago
- University of Toronto
2015
- Ohio State University
- University of Minnesota
- Upper Midwest HERC Consortium
2014
- University of Minnesota Medical School
- University of Texas Pan American
- University of Vermont
2013
- Rochester Institute of Technology
- Wright State University
2012
Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center
2010
- South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
- North Dakota State University
- Northern State University
- South Dakota State University
2009
- Purdue University
- Skidmore College and Union College (combined)
- University of Delaware
2008
- Edgewood College
- University of Alabama-Brimingham
- University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, College of Engineering
- University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire
- Wayne State University
2007
- University of Wisconsin-Stout
- University of Wisconsin-Whitewater
- Washington University in St. Louis
2006
- University of Wisconsin System
- Wisconsin Technical College System
Relevant Publications and Media Coverage
Faculty Recruitment Strategies: Social Media Guidance
As the need for guidance regarding social media’s role in faculty recruitment becomes more pertinent to WISELI’s Searching for Excellence & Diversity workshops, we’ve made such a resource available on our website. The goal of …
Faculty Job Interviews Gone Bad
"Faculty Job Interviews Gone Bad." December 19, 2018. Kris Olds. Inside Higher Ed.
Searching for Excellence & Diversity® Workshop: Improving Faculty Diversity by Educating Faculty Search Committees
Sheridan, Jennifer; Eve Fine; Molly Carnes; Amy Wendt; and Jo Handelsman. 2015. “Searching for Excellence & Diversity® Workshop: Improving Faculty Diversity by Educating Faculty Search Committees.” In Personalauswahl in der Wissenschaft (C. Peus et al., Eds.) Berlin: Springer-Verlag.
Minimizing the Influence of Gender Bias on the Faculty Search Process
Fine, Eve; Jennifer Sheridan; Molly Carnes; Jo Handelsman; Christine Pribbenow; Julia Savoy; and Amy Wendt. 2014. “Minimizing the Influence of Gender Bias on the Faculty Search Process.” In Advances in Gender Research: Gender Transformations in the Academy (Vasilikie Demos, Catherine White Berheide, and Marcia Texler Segal, Eds.) Bingley, United Kingdom: Emerald Group Publishing.
Searching for Excellence & Diversity®: Workshops for Search Committees
Fine, Eve and Molly Carnes. “Searching for Excellence & Diversity®: Workshops for Search Committees. GWIMS Watch (Summer, 2013): 7-8.
Searching for Excellence & Diversity: Increasing the Hiring of Women Faculty at One Academic Medical Center
Sheridan, Jennifer; Eve Fine; Christine Maidl Pribbenow; Jo Handelsman; Molly Carnes. 2010. “Searching for Excellence & Diversity: Increasing the Hiring of Women Faculty at One Academic Medical Center.” Academic Medicine. 85(6):999-1007.
Interventions That Affect Gender Bias in Hiring: A Systematic Review
Isaac, Carol; Barbara Lee; and Molly Carnes. 2009. “Interventions That Affect Gender Bias in Hiring: A Systematic Review.” Academic Medicine. 84(10):1440-1446.
Searching for Excellence & Diversity: Does Training Faculty Search Committees Improve Hiring of Women?
Sheridan, Jennifer; Eve Fine; Jessica Winchell; Christine Maidl Pribbenow; Molly Carnes; and Jo Handelsman. 2007. “Searching for Excellence & Diversity: Does Training Faculty Search Committees Improve Hiring of Women?” American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) 2007 Conference Proceedings. June 2007.
Climate Change at the University of Wisconsin-Madison: What Changed, and Did ADVANCE Have an Impact?
Sheridan, Jennifer; Christine Maidl Pribbenow; Eve Fine; Jo Handelsman; and Molly Carnes. 2007. “Climate Change at the University of Wisconsin-Madison: What Changed, and Did ADVANCE Have an Impact?” Women in Engineering Programs & Advocates Network (WEPAN) 2007 Conference Proceedings. June 2007.
Gender Matters
“Gender Matters.” Jennifer Blue, Adrienne L. Traxler, and Ximena C. Cid. Physics Today 71/3/40. March 2018.
Stop Bias and Start Change in STEM
“Stop Bias and Start Change in STEM.” Beth Mitchneck. The Hill/Congress Blog. May 6, 2016.
Bias in Hiring
“Bias in Hiring.” Emily Auerbach. University of the Air, Wisconsin Public Radio. Madison, WI. September 20, 2015.
Reducing the Impact of Negative Stereotypes on the Careers of Minority and Women Scientists
“Reducing the Impact of Negative Stereotypes on the Careers of Minority and Women Scientists.” Daisy Grewal. Science Careers. October 26, 2010.