Our work to partner with schools, departments and units at all stages of the faculty hiring process seeks to strengthen academic excellence and retain Duke’s faculty talent.
Equitable Hiring Practices
Duke is committed to rigorous, equitable and inclusive searches to recruit and hire the most talented faculty. Offered several times throughout 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.
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
Resources that the Office for Institutional Equity can provide to support your search include:
- Demographic data on the pool
- Data on your department
- Affirmative Action goals
- Hiring and promotion trends by race/gender
- Problem-solving issues that arise in the search
- Gathering information on applicants
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)
- Handbook for Faculty Searches and Hiring (University of Michigan)
- Summary and Highlights of the Handbook on Diversity and the Law (American Association for the Advancement of Science)
- The Revolving Door for Underrepresented Minority Faculty in Higher Education (Association of American Colleges and Universities)