We present a transformative professional development project with a focus on equity, diversity and social justice (EDSJ) to raise cultural awareness among faculty, increase agency, and promote positive change through transformative projects. Twenty-three faculty members from nine different colleges located at a Research I university were provided with critical cultural awareness workshops and then supported to develop transformative projects related to EDSJ. Based on focus group interviews and pre-post surveys, we identified four themes and five categories: two outcome-related (Building Community and Transformative Actions) and two operational themes (Barriers and Facilitators). We conclude that faculty-centered and transformative professional development projects could significantly benefit all those interested in establishing a culturally inclusive, positive and responsive climate. Our study also contributes to the emerging research on scholar activism and provides a practical model for implementation.

我们提出了一个变革性的专业发展项目，重点是公平、多样性和社会正义 (EDSJ)，以提高教职员工的文化意识，增加代理权，并通过变革性项目促进积极的变革。来自一所研究型大学的九个不同学院的 23 名教职员工参加了重要的文化意识研讨会，然后支持他们开发与 EDSJ 相关的变革性项目。根据焦点小组访谈和事前调查，我们确定了四个主题和五个类别：两个与结果相关（建立社区和变革性行动）和两个运营主题（障碍和促进者）。我们得出结论，以教师为中心和变革性的专业发展项目可以极大地造福于所有有兴趣建立文化包容、积极和响应迅速的氛围的人。我们的研究还为学者行动主义的新兴研究做出了贡献，并为实施提供了一个实用的模型。