Peer Networks

Peer networks, or faculty learning communities, have the potential to foster learning and professional growth. This reference list contains research on the science and impacts of peer networks.

August 30: Advancing Faculty Diversity Networking Reception

The ADVANCE peer network welcomes new and returning faculty of color and/or racially minoritized faculty for a networking reception

ADVANCE Peer Networks 2022-2023 Call for Participants

The ADVANCE Program is recruiting participants for the 2022-2023 ADVANCING Professional Track Faculty (APTF), ADVANCING Faculty Diversity (ADF), and Keeping Our Faculties (KOF) Peer Networks.

Earning Professional Legitimacy: Challenges Faced by Women, Underrepresented Minority, and Non-Tenure-Track Faculty

Little research has focused on how legitimacy is understood and conveyed through interactions between faculty colleagues, despite its importance to faculty careers. Not all faculty experience an even playing field in trying to access professional legitimacy. This is especially true for women, underrepresented minority (URM), and non-tenure-track (NTT) faculty. These groups experience common dilemmas in their pursuit of professional legitimacy in research university environments, though each group also faces distinct challenges of its own.

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