In Reproducing inequity: the role of race in the business school faculty search, Grier, a professor of marketing at American University, and Poole, a professor at the University of San Francisco examines diversity in business schools, why groups are underrepresented, and presents a qualitative study using the Critical Race Theory to examine components of race. The scholarly article dives deeper into five components of CRT analyzing why there is not a proportionate number of diverse faculty members to students. This includes: unchanged race and lasting racism, the interconnected nature of race with forms of subordination, the idea of one dominant ideology, experiential knowledge, and commitment to social justice. Grier also speaks about how many business schools only care about the ‘best athlete’ construct, where only outputs matter. Schools often do not take into account extra duties (inputs) of underrepresented minorities including mentoring diverse students and serving as token members in hiring committees. The article also illustrates that in order to be successful in promoting diversity, enthusiasm and promotion of diversity needs to come from everyone. Grier and Poole hope that the conversation on diversity in business schools continues through other scholars evaluating and promoting diversity within their own business schools.
Sonya A. Grier & Sonja Martin Poole (2020) Reproducing inequity: the role of race in the business school faculty search, Journal of Marketing Management, 36:13-14, 1190-1222, DOI: 10.1080/0267257X.2020.1800796
Link to article: https://doi.org/10.1080/0267257X.2020.1800796
Alternate link to article (PDF): https://www-tandfonline-com.libezproxy2.syr.edu/doi/pdf/10.1080/0267257X.2020.1800796?needAccess=true
Interesting stuff–it sounds like the article gets at some of the causal factors that need to be considered in terms of diversity in higher education. It would be helpful to know a bit more about the context of the study. Are these authors making recommendations to their colleagues? focused on documenting the problem? considering the reasons why this ought to be a priority? We need to know a bit more about their project in order to appreciate their findings.
(There are a few places in here where your subjects and verbs don’t agree in number–make sure to read the text out loud so that you can pick up on those issues.)