WISELI
Women in Science & Engineering Leadership Institute

Searching for Excellence & Diversity®

Workshops for Faculty Search Committees

WISELI’s workshops for members of faculty search committees aim to help committees conduct effective searches and to recruit and hire excellent and diverse faculty.  The workshop provides  information, advice, and strategies for the following elements of a search:

  1. Running an effective and efficient committee
  2. Recruiting a highly qualified pool of diverse candidates
  3. Understanding the potential influence of unconscious bias on evaluation of candidates
  4. Ensuring a fair and thorough review of candidates
  5. Developing and implementing an effective interview process
  6. Successfully hiring selected candidates

Preworkshop Online Module

Prior to participating in the workshop, search committee members should complete the online module: Getting Started: A Supplement to Searching for Excellence & Diversity.  It provides content on “Running an Effective and Efficient Search Committe” and on recruiting diverse and excellent applicants, including a tool for writing and assessing your job listing (PVL).  If you need to launch your search and write your PVL prior to participating in the workshop, we strongly encourage you to use this tool during the writing process. Search committee members should receive a link to the online module when approval to conduct a search is provided and/or upon workshop registration. You can also contact WISELI to request the link.

Workshop Materials  |  Resources for search committees

UW-Madison Workshop Schedule & Registration

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Workshop Schedule

Summer 2020:  Due to COVID-19 restrictions, WISELI will host a virtual workshop series

Session 1 of the two-session series will be offered on the following two dates:

This 1.5-hour session is intended for members of faculty search committees that will begin recruiting applicants before the fall semester. It will cover the early stages of the search process: Running an effective committee, recruiting a diverse and excellent applicant pool, and conducting fair and equitable evaluations.

Session 2 will be scheduled in consultation with those who participate in Session 1.

Fall 2020: Please check back here in August 2020 for the Fall schedule.

NOTE:  Any fall sessions will likely be conducted virtually.

Please contact WISELI for more information or to schedule a session for a particular school or college.

Workshop Schedule

Campus-wide Workshops   |   Health Sciences Workshop  |  Refresher/Update

Campus-wide Workshops — 2023

The schedule of Fall 2023 search workshops will be posted here in August, 2023 – please check back or contact WISELI for information.

Health Sciences Workshop — Spring 2023

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Schools of Medicine and Public Health, Nursing, Pharmacy, and Veterinary Medicine

April 20, 1:00-4:00pm, HSLC Room 3110 A&C  | REGISTER by April 14

Refresher/Update — 2023

If you meet the prerequisite described below, please contact us to arrange for a refresher/update session

Prerequisite:  Completion of at least two complete workshop series during previous years. Two complete workshop series means:

  • Participating in both Session 1 & Session 2 of WISELI’s two-part workshop series at least twice in past years, or
  • Participating in a combined three-hour workshop series at least twice in past years, or
  • Participating in both Session 1 & Session 2 of WISELI’s two part workshop series at least once AND in a combined three-hour workshop at least once.

Workshop materials

Searching for Excellence and Diversity: A Guide for Search Committees at the University of Wisconsin-Madison (PDF). Members of the UW–‍Madison community can contact WISELI to obtain hard copies of this guidebook.

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. Members of the UW–‍Madison community can contact WISELI to obtain printed copies of this brochure.

Resources

WISELI Resources

UW-Madison Resources

Office of the Provost

Division of Diversity, Equity & Educational Achievement (DDEEA)

The DDEEA provides valuable resources that can assist with diversifying the workforce, including:

The Office of Human Resources (OHR)

The Office of Human Resources’ Talent Acquisition Team  provides valuable information and resources for recruiting applicants.

Relevant Publications

Media Coverage