The Status of Racial and Ethnic Minoritized People in the Professions Committee

Charge

The Status of Racial and Ethnic Minoritized People in the Professions Committee recommends policies and good practices to assure the full access, belonging, and academic freedom of racial/ethnic minoritized persons within the Academy and develops programs to enhance their status in their professions.

Annual Meeting Activities

• Women’s Mentoring Lunch
  • At each Annual Meeting, the committee co-sponsors the Women’s Mentoring Lunch with the Status of Women and Gender Minoritized Persons in the Professions Committee. The lunch offers roundtable discussions on several topics of interest to scholars, with each table staffed by at least one mentor with relevant expertise. The lunch takes place on the Sunday of the Annual Meeting and requires a fee, payable at the time of registration for the Annual Meeting, to cover a boxed lunch.
• Special Topics Forum
  • The committee holds at least one Special Topics Forum at every November Annual Meeting on a subject of concern to racial and ethnic minorities in religion.

Recommended Resources

• Produced by the committee:
  • AAR Career Guide for Racial and Ethnic Minorities in the Profession, published in 2006, currently in revision
• External resources:
  • Forum for Theological Education
  • Hispanic Theological Initiative
  • Pacific, Asian, North American Asian Women in Theology and Ministry (PANAAWTM)
  • Society of Race, Ethnicity, and Religion

Committee Members

Term of Office: Four years, non-renewable
Committee Composition: Up to six members