“…Fewer women are hired in academia than their male counterparts, which Shaw and Stanton (2012) refer to as "demographic inertia" (p. 3736). In order to bolster the number of URMs and women entering the professoriate, concentrated training and professional development is necessary for students, faculty, and administrators across the academic community (Cawyer et al, 2002;Gordon et al, 2015;Jackson, 2004;Kosoko-Lasaki et al, 2006;Lechuga, 2014;Leggon & Pearson, 2009;Scott, 2017;Zambrana et al, 2015). While professional development in the areas of teaching enhancements, mentoring, and combatting racist and sexist campus climates have been on the rise in the last two decades, the numbers of URMs and women entering the professoriate and earning tenure have not increased substantially.…”