Session: Special Symposium: “Whose facts matter!? – Part Two: Epistemic justice & professional values in faculty recruitment, promotion, tenure, and merit processes” (Society for Social Work and Research 29th Annual Conference)

Schedule:

Friday, January 17, 2025: 3:45 PM-5:15 PM

Aspen, Level 2 (Sheraton Grand Seattle)

Speakers/Presenters:

Ramona Denby-Brinson, Ph.D., MSW, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Gina M. Samuels, PhD, The University of Chicago, Darcey Merritt, PhD, The University of Chicago, Crown Family School of Social Work, Policy, and Practice, Michele Munson, New York University, Marci Ybarra, PhD, University of Wisconsin-Madison, David R Hodge, PhD, Arizona State University and Philip Hong, University of Georgia

Last year a special workshop titled, "Whose facts matter!?: Epistemic justice & professional values in the practice of social work science" was convened. This well-attended and lively session explored, "...how varied forms of power operate in one's sub-field, whose data matter and who decides, systems in academia that perpetuate epistemic injustice, and what this all means for the social impact, use, and relevance of the knowledge we produce." Workshop participants took to the floor and challenged those in attendance to consider that epistemic injustice has direct and immediate consequences on faculty recruitment, hiring, and career advancement. As such, Part Two of this special session continues the conversation by asking panel members to address the following:

(1) provide a brief framing and recap of general forms of epistemic injustice in science; (2) discuss how does the discreditation of people's research focus and scholarship, manifest in faculty evaluation processes; and (3) how do we dismantle epistemic bias in promotion, tenure, and merit processes.

The audience will be engaged to discuss the reasons why epistemic justice ought to be a cornerstone of social work science. The moderator will bridge the panelists' points with the audience's reflections to illustrate the effects of scholarly devaluation and epistemic injustice on social work science and the communities that social work researchers represent. Schools of social work leaders including deans, research deans, faculty affairs deans, senior professors, and personnel, promotion and tenure (PPT) chairs are especially important to the discussion and will therefore be encouraged to attend. Likewise, early and mid-career faculty voices are sought for the discussion. Collectively, the workshop aims to establish civil discourse where we unpack the challenges and seek solutions for advancing knowledge democracy in the academy.

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Session: Special Symposium: “Whose facts matter!? – Part Two: Epistemic justice & professional values in faculty recruitment, promotion, tenure, and merit processes” (Society for Social Work and Research 29th Annual Conference)

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