"I Take It Back. Not Everyone Can Teach This": Socialization to Teaching Required Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Courses

• In Event: Faculty-Student Interactions in the Classroom

Abstract

This study investigates socialization experiences of faculty teaching required undergraduate diversity courses at Big Ten Academic Alliance institutions. Through analysis of interviews with tenure track and non-tenure-track faculty, we offer a conceptualization of socialization to DEI teaching. This framework highlights two overlapping social roles of instructor: university teacher and DEI educator. Through a socialization framework, we explore how these simultaneous but asymmetrical social role acquisition processes operate. We find both tenure-track and non-tenure-track faculty perceive fit as university instructors, but remain in a state of consistently (re)assessing fit as DEI educators, despite little formal socialization for either role.

Authors

• Kari Weaver, Cleveland Institute of Art
  Presenting Author

• Nicholas Stroup, Ohio University
  Presenting Author