Multi-Pronged Initiatives to Address URM Faculty Retention and Climate

UC Irvine & UCLA, 2021-2022

Project Principal Investigators

Christine Dunkel Schetter, UCLA Associate Vice Chancellor for Faculty Development, Academic Personnel Office

David K. Yoo, UCLA Vice Provost, Institute of American Cultures

Nina Bandelj, UCI Associate Vice Provost for Faculty Development

Project Abstract

This project involves a partnership of the UCLA Offices of Faculty Development in Academic Personnel, and Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) collaborating with the UCLA Institute of American Cultures that fosters ethnic studies research, and with UC Irvine. The project proposes a multi-pronged approach to improve mentoring, climate, and retention of ladder faculty:

  1. Faculty mentoring using an established small group mentoring model.
  2. Inclusive Excellence Faculty Mentor Awards honoring exceptional mentors as one way to make “invisible labor” visible and rewarded, with Award Celebrations that also provide for faculty networking.
  3. Chair workshops on departmental climate designed to address retention and climate for all faculty.
  4. A UC Systemwide Summit on Best Practices in Faculty Climate and Retention, followed by a conference two years later to report on progress.
As a large campus with an increasingly diverse faculty, UCLA is well positioned to lead and benefit the entire system.

Project Link: https://apo.ucla.edu/advancing-faculty-diversity-program

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