BRN Research Conversation Series: Navigating Continuing Status and Tenure

The BRN Research Conversation Series connects University of Toronto researchers for insightful and meaningful conversations about Black-led research and leadership.

Topic: Navigating Continuing Status and Tenure: Dossier Development and Best Practices for Racialized Tenure-Track Faculty

What methods can be used to demonstrate the value of interdisciplinary scholarship within institutional dossier frameworks? How can mentorship and advocacy play a role in shaping professional trajectory towards tenure?

In this installment of the BRN Research Conversation Series, BRN Steering Committee members Maydianne Andrade (University Professor, U of T Scarborough) and Alissa Trotz (Director, Women & Gender Studies Institute, U of T) will provide advice and strategies for racialized faculty on navigating institutional expectations while building their tenure portfolios. 

The conversation will be followed by a Q&A session.  

The event will be the final installment for the winter term. Open to Black, Indigenous and racialized tenure-track faculty at U of T.

Please note that this event will take place virtually. Please register to attend.

About the speakers:

Maydianne Andrade is an award-winning biologist and University Professor at the University of Toronto Scarborough. Her research examines how social and environmental variables shape organismal traits and species diversity, with a focus on the evolutionary ecology and behaviour of black widow spiders and their relatives. She received the Trailblazer Award from the Canadian Science Policy Centre in 2024 in recognition of her work to increase inclusive practices and policy as founder of the Toronto Initiative for Diversity and Excellence and as co-founder and inaugural President of the Canadian Black Scientists Network.

Alissa Trotz is a Professor of Caribbean Studies at New College and the Director of Women and Gender Studies at the University of Toronto. She is also affiliate faculty at the Dame Nita Barrow Institute of Gender and Development Studies at the University of the West Indies. Her work is situated within a tradition of feminist political economy, and a Caribbean feminist tradition. Trotz’ current research looks at diaspora, indigeneity and extractivism in colonial Guyana.