STRIDE Workshops 
Overview
STRIDE (Strategies and Tactics for Recruiting to Improve Diversity and Excellence) is an hour long, interactive workshop designed to provide attendees with strategies and tactics that will maximize the likelihood that well-qualified and diverse candidates will be identified and recruited for faculty positions at UofM. Each workshop is co-facilitated by faculty who are members of the STRIDE committee. During the workshop, participants learn about best practices to ensure a fair and equitable search process and to minimize the influence of implicit bias. The workshops are intended for search committee chairs, search committee members, and department heads. All faculty serving on a faculty search committee are required to complete the workshop within one year of the time they are appointed to a search committee.
The STRIDE Handbook is designed to help faculty search committee members with the search process. The objective of the handbook is to provide evidence-based practices to increase the diversity of applicant pools, to ensure the fair and equitable review of all candidates, and to demonstrate that UofM is committed to creating an inclusive, welcoming, and supportive environment for all faculty, staff, and students.
Register for a STRIDE Workshop
Below is our current schedule for Spring 2023:
- April 21, 2023 (Ball Hall Room 124)
All STRIDE workshops will be offered through zoom. All participants need to register at least 24 hours in advance through LearningCurve. To register for a STRIDE workshop search for the course name: ASPIRED STRIDE Workshop. All available sections will be displayed.
STRIDE Workshop Resources
STRIDE Appendix G (Hiring during COVID)
Frequently Asked Questions
STRIDE committee recommends all members of the search committee and all members of the department, including Chairs, that is conducting a search to complete a search committee training (i.e., STRIDE Workshop) prior to posting the job advertisement and beginning the search.
All STRIDE workshops are currently delivered through zoom and incorporate active learning techniques, including small group discussions. In-person workshops are only performed by special request. If you would like to schedule an in-person workshop send your request to aspired@memphis.edu.
You will receive a confirmation certificate after completion of a STRIDE workshop. Records are maintained by ASPIRED. Any questions regarding previous completion records for STRIDE search committee training should be directed to aspired@memphis.edu.
STRIDE is an hour-long, faculty driven, peer-to-peer interactive workshop intended for search committees to learn about best practices to ensure a fair and equitable search process. The STRIDE workshops are more interactive, and there is more emphasis on recruiting for diversity and excellence. The workshops emphasize steps that committees can take to ensure a broad pool of qualified applicants.
Ideally, yes, all faculty members would participate in the STRIDE workshop prior to the posting of a job ad. We recognize, however, the current schedule for workshops may make that difficult in some cases. If there are no OIE or STRIDE workshops scheduled prior to your search, please reach out to aspired@memphis.edu to see if we can add a workshop before your search.
There is a maximum capacity of 50 members for a zoom workshop. We often are able to accommodate faculty who are on the waitlist. We typically contact waitlisted participants when space opens up, but feel free to inquire about your status by sending an email to aspired@memphis.edu.