Diversity: Faculty and other academic personnel
Advancing Faculty Diversity in the Arts & Humanities
UC Berkeley, 2023-24
Project Principal Investigator
Sara Guyer, Dean, Division of Arts and Humanities
Donna Jones, Professor, Department of English
Project Abstract
The Advancing Faculty Diversity in the Arts and Humanities project (AFDAH) instigates an intellectual paradigm shift across the nineteen departments in the Division of Arts & Humanities at UC Berkeley. This project builds significantly on existing divisional and campus commitments to diversity by hiring cross-departmental clusters of faculty whose research focuses on underrepresented areas of study, specifically: (1) Latinx Cultural Expression and (2) African/African Diasporic Literatures and the Rhetoric of Race. By focusing on faculty clusters, we will foster a shared intellectual community in the service of long-term change. To set new faculty on a path to success, AFDAH includes: 1) A recruitment process using new tools, including clusters and PPFP, to ensure that candidate pools are adequately diverse; 2) A mentorship program built upon benchmarks for success at Berkeley; 3) Resources for faculty committed to inclusive research, teaching, and mentorship; and 4) Ongoing assessment and evaluation of impacts.