Please join the Advancing Communities of Equity through Institutional Transformation (ACE-IT) Research Group for two upcoming Town Halls on data collected from St. John's faculty through the Collaborative on Academic Careers in Higher Education (COACHE) survey spring 2022) and Equity Focus Groups (fall 2023).  

We will use these results and your feedback from the upcoming Town Halls to help develop a five-year equity strategic plan for faculty, through an intersectional and culturally responsive approach.

The themes of the first Town Hall discussion on March 6, 2023, at 1:50PM to 3:15PM which will be held VIRTUALLY are as follows: 

Nature of Work

·Research

·Service

·Teaching

Tenure and Promotion

·Tenure policies

·Tenure expectations

·Promotion to full

Cross-Silo Work and Mentorship

·Interdisciplinary work

·Collaboration

·Mentoring

Resources and Support

• Facilities and work resources
• Personal and family policies
• Health and retirement benefits
• Salary

Institutional Leadership

• Senior Leadership
• Divisional (School/College) Leadership
• Departmental Leadership
• Faculty Leadership

The Department

• Engagement
• Quality
• Collegiality

Shared Governance

• Trust
• Shared sense of purpose
• Understanding the issue at hand
• Adaptability
• Productivity

We look forward to seeing you!!!

The ACE-IT St. John’s Team,

Manouchkathe Cassagnol, PI

Natalie Byfield, Co-PI

Joan E. DeBello, Co-PI

Alison Hyslop, Co-PI

Andre McKenzie, Co-PI

Josette E. Tugander, Graduate Assistant