Research conducted by the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa is unearthing the unique challenges that Indigenous faculty face in earning tenure, academia's 'golden ticket.' In a study published in the journal Environment and Planning F, researchers uplifted the stories of Native Hawaiian, American Indian and Alaska Native faculty in Hawaiʻi, the U.S. and Canada who sought tenure and experienced challenges, some of which were specific to them as Indigenous people.
. Study lead, Lorinda Riley, assistant professor of Native Hawaiian and Indigenous Health in the Office of Public Health Studies and Hawaiʻinuiākea School of Hawaiian Knowledge, conveyed the importance of tenure reform to Indigenous scholars specifically, but to the broader Indigenous community in general.shared their stories with me," Riley said.
One junior faculty said,"I have my pre-tenure research agenda and then I have my post-tenure research agenda… but my post-tenure is what sets my soul on fire." The study also determined the need for more mentorship, at all levels."A good mentor was equated to having a superpower by participants," Riley said."This may be one of the reasons that Indigenous faculty tended to spend extra time developing curriculum and mentoring students."The researchers stated that reforming the institutional review process to align with community-engaged research practices would remove unnecessary barriers to Indigenous research.
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