Faculty Affairs and Academic Programs
Improving Climate and Retention for STEM Faculty through Inclusive Communities at UC Merced
UC Merced, 2019-2020
Project Principal Investigator
Zulema Valdez, Associate Vice Provost for the Faculty and Professor of Sociology
Project Abstract
Drawing on a conceptual model emphasizing two faculty career stages—a transition period for community integration among early career faculty, and faculty retention programs aimed a professional development, leadership and advancement, and work/life satisfaction-- Inclusive Communities expands a robust Faculty Mentoring Program for academic success; establishes a Faculty Leaders Peer Mediation Program for greater equity, diversity, and conflict resolution; creates a Central Valley Resource Taskforce for community integration; and develops a multi-campus Faculty Learning Community in partnership with UC Davis.