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The Conference for Latinx Contingent Faculty Members convened a group of faculty members in STEM fields at Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSIs) in the California State University System. The two-day event explored the often hidden, or unacknowledged realities of contingent faculty participants, with the purpose of gathering information about barriers and trade-offs these faculty experience professionally and personally that impact their work. This report provides an overview of barriers and challenges that were raised in the conference, and a brief review of the literature of strategies that could address these experiences, and better support Latinx contingent faculty in STEM.
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Listening to Those That Matter: Deans' Responses to the Barriers that Latiné/x/a/o Contingent faculty at HSI's face.
The authors of this paper hosted a 2-day conference that brought a group of Latiné/x/a/o contingent faculty from the California State University (CSU) system together to better understand the barriers they face in their professional roles and responsibilities while also identifying assets they bring to the classroom and institutions. Contingent faculty face mounting and compounding barriers that have devastating effects, not only on the faculty, but also the students they serve since a majority of contingent faculty are hired to teach first-generation, working class, and students of color. This paper seeks to synthesize a follow-up to the conference in where five STEM deans within CSU system were recruited to do a reading and reflection about the findings connected to the 2-day conference for the contingent faculty. From the dean’s responses, the authors paint a picture on the challenges that also impact deans from making changes for contingent faculty.
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- Award ID(s):
- 2137331
- PAR ID:
- 10453026
- Date Published:
- Journal Name:
- American Society of Engineering Education, Minorities in Engineering Division
- Format(s):
- Medium: X
- Sponsoring Org:
- National Science Foundation
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