Deryl K. Hatch-TocaimazaOpinionResearch Design Flaws Identified in Study Suggesting That Chief Diversity Officers “Hurt” DiversityLast week, numerous media outlets highlighted a working paper submitted to the National Bureau of Economic Research contending that Chief Diversity Officers have no influence on faculty diversification and that their presence inversely influences the diversity of tenured faculty. The articles were widely shared in social media and received a visceral response from diversity experts who questioned the motivation for the study, analytic approach, its theoretical underpinnings, and interpretation of the results.September 13, 2018Page 1 of 1
