Diversity ‘fragile’ in US research administrator workforce

SRAI 2022: Hiring managers called on to support employees from underrepresented groups

Diversity and inclusion are “fragile” in the United States’ research administrator workforce, the sector has been warned.

Jill Landrum, manager of the grants and contracts office at the Medical College of Wisconsin, urged research managers to support people from underrepresented groups during a talk at the Society of Research Administrators International annual conference in Las Vegas, Nevada. If managers do not act, warned Landrum (pictured), the state of diversity and inclusion in research administration will worsen.

“Diversity and inclusion [are] fragile,” Landrum said. Hiring managers “have to take the responsibility to support underrepresented talent”, she added, “otherwise we will have more gaps in diversity and inclusion in our workforce”...
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