Margherio Cara, Swan Anna Lee, Horner-Devine M Claire, Mizumori Sheri J Y, Yen Joyce W
SEIU 775 Benefits Group, Seattle, USA.
University of Washington, School of Law, Seattle, USA.
J Divers High Educ. 2023 Dec 21. doi: 10.1037/dhe0000549.
Within higher education, professional networks are critical to faculty success. Prior research on the networks of faculty belonging to marginalized groups has taken a deficit model perspective, focusing on limited access to and structural exclusion from professional networks. We counter this deficit perspective, shifting the research to examine how network ties-the relationships between individuals within a network-form within counterspaces. Counterspaces are settings in which individuals belonging to systemically marginalized groups exchange support and share resources. Using interview data, we find the interactions occurring within the counterspace setting of the Broadening the Representation of Academic Investigators in NeuroScience (BRAINS) program allowed participants to recognize their shared values around diversity, equity, and inclusion, which in turn facilitated the formation of trusting network ties. In addition, we find that the development of these network ties positively impacted interviewees' understanding of and approach to networks and networking beyond the BRAINS counterspace.
在高等教育领域，专业网络对教师的成功至关重要。先前关于边缘化群体教师网络的研究采用了缺陷模型视角，重点关注进入专业网络的机会有限以及在结构上被排除在外的情况。我们反对这种缺陷视角，将研究转向考察网络关系——网络中个体之间的关系——如何在反空间中形成。反空间是系统性边缘化群体的个体交流支持和共享资源的环境。利用访谈数据，我们发现，在“扩大神经科学学术研究人员代表性”（BRAINS）项目的反空间环境中发生的互动，使参与者认识到他们在多样性、公平性和包容性方面的共同价值观，这反过来又促进了信任网络关系的形成。此外，我们发现，这些网络关系的发展对受访者对BRAINS反空间之外的网络和网络活动的理解及方式产生了积极影响。
