Recent faculty diversity and inclusion initiatives illustrate how institutional transformation
initiatives can change the social context for negotiations. The most successful of
these initiatives have, in essence, created opportunities for strategic rethinking about the
framework for negotiations at critical junctures in academic life. They have undertaken
a process of reflection and learning about the patterns of bias. This process of institutional
reflection has increased access to knowledge crucial to advancement, and created
relationships and networks that equip previously marginalized faculty to navigate the
dynamics of negotiation so crucial to professional development.