en تخصصي Special پژوهشي Research <div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:Source Sans Pro;"><span style="line-height:normal">This study examines how engineering faculty experience and perceive the tenure process at research intensive &ldquo;R1&rdquo; institutions, a critical factor for their representation and retention. Drawing on qualitative analysis of open-ended survey responses from 971 faculty, we explore how underrepresented faculty of color and their White colleagues respectively interpreted their journey through this pivotal career juncture. Drawing on the framework of diversity resistance, we investigate the tension between universities&rsquo; public commitments to diversifying the professoriate and the persistent underrepresentation of faculty of color in tenure-track engineering ranks. Findings reveal three re-occurring themes that sustain this disparity: (1) attribution of the problem to a &ldquo;pipeline&rdquo; shortage, (2) inequitable service burdens that are often undervalued in tenure decisions, and (3) peer resistance to diversity and inclusion initiatives. Our results highlight the importance of how faculty perceive their workplace climate, as well as how structural and cultural dynamics can affect progress toward a more representative engineering professoriate operate to sustain that perception.</span></span></span></div> Engineering Faculty, Tenure Track, Recruitment & Retainment, Black Faculty, Hispanic Faculty, Tenure Process 92 118 http://johepal.com/browse.php?a_code=A-10-1033-2&slc_lang=en&sid=1 Henry Tran 10031947532846003720 10031947532846003720 Yes University of South Carolina Brian Le 10031947532846003721 10031947532846003721 No University of California Los Angeles Maria Luz Espino 10031947532846003722 10031947532846003722 No Tarleton State University C. Spencer Platt 10031947532846003723 10031947532846003723 No University of South Carolina