Diversity: Faculty and other academic personnel
Fostering a Climate of Inclusion: A Strategy for Enhancing Faculty Diversity at Berkeley’s School of Public Health
UC Berkeley, 2018-2019
Project Principal Investigator
Darlene D. Francis, Associate Professor of Public Health; Neuroscience
Project Abstract
Led by the School of Public Health (“SPH”) Senate Faculty Council (“FAC”), the project is modeled after a successful faculty-led effort to advance gender equity via a FAC standing committee of both male and female professors from all divisions within the school. It would also build on the school’s longstanding commitment to diversity, focusing attention on solving some of the most challenging climate issues. The pilot effort will conduct research on resources and best practices for nurturing a positive faculty climate; bring in skilled consultant(s) to conduct interviews, focus groups, relevant trainings; organize a school[1]wide speaker series on Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (“DE&I”) scholarly research and evidence-based best practices; provide nominal research fund compensation for SPH faculty participating on the DE&I committee; and build a website for sharing DE&I resources and for fostering communication.