Diversity: Faculty and other academic personnel
DEI Excellence and Hiring a Diverse Faculty at UC Santa Cruz and UC Merced: DEI Faculty Working Group and “First Round” Diversity and Research Statement
UC Merced, 2020-2021
Project Principal Investigators
Zulema Valdez, Associate Vice Provost for the Faculty
Project Abstract
UC Merced is collaborating with UC Santa Cruz to develop and implement two new initiatives aimed at Advancing Faculty Diversity in Recruitment: 1) A new DEI Faculty Working Group, and 2) The Use of Contributions to Diversity (C2DEI) and Research Statements for “first round” screening in hiring. The goal of the multi-campus DEI Faculty Working Group is to build capacity for diversity, equity, and inclusion workshops at our respective campuses. The DEI Working Group will increase faculty knowledge and implementation of best practices in DEI processes related to recruitment and hiring. In partnership with UC Santa Cruz, UC Merced will launch an “opt-in” pilot for faculty searches using C2DEI and research statements for first round screening. The collaboration on these two initiatives will improve diversity, equity, and inclusion in faculty recruitment and hiring, and will also foster collaboration and networking opportunities between faculty invested and committed to DEI at UC Merced and UC Santa Cruz.