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  1. Courting Candidates, or Faculty Candidates as Honored Guests
  2. Identify the Best Practices
  3. A UVa statistic
  4. Cognitive Errors
  5. Confidentiality
  6. What We Do Well at UVa
  7. Before Writing the Position Description
  8. Active Recruitment
  9. Expanding Trusted Networks
  10. Reference Letters
  11. Hidden Biases
  12. Dual Careers
  13. End of Game Strategies: The Role of the Search Committee after the Offer Has Been Made
  14. Declination—Why Do Candidates Refuse an Offer?

1. Courting Candidates, or Faculty Candidates as Honored Guests

Dowdall, J. 2005. Courting elusive candidates. The Chronicle of Higher Education. 51(23), February 11, 2005. Retrieved on February 15, 2008 from http://chronicle.com/weekly/v51/i23/23c00201.htm

Fraser, G. 2007a. Newly hired faculty focus group transcripts. Examining the experience of faculty search committees and newly hired faculty in order to improve the search process, IRB-SBS Protocol 2006-0358-00. Office of the Vice Provost for Faculty Recruitment & Retention, University of Virginia.

———. 2007b. Personal communication.

Fraser, G., D. Hunt and R. Kneedler. 2007. Faculty search committees: Building their capacity, listening to their wisdom. Presentation at Keeping Our Faculties IV Symposium. April 12-14, 2007. Minneapolis, MN. Available at http://www.cce.umn.edu/pdfs/CPE/KOF/Fraser_Gertrude_KOF_41307.pdf
 
Hunter, D.L. 2003. Turning things around: How engineering increased its number of female faculty. UCBerkeleyNews, Berkeleyan.  Retrieved on January 2, 2008 from http://www.berkeley.edu/news/berkeleyan/2003/02/05_turn.shtml

Olson, G.A. 2007. Don’t just search, recruit. The Chronicle of Higher Education. 53(8) Retrieved on January 23, 2008 from http://chronicle.com/weekly/v53/i38/38c00101.htm

Pendleton, D. 2005. Southern inhospitality. The Chronicle of Higher Education. April 13, 2005. Retrieved on February 15, 2008 from http://chronicle.com/jobs/2005/04/2005041301c.htm

Vicker L.A. and H.J. Royer. 2006. The complete academic search manual: A systematic approach to successful and inclusive hiring. Sterling, VA: Stylus.

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2. Identify the Best Practices

Fine, E. and J. Handelsman. 2005. Searching for excellence and diversity: A guide for search committee chairs. Women in Science and Engineering Leadership Institute (WISELI), University of Wisconsin. Retrieved on December 14, 2007 from http://wiseli.engr.wisc.edu/initiatives/hiring/SearchBook.pdf

Fraser, G. 2007. Search committee chair focus group transcripts. Examining the experience of faculty search committees and newly hired faculty in order to improve the search process, IRB-SBS Protocol 2006-0358-00. Office of the Vice Provost for Faculty Recruitment & Retention, University of Virginia.

Marchese T.J. and J.F. Lawrence. 2006. The search committee handbook: A guide to recruiting administrators, 2nd ed. Sponsored by the American Association for Higher Education. Sterling, VA: Stylus.

Moody, J. 2004. Faculty diversity: Problems and solutions. New York: Routledge. UVa Call number LB2332.6.M66 2004.

National Research Council. 2006. To recruit and advance: Women students and faculty in science and engineering. Committee on Women in Science and Engineering, Policy and Global Affairs, National Research Council of the National Academies. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.

NSF ADVANCE, Cornell University. Establishing an effective search committee. Retrieved on February 3, 2008 from http://advance.cornell.edu/resources/Establishing-an-effective-search-committee.pdf

NSF ADVANCE, University of Michigan. Handbook for faculty searches and hiring, 2007-2008. Retrieved on January 22, 2008 from http://www.umich.edu/~advproj/handbook.pdf

NSF ADVANCE, University of Washington. excellence and diversity in faculty recruitment. Retrieved on February 3, 2008 from www.engr.washington.edu/advance/workshops/F07-Faculty-Recruitment.pdf

Turner, C.S.V. 2003. Diversifying the faculty: A guidebook for search committees. Washington, D.C.: Association of American Colleges and Universities.

Turner, C.S.V. 2006.  Before starting a faculty search, take a good look at the search committee. The Chronicle of Higher Education. 53(6). September 29, 2006. Retrieved on February 18, 2008 from http://chronicle.com/weekly/v53/i06/06b03201.htm

Vicker L.A. and H.J. Royer. 2006. The complete academic search manual: A systematic approach to successful and inclusive hiring. Sterling, VA: Stylus.

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3. A UVa Statistic

Institutional Assessment and Studies. 2006a. Female TTT faculty at AAU 2005. (Original source: Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System [IPEDS], National Center for Education Statistics. Fall staff reports via Association of American Universities Peer Analysis System). University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA.

______. 2006b. TTT faculty by race-ethnicity 2005. (Original source: Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System [IPEDS], National Center for Education Statistics. Fall staff reports via Association of American Universities Peer Analysis System). University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA.

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4. Cognitive Errors

The Meyerhoff Fellowship Program. Results. University of Maryland, Baltimore County. Retrieved on January 14, 2008 from http://www.umbc.edu/meyerhoff/results.html 

The Meyerhoff Fellowship Program. Meyerhoff model: Succeeding together. University of Maryland, Baltimore County. Retrieved on January 14, 2008 from http://www.umbc.edu/meyerhoff/model.html

Moody, J. 2004. Faculty diversity: problems and solutions. New York: Routledge. UVa call number LB2332.6.M66 2004.

______. 2007. Rising above cognitive errors: Guidelines for search, tenure review, and other evaluation committees. JoAnn Moody. To order this monograph go to JoAnn Moody's Web site, http://www.diversityoncampus.com/id13.html  

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5. Confidentiality

Dowdall, J. 2005. Bad behavior in a search. The Chronicle of Higher Education. 51(32). April 8, 2005. Retrieved on February 15, 2008 from http://chronicle.com/weekly/v51/i32/32c00301.htm

Marchese T.J. and J.F. Lawrence. 2006. The search committee handbook: A guide to recruiting administrators, 2nd ed. Sponsored by the American Association for Higher Education. Sterling, VA: Stylus.

School of Medicine, Stanford University. 2008. Guide to faculty searches. Retrieved on February 7, 2008 from http://med.stanford.edu/academicaffairs/facultysearch/committee.html

Vicker L.A. and H.J. Royer. 2006. The complete academic search manual: A systematic approach to successful and inclusive hiring. Sterling, VA: Stylus.

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6. What We Do Well at UVa

College of Arts and Sciences, University of Virginia. 2007. Personal communications.

Fraser, G. 2007a. Newly hired faculty focus group transcripts. Examining the experience of faculty search committees and newly hired faculty in order to improve the search process, IRB-SBS Protocol 2006-0358-00. Office of the Vice Provost for Faculty Recruitment & Retention, University of Virginia.

———. 2007b. Search committee chair focus group transcripts. Examining the experience of faculty search committees and newly hired faculty in order to improve the search process, IRB-SBS Protocol 2006-0358-00. Office of the Vice Provost for Faculty Recruitment & Retention, University of Virginia.

Mannix, M. 2002. Facing the problem. American Society for Engineering Education Prism, 12 (2): 18-24. Retrieved on February 27, 2008 from http://www.prism-magazine.org/oct02/facingproblem.cfm
Moody, J. 2004. Faculty diversity: Problems and solutions. New York: Routledge. UVa Call number LB2332.6 .M66 2004.

NSF ADVANCE, University of Michigan. Handbook for faculty searches and hiring, 2007-2008. Retrieved on January 22, 2008 from http://www.umich.edu/~advproj/handbook.pdf

NSF ADVANCE, University of Washington. 2007. Faculty hiring: Diversity and excellence go hand-in-hand. Center for Institutional Change. Retrieved on January 23, 2008 from http://www.engr.washington.edu/advance/resources/Diversity-and-Excellence.pdf

Olson, G.A. 2007. Don’t just search, recruit. The Chronicle of Higher Education. 53(38). Retrieved on January 23, 2008 from http://chronicle.com/weekly/v53/i38/38c00101.htm

Rachac, C. and G. Maruyama. 2007. Weather or not to come: Faculty reasons for accepting or declining offers from a public midwestern research university. Presentation at a conference, Keeping Our Faculties IV Symposium: Recruiting, Retaining and Advancing Faculty of Color. April 12-14. Minneapolis, MN. Retrieved on January 23, 2007 from http://www.cce.umn.edu/pdfs/CPE/KOF/Rachac_Carol_KOF_41307.pdf

Rikkers, L.F. 2003. Recruiting faculty: a science and an art. Surgery. 134(5). 738-740. Retrieved on February 27, 2008 from http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=MImg&_imagekey=B6WXC-4B2BVB1-9-1&_cdi=7155&_user=709071&_orig=browse&_coverDate=11%2F30%2F2003&_sk=998659994&view=c&wchp=dGLbVzz-zSkWA&md5=d47681f9862cf0a251ee5716b650ae5c&ie=/sdarticle.pdf

School of Law, University of Virginia. 2004. Personal communication.

Turner, C.S.V.  2003. Diversifying the faculty: A guidebook for search committees. Washington, D.C.: Association of American Colleges and Universities.

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7. Before Writing the Position Description

Lange, S.E.  and J.W. Yen. 2005. Toolkits for retention and recruitment: Utilization and outcomes. Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition. Retrieved on January 8, 2008 from http://www.asee.org/acPapers/2005-1231_Final.pdf

Moody, J. 2007. Rising above cognitive errors: Guidelines for search, tenure review, and other evaluation committees. JoAnn Moody. To order this monograph go to JoAnn Moody's Web site, http://www.diversityoncampus.com/id13.html
 
NSF ADVANCE, University of Rhode Island. 2007. Faculty recruitment handbook: A research-based guide for active diversity recruitment practices. Retrieved on November 30, 2007 from http://www.uri.edu/advance/files/pdf/Recruit_Handbook_Web.pdf

Terry, E., A. Effrat and M.D. Sorcinelli. 2006. Faculty development and renewal to enhance diversity and inclusion. Presentation at a conference, Diversity and Learning: A Defining Moment, Association of American Colleges and Universities. October 19-21. Philadelphia, PA.

Trachtenberg, S.J. 2007. Goodbye to Procrustes and Goldilocks. Inside Higher Education, October 18, 2007.  Retrieved on October 19, 2007 from http://www.insidehighered.com/views/2007/10/18/trachtenberg

Turner, C.S.V. 2003. Diversifying the faculty: A guidebook for search committees. Washington, D.C.: Association of American Colleges and Universities.

Van der Vorm, P. 2001. The well-tempered search: Hiring faculty and administration for mission. Academe. 87(3). May-June. Retrieved on February 18, 2008 from http://www.aaup.org/AAUP/pubsres/academe/2001/MJ/Feat/Vorm.htm

Vicker L.A. and H.J. Royer. 2006. The complete academic search manual: A systematic approach to successful and inclusive hiring. Sterling, VA: Stylus.

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8. Active Recruitment

Gaertner, S. 2007. Personal communication.

Institute for Broadening Participation. How to make the most of conference participation. Retrieved on February 1, 2008 from  http://www.ibparticipation.org/pdf/Making_the_Most_of_Conference_%20Participation_2007_1018.pdf 

NSF ADVANCE, Cornell University. Effective pool development Strategies. Retrieved on January 23, 2008 from http://advance.cornell.edu/resources/Pool-Development.pdf

NSF ADVANCE, University of Michigan. 2007. Handbook for faculty searches and hiring, 2007-2008. University of Michigan. Retrieved on January 22, 2008 from http://www.umich.edu/~advproj/handbook.pdf

NSF ADVANCE, University of Washington. 2007. Faculty hiring: Diversity and excellence go hand-in-hand. Center for Institutional Change. Retrieved on January 23, 2008 from http://www.engr.washington.edu/advance/resources/Diversity-and-Excellence.pdf

Olson, G.A. 2007. Don’t just search, recruit. The Chronicle of Higher Education. (53), 38. Retrieved on January 23, 2008 from http://chronicle.com/weekly/v53/i38/38c00101.htm

Rachac, C. and G. Maruyama. 2007. Weather or not to come: Faculty reasons for accepting or declining offers from a public midwestern research university. Presentation at a conference, Keeping Our Faculties IV Symposium: Recruiting, Retaining and Advancing Faculty of Color. April 12-14, 2007. Minneapolis, MN. Retrieved on January 23, 2007 from http://www.cce.umn.edu/pdfs/CPE/KOF/Rachac_Carol_KOF_41307.pdf

Vicker L.A. and H.J. Royer. 2006. The complete academic search manual: A systematic approach to successful and inclusive hiring. Sterling, VA: Stylus.

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9. Expanding Trusted Networks

The Alliance for Graduate Education and the Professoriate (AGEP). 2007a. AGEP programs. Retrieved on February 1, 2008 from http://www.agep.us/programs.asp

The Alliance for Graduate Education and the Professoriate (AGEP). 2007b. Home. Retrieved on February 1, 2008 from http://www.agep.us/index.asp

The Alliance for Graduate Education and the Professoriate (AGEP). 2007c. Student profiles. Retrieved on February 1, 2008 from http://www.agep.us/studentprofiles.asp?student=all

American Indian Graduate Center. Accenture American Indian Graduate Scholarship. Retrieved on February 5, 2008 from http://www.aigcs.org/02scholarships/accenture/accenture.htm

American Indian Graduate Center. Graduate fellowships. Retrieved on February 5, 2008 from http://www.aigcs.org/02scholarships/scholarships.htm

Dreifus, G. 2007. Goal No. 1: good science. Goal No. 1: Diversity: A conversation with Michael F. Summers. The New York Times. March 13, 2007. Retrieved on March 25, 2007 from http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/13/science/13conv.html?_r=1&oref=slogin 

The Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship (IGERT). 2007a. Home page. Retrieved on February 1, 2008 from http://www.igert.org/

The Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship (IGERT). 2007b. List of programs. Retrieved on February 1, 2008 from http://www.igert.org/programs.asp

Krebs, P.M. and M.J. LaBare. 2004. Exploring strategies for hiring and retaining minority faculty. Presentation at 5th Biennial Diversity and Learning Conference, Association of American Colleges and Universities, October 21-23, Nashville, TN.

Maki, M. 2006. SRIP aims for long term diversity in the SOM. Research News, Office of the Vice President for Research and Graduate Studies, University of Virginia. Retrieved on February 2, 2008 from http://oscar.virginia.edu/researchnews/x7848.xml

Mannix, M. 2002. Facing the problem. American Society for Engineering Education Prism, 12 (2): 18-24. Retrieved on February 27, 2008 from http://www.prism-magazine.org/oct02/facingproblem.cfm

The Meyerhoff Fellowship Program. 2007a. The Meyerhoff Graduate Program: Biomedical fellows. University of Maryland, Baltimore County. Retrieved on January 14, 2008 from http://www.umbc.edu/meyerhoff/Graduate/

The Meyerhoff Fellowship Program. 2007b. Meet the students. University of Maryland, Baltimore County. Retrieved on January 14, 2008 from http://www.umbc.edu/meyerhoff/Graduate/students/

The Meyerhoff Fellowship Program. 2007c. Meyerhoff model: Succeeding together. University of Maryland, Baltimore County. Retrieved on January 14, 2008 from http://www.umbc.edu/meyerhoff/model.html

The Meyerhoff Fellowship Program. 2007d. Results. University of Maryland, Baltimore County. Retrieved on January 14, 2008 from http://www.umbc.edu/meyerhoff/results.html 

National Academies. 2007a. Directory of Ford Foundation Fellows. Retrieved on February 1, 2008 from http://nrc58.nas.edu/FordFellowDirect/Main/Main.aspx 

National Academies. 2007b. Ford Foundation Diversity Fellowships home page. Retrieved on February 1, 2008 from http://www7.nationalacademies.org/fordfellowships/

NSF ADVANCE, University of Washington. 2007. Faculty hiring: Diversity and excellence go hand-in-hand. Center for Institutional Change. Retrieved on January 23, 2008 from http://www.engr.washington.edu/advance/resources/Diversity-and-Excellence.pdf

Society for Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS). 2008. Postdoc programs. Retrieved on February 8, 2008 from http://www.sacnas.org/postdocs.cfm

Summer Research Internship Program (SRIP). 2007. About the Summer Research Internship Program. University of Virginia. Retrieved on February 2, 2008 from http://www.healthsystem.virginia.edu/internet/gpo/srip/program.cfm

Turner, C.S.V. 2003. Diversifying the faculty: A guidebook for search committees. Washington, D.C.: Association of American Colleges and Universities.

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10. Reference Letters

Fraser, G. 2008. Personal communication.

Steinpres, R.E.,  K. Anders and D. Ritzke. 1999. The impact of gender on the review of the curricula vitae of job applicants and tenure candidates: A National Empirical Study. Sex Roles. 41(7/8):509-28. Retrieved on May 23, 2005 from http://www.cwru.edu/president/aaction/ImpactofGender.pdf

Trix, F. and C. Psenka. 2003. Exploring the color of glass: Letters of recommendation for female and male medical faculty. Discourse and Society. 14(2):191-220. Retrieved on May 23, 2005 from http://www.cwru.edu/president/aaction/Exploring%20the%20color%20of%20glass.pdf

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11. Hidden Biases

Dovidio, J.F., K. Kawakami, C. Johnson, B. Johnson and A. Howard. 1997. On the nature of prejudice: Automatic and controlled processes. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 33(5): 510-540. Retrieved on April 17, 2008 from http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=MImg&_imagekey=B6WJB-45KV10P-B-1&_cdi=6874&_user=709071&_orig=browse&_coverDate=09%2F30%2F1997&_sk=999669994&view=c&wchp=dGLbVzz-zSkWz&md5=af2969cff3f7781a02b38b2e6062b984&ie=/sdarticle.pdf

Fazio, R.H., J.R. Jackson; B.C. Dunton and C.J. Williams. 1995. Variability in automatic activation as an unobtrusive measure of racial attitudes: A bona fide pipeline? Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 69(6): 1013-1027. Retrieved on April 17, 2008.

Because the online version of this journal uses timed/timed out sessions, we cannot give you a direct URL for the article (i.e., the URL changes with each session and each computer). We are hoping to get permission to post a link to a .pdf version on this Web site. In the meantime access is available to this journal, and the article, via VIRGO; once you are in the correct issue scroll down to article #3. We apologize for the inconvenience. Links to articles from all other journals are direct.

Gaertner, S.L. and J.P. McLaughlin. 1983. Racial stereotypes: Associations and ascriptions of positive and negative characteristics. Social Psychology Quarterly. 46(1): 23-30. Retrieved on February 3, 2008 from http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0190-2725%28198303%2946%3A1%3C23%3ARSAAAO%3E2.0.CO%3B2-K

Greenwald, A.G. and M.R. Banaji. 1995. Implicit social cognition: Attitudes, self-esteem, and stereotypes. Psychological Review. 102(1): 4-27. Available at http://projectimplicit.net/articles.php

Kelly, M. 2003. Psychologists explore unconscious sources of racial prejudice. UVa Top News Daily. March 19, 2003. Retrieved on February 8, 2008 from http://www.virginia.edu/topnews/wilson_timothy.html  

Lowery, B.S., C.D. Hardin and S. Sinclair. 2001. Social influence effects
on automatic racial prejudice. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 81: 842–855. Retrieved on February 8, 2008.

Because the online version of this journal uses timed/timed out sessions, we cannot give you a direct URL for the article (i.e., the URL changes with each session and each computer). We are hoping to get permission to post a link to a .pdf version on this Web site. In the meantime access is available to this journal, and the article, via VIRGO; once you are in the correct issue scroll down to article #13. We apologize for the inconvenience. Links to articles from all other journals are direct.

Martin, C.P. 2003. Sinclair scrutinizes prejudice and stereotypes. Arts and Sciences. June. Charlottesville: University of Virginia. Retrieved on February 8, 2008 from http://magazine.clas.virginia.edu/x4898.xml

Nosek, B. 2006. Uncomfortable truths. Arts and Sciences. October. Charlottesville: University of Virginia. Retrieved on January 24, 2008 from http://magazine.clas.virginia.edu/x8600.xml

Nosek, B.A., M.R. Banaji and A.G. Greenwald. (2002). Harvesting implicit group attitudes and beliefs from a demonstration Web site. Group Dynamics: Theory, Research, and Practice, 6(1),101-115. Available at http://projectimplicit.net/articles.php .

NSF ADVANCE, University of Rhode Island. 2007. Faculty recruitment handbook: A research-based guide for active diversity recruitment practices.  Retrieved on November 30, 2007 from http://www.uri.edu/advance/files/pdf/Recruit_Handbook_Web.pdf

Project Implicit. 2007a. Demonstration/research. Retrieved on February 2, 2008 https://implicit.harvard.edu/implicit/ 

Project Implicit. 2007b. General information. Retrieved on January 28, 2008 from http://projectimplicit.net/generalinfo.php

Project Implicit. 2007c. What is Project Implicit? Retrieved on January 26, 2008 from http://projectimplicit.net/about.php

Sinclair, S. 2006. Faculty and student research with underrepresented populations. Retrieved on February 8, 2008 from http://www.virginia.edu/psychology/graduate/diversity/research.html#sinclair

Sinclair, S., B. Lowery., C. Hardin and A. Colangelo. 2005. Social tuning of automatic attitudes: The role of affiliative motivation. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 89: 583 – 592. Retrieved on February 8, 2008.

Because the online version of this journal uses timed/timed out sessions, we cannot give you a direct URL for the article (i.e., the URL changes with each session and each computer). We are hoping to get permission to post a link to a .pdf version on this Web site. In the meantime access is available to this journal, and the article, via VIRGO; once you are in the correct issue scroll down to article #14. We apologize for the inconvenience. Links to articles from all other journals are direct.

Thomas-Hunt, M.C. and K.W. Phillips. 2004. When what you know is not enough: The effects of gender on expert’s influence within work groups. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. 30: 1585-1598. Retrieved on February 2, 2008 from http://psp.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/30/12/1585
 
Uhlmann, E. L. and Cohen, J. L. 2005. Constructed criteria: Redefining merit to justify discrimination. Psychological Science. 16(6): 474-480. Retrieved on January 3, 2008 via VIRGO from http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.0956-7976.2005.01559.x 

Wittenbrink, B., C.M. Judd and B. Park. 1997. Evidence for racial prejudice at the implicit level and its relationship with questionnaire measures. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 72(2): 262-74. Retrieved on April 17, 2008.

Because the online version of this journal uses timed/timed out sessions, we cannot give you a direct URL for the article (i.e., the URL changes with each session and each computer). We are hoping to get permission to post a link to a .pdf version on this Web site. In the meantime access is available to this journal, and the article, via VIRGO; once you are in the correct issue scroll down to article #4. We apologize for the inconvenience. Links to articles from all other journals are direct.

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12. Dual Careers

Bombardieri, M. 2007. Dual careers worry academia. The Boston Globe. June 11, 2007.

Clayman Institute for Gender Research. Dual career academic couples. Stanford University. Retrieved on January 5, 2008 from http://www.stanford.edu/group/gender/ResearchPrograms/DualCareer/index.html

Dual Career Program, West Virginia University. Retrieved on November 14, 2007 from http://www.dualcareer.wvu.edu/

Frank Fox, M. 2005. “Gender, Family Characteristics, and Publication Productivity Among Scientists.” Social Studies of Science, 35 (1): 131-150. Retrieved on January 6, 2008 from http://sss.sagepub.com/cgi/reprint/35/1/131

Fraser, G. 2007. Newly hired faculty focus group transcripts. Examining the experience of faculty search committees and newly hired faculty in order to improve the search process, IRB-SBS Protocol 2006-0358-00. Office of the Vice Provost for Faculty Recruitment & Retention, University of Virginia.

Higher Education Recruitment Consortium (HERC). 2008. National portal page. Retrieved on February 12, 2008 from http://www.hercjobs.org/home/index.cfm?site_id=793

Mid-Atlantic Higher Education Recruitment Consortium (MA-HERC). 2008. Frequently asked questions.

NSF ADVANCE, Columbia University. 2005. A proposal for recruiting and retaining dual-career couples. The Earth Institute ADVANCE Working Group on Science & Technology Recruiting to Increase Diversity (STRIDE). Retrieved on January 6, 2008 from www.earthinstitute.columbia.edu/advance/documents/STRIDE_dual_career_final_000.pdf

NSF ADVANCE, University of Michigan. Handbook for faculty searches and hiring, 2007-2008. Retrieved on January 22, 2008 from http://www.umich.edu/~advproj/handbook.pdf

Office of Dual Career Recruitment, Human Resources, University of Virginia.

Scott-Scurry, D. 2008. Personal communication. Director of UVa’s Office of Equal Opportunity Programs.

Wolf-Wendel, L; S.B. Twombly and S. Rice. 2003. The two-body problem: Dual-career-couple hiring policies in higher education. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. The UVa Library offers access to an electronic copy of this book at http://site.ebrary.com/lib/uvalib/Doc?id=10070272

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13. End of Games Strategies: The Role of the Seaerch Committee After the Offer Has Made Dowdall, J. 2003. Going it alone: Even though they might not use search consultants, hiring committees can employ their tactics. The Chronicle of Higher Education, 50(7). Retrieved on February 3, 2008 from http://chronicle.com/prm/weekly/v50/i07/07c00301.htm

Fraser, G. 2007. Personal communication.

Olson, G.A. 2007. Don’t just search, recruit. The Chronicle of Higher Education. 53(38). Retrieved on January 23, 2008 from http://chronicle.com/weekly/v53/i38/38c00101.htm

Vicker L.A., and H.J. Royer. 2006. The complete academic search manual: A systematic approach to successful and inclusive hiring. Sterling, VA: Stylus.

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14. Declination--Why Do Candidates Refuse an Offer?

Rachac, C. and G. Maruyama. 2007. Weather or not to come: Faculty reasons for accepting or declining offers from a public midwestern research university. Presentation at a conference, Keeping Our Faculties IV Symposium: Recruiting, Retaining and Advancing Faculty of Color. April 12-14, 2007. Minneapolis, MN. Retrieved on January 23, 2007 from http://www.cce.umn.edu/pdfs/CPE/KOF/Rachac_Carol_KOF_41307.pdf

Fraser, G. 2007. Faculty Position Finalist Experience and Employment Priorities Survey. IRB-SBS Protocol 2007-0414-00. Office of the Vice Provost for Faculty Recruitment & Retention, University of Virginia

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