Engaging Faculty in Group-Level Change for Institutional Transformation: Disrupting Inequity and Building Inclusive Academic Departments [Paperback]

Diversifying the academic faculty remains an elusive goal marked by slow and uneven progress. This book describes an effective model for institutional transformation which is uniquely grounded in group-level processes.

Introduction: The WVU ADVANCE TeamHarnessing Group Energy  Part I: Centering Group-Level Processes to Drive Institutional Transformation in Higher Education  1. Centering Group-Level Change Processes: An Elixir for Dual Agenda and Intersectional Approaches  2. Group Psycho-Emotional Dynamics as Central to Effective Institutional Change: Connecting Individual and Whole-Institution Approaches  3. Group Psycho-Emotional Dynamics within Academic Departments: The Structure, Process, and Impact of Dialogues  Part II: Two Models for Group-Level Change: Dialogues and the Change Agent Course  4. Experience of Dialogues : Facilitator and Participant Responses to Implementing the Theory of Change  5. Application and Adaptation of Dialogues in Various Group Psycho-Emotional Dynamic Contexts  6. The Academic Change Agent Course: A Transforming Initiative  7. Cognitive Learning Moved to Affective Action: Academic Change Agent Identity as an Outcome of the Change Agent Course  Part III: The Route Forward to Achieve Institutional Transformation  8. Dialogues and the Change Agent Course in Concert: Transferability of Change Models  9. Dialogues and the Change Agent Course as Sensemaking Projects: Applications in Three Contexts  10. Types of Change Processes: Reimagining and Transforming the Academy  Conclusion: Moving Forward with Hope

J. Kasi Jackson, Ph.D. Director, WVU ADVANCE Center; Professor, Womens and Gender Studies. Sharing information and resol#9