Queer- and trans-inclusive faculty hiring-A call for change

PLoS Biol. 2024 Nov 22;22(11):e3002919. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3002919. eCollection 2024 Nov.

Abstract

As queer and trans scientists, we face varied and systemic barriers to our professional success, resulting in our relative absence from faculty ranks at many institutions. In this Perspective, we call for a change in faculty hiring practices and present concrete guidance to make it a more inclusive process.

MeSH terms

  • Faculty*
  • Humans
  • Personnel Selection* / methods
  • Sexual and Gender Minorities*
  • Universities

Grants and funding

JLW would like to acknowledge comprehensive team-science training provided by the The National Science Foundation-funded EMergent Ecosystem Responses to ChanGE (EMERGE) Biology Integration Institute as part of their summer program, which helped make this collaborative effort possible (2022070). CRC was supported by an NSF Postdoctoral Research Fellowships in Biology Program (2305961). ACF was supported by NSF BII 2213854. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.