Tribal Colleges & Universities (TCU’S)
Exploring Faculty
Collegiality
Nora Antoine
My Positionality
My interest in collegiality stems from:
Research underpinnings
Research
needs to be…of value to
other TCU faculty and to other TCUs
Why collegiality matters…
Just recently GOOGLE
employees made national
headlines because of the high rate
of happiness…
Fulfilling relationships are
valuable …
Why this research is important
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TCUs are very important to their Native communities:
Value of Native culture, history and language
Student access to educational opportunities
Economic and intellectual contributions
Gap in the literature
In a recent dissertation query, of the 120 dissertations
about TCUs, only a handful were about faculty
 Of those few about faculty
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NONE ADDRESSED COLLEGIALITY
CONSTRUCTS OF COLLEGIALITY:
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CRR, ILA & ILB influences
COLLEGIALITY CONSTRUCT #1
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JOB SATISFACTION
COLLEGIALITY CONSTRUCT #2
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IMPORTANCE OF COLLABORATIONS
COLLEGIALITY CONSTRUCT #3
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Relationships & Mentoring
Research methodology
There are hundreds of ways to approach any
research endeavor...how does one decide?
Qualitative orientation
Focus groups
IRB COMPONENTS
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RESEARCH PROTOCAL
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ETHICS APPLICATIONS
PARTICIPANT SELECTION PROCESS
LETTERS OF CONSENT
CONFIDENTIALITY VS AUTONOMY
LOCATION
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PILOT STUDY…IRB PROCESS
Rolling survey
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2 page survey results will be shared with faculty from other TCUs
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What are their insights regarding:
Similarities
 Differences
 Surprises
 Challenging notions
 Ideas
 opportunities
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conclusions
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Positionality – transparency
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Introduction to TCUs and TCU Faculty
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Literature Review
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Methodology
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Next Steps
Pilamaya ye