What is it about?
We surveyed 112 faculty of color (FOC) employed as academic and/or clinical instructors in communication sciences and disorders. Survey responses indicated that the rewards of working at a college or university allowed FOC to remain engaged and maintain high job satisfaction rates. However, they reported a number of challenges, including those related to race and racism. We argue that recruitment and retention of FOC requires supports that specifically seek to overcome racialized practices.
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Why is it important?
ASHA has identified increasing the diversity of the profession as a strategic priority. Meeting this goal requires diversity within the faculty teaching undergraduate and graduate students. Our findings help to frame the experiences of faculty color in the field and identify how to encourage and maintain faculty diversity.
Perspectives
Writing this article helped me gain perspective on my own experiences as a faculty of color in communication sciences and disorders. It was affirming to see that the data validated my own experiences of the rewards and challenges associated with working in academia. I hope that our findings can help improve the experiences of current and future faculty of color.
Dr. Maria L Munoz
University of Redlands
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This page is a summary of: Faculty of Color, Bulletproof Souls, and Their Experiences in Communication Sciences and Disorders, Perspectives of the ASHA Special Interest Groups, October 2021, American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA),
DOI: 10.1044/2021_persp-20-00170.
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