Contextualizing communities in an instructional improvement initiative: exploring STEM faculty engagement in teaching-related conversations

Table 1 List of Participants, Participants’ Professional Positions, and Participants’ Involvement in the Initiative

Participant	Professional Position	Initiative Involvement
Participant	Professional Position	Initiative planner/implementer	Attended initiativerelated event(s)	Little to no involvement
Unit A
Avery	Tenure Track Faculty	X	X
Alexis	Fixed-Term Faculty		X
Unit B
Blake	Tenure Track Faculty	X
Blair	Fixed-Term Faculty	X
Bowie	Fixed-Term Faculty		X	X
Briar	Fixed-Term Faculty		X
Unit C
Charlie	Fixed-Term Faculty	X	X
Unit D
Dallas	Fixed-Term Faculty	X
Dakota	Fixed-Term Faculty	X
Drew	Tenure Track Faculty		X
Dana	Tenure Track Faculty			X
Dane	Fixed-Term Faculty			X
Unit E
Ellery	Tenure Track Faculty		X
Elliott	Tenure Track Faculty			X

Note. We specifically use gender-neutral pseudonyms, since gender is not a construct explicitly explored in this study and we do not want to assume participants’ gender identities