Strengthening academic excellence and retaining Duke’s faculty talent
Effective Hiring Practices Workshops & Resources
Duke is committed to rigorous, equitable and inclusive searches to recruit and hire the most talented faculty. Offered during the fall semester, a workshop provides guidance for faculty search committee members, search committee chairs and administrators supporting the search. We also offer numerous resources for effective practices at all stages of the faculty hiring process.
Dual Career Assistance Program
Duke’s Dual Career Assistance Program provides personalized information and job search assistance for the partners of prospective, newly hired and current regular rank faculty members.
The office also provides direct support to academic units throughout each stage of the search process as well as support for units to create environments for faculty to thrive.
Faculty Life at Duke
This guide may be of interest to prospective and new faculty members, as well as to some faculty who have been at Duke for a while. It includes sections on new faculty, affinity groups and networking opportunities, faculty and leadership development, well-being, work/life balance and additional resources.
additional resources
Office for Institutional Equity
The Office for Institutional Equity can provide information on your candidate pool and help with problem-solving issues that arise in the search.
Trinity College of Arts & Sciences
Faculty Affairs Policies and Guidelines
Non-Duke Resources
- The Science of Unconscious Bias and What to Do About It in the Search and Recruitment Process (Association of American Medical Colleges)
- Implicit Association Test (Project Implicit)
- Searching for Excellence and Diversity: A Guide for Search Committees (University of Wisconsin)