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The Power of the Silent Majority
Presented by Dr. Sonia Goltz, Dr. Patricia Sotirin, and the Center for Diversity and Inclusion
Three sets of interviews on campus conducted in the last few years have identified dual partner career seeking concerns as an issue affecting the experiences of individuals on campus, including faculty, staff, and graduate students. In interviews with department chairs, many identified dual partner career seeking as an ongoing issue affecting faculty turnover. Focus groups were held with both early and late dual career seeking partners, which included campus participants who were married and unmarried and differed in terms of sexual orientation, race, and ethnicity.
A surprising finding is that, although dual career seeking partners are now the majority on campus, individual couples perceived themselves as isolated and in the minority among their colleagues. Several admitted that their concerns were often either not voiced because of fear of repercussions or voiced and not heard, making them a “silenced” majority.
Come be part of a campus discussion about research being done on dual career seeking partners and the experiences, stigmas, disadvantages, and the “power” of the silent majority on Michigan Tech’s campus researched and presented by Dr. Sonia Goltz, Dr. Patricia Sotirin, and hosted by the Center for Diversity and Inclusion.