For instance, Antonio says, the lack of community at many institutions,both personally and professionally, leaves some minority faculty unfulfilled.
Harvey says minorities are often interested in conducting research relevant to their own racial or ethnic groups, but that research is not always valued as highly as research conducted on White populations.
“We should give it the same value as mainstream research, which is research on White populations,” he says.
In Fraga’s new position at UW, one of his main responsibilities will be to recruit and retain minority faculty. He says he intends to meet that objective by offering minority faculty the same things all faculty members want.
“What many faculty of color look for is what every faculty member looks for, support for research and support for innovation in teaching,” Fraga says.
He adds that he’s excited to be heading to UW because the university has a record of appointing minorities to meaningful positions.
“Every institution says they want to support faculty of color, but talk is cheap,” he says. “When universities don’t appoint certain people, they also send certain messages.”
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