Creating accessibility in academic negotiations

Jennifer H Kong; Claudia G Vasquez; Sweta Agrawal; Prerna Malaney; Maria M Mikedis; Andrea B Moffitt; Lexy von Diezmann; Christina M Termini

doi:10.1016/j.tibs.2022.10.004

Creating accessibility in academic negotiations

Trends Biochem Sci. 2023 Mar;48(3):203-210. doi: 10.1016/j.tibs.2022.10.004. Epub 2022 Dec 9.

Authors

Jennifer H Kong¹, Claudia G Vasquez², Sweta Agrawal³, Prerna Malaney⁴, Maria M Mikedis⁵, Andrea B Moffitt⁶, Lexy von Diezmann⁷, Christina M Termini⁸

Affiliations

¹ Department of Biochemistry, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA; Department of Biochemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA.
² Department of Biochemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA; Department of Chemical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.
³ Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA; School of Neuroscience, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24060, USA.
⁴ Department of Leukemia, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA; Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover, NH 03755, USA; Norris Cotton Cancer Center, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Lebanon, NH 03756, USA.
⁵ Whitehead Institute, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA; Reproductive Sciences Center, Division of Developmental Biology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH 45229, USA; Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH 45267, USA.
⁶ Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, NY 11724, USA; Department of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA.
⁷ Center for Cell and Genome Science, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA; Department of Genetics, Cell Biology, and Development, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA. Electronic address: lvondiez@umn.edu.
⁸ Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Clinical Research Division, Seattle, WA 98109, USA. Electronic address: ctermini@fredhutch.org.

PMID: 36504139
DOI: 10.1016/j.tibs.2022.10.004

Abstract

The process of evaluating and negotiating a tenure-track job offer is unstructured and highly variable, making it susceptible to bias and inequitable outcomes. We outline common aspects of and recommendations for negotiating an academic job offer in the life sciences to support equitable recruitment of diverse faculty.

Keywords: academic job search; diversity; negotiation; offer letter.

Publication types

Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Career Choice*
Employment*
Faculty*
Negotiating*

Abstract

Publication types

MeSH terms

Grants and funding