Faculty Affairs and Academic Programs
UC Santa Cruz Community Networking Program
UC Santa Cruz, 2018-2019
Project Principal Investigator
Herbie Lee, Vice Provost for Academic Affairs
Project Abstract
The campus-wide Community Networking Program will generate mutual affinity-group mentoring for faculty to create more widespread structures for development and support. These groups will be formed with the aim of supporting the success of faculty in the target demographic and will be open to faculty in that target demographic as well as their supporters. Each group will be led by a faculty convener who will convene the group on a monthly basis. To recognize the efforts of the convener, the faculty member will be provided with one course release, as underrepresented faculty are often in high demand to provide service, which can reduce their available time and energy for research. Each group will produce a white paper.