Diversity: Faculty and other academic personnel
Improving Application Diversity and Impact of Contributions to Diversity
UC Santa Cruz, 2019-2020
Project Principal Investigators
Herbie Lee, Vice Provost for Academic Affairs
Project Abstract
UC Santa Cruz will introduce the first-line use of contributions to diversity, equity, and inclusion statements for departmental searches in Arts and Engineering and for a cluster hire of four faculty members in a new program in Global and Community Health in the divisions of Physical and Biological Sciences and Social Sciences. Selection committees will use rubrics to assess the statements. The use of contributions to diversity statements and rubrics in the initial screening of applicants builds on successful interventions used at UC Berkeley and UC Davis during year 3 of the Advancing Faculty Diversity project and represents a significant change for UC Santa Cruz.