(Mis)Alignment of Challenges and Strategies in Promoting Inclusive Racial Climates in STEM Graduate Departments

This descriptive qualitative study used racialized organizations (Ray, 2019) as a lens to examine how 27 faculty, administrators, and postdoctoral fellows in STEM departments at two institutions understood the problems that underlie negative racial climate, strategies they improve alignment between solutions. Participants did not discuss racism White supremacy factors contribute climate. Instead, indicated weak pipeline, lack of faculty engagement created Because participants attend fostered their (e.g., increased recruitment, committees, workshops) left systemic intact (un)intentionally amplified labor for racially minoritized graduate students champions who often led change efforts with little support. These findings can help move away from intervention-centered models toward more approaches contest operate.