Individuals from marginalized ethnic and/or racial backgrounds are underrepresented in faculty positions at US universities. Improving representation will require support of individual faculty members and revamped broad incentive structures.
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Durkee, M.I. How to recruit and retain faculty members of colour in academia. Nat Rev Psychol 1, 489–490 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s44159-022-00098-0
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