@article {1610909, title = {Clear as Mud: Promotion Clarity by Gender and BIPOC Status Across the Associate Professor Lifespan}, journal = {Innovative Higher Education}, year = {2021}, abstract = {Mid-career faculty members often seek to advance to the highest faculty rank of\ full professor,\ but research suggests women and Black, Indigenous and Other People of Color (BIPOC) faculty face inequitable patterns in advancement to the full professor rank. This study focuses on associate professors{\textquoteright} perceptions of\ promotion clarity, or the degree to which they are clear about the processes and criteria for advancing to the full professor rank.}, url = {https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007\%2Fs10755-021-09565-7}, author = {Amanda M. Kulp and Amanda Blakewood Pascale and Wolf-Wendel, Lisa} }