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Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI)

Duties

The Committee for Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) acts for the Division in all matters of equality and diversity in general and in particular in reference to underrepresented faculty populations. This includes initiating studies and reports on campus diversity and equity, and evaluating institutional policies and procedures as they relate to equity and diversity. D&E maintains liaison with the University Committee on Affirmative Action, Diversity and Equity (UCAADE).
 
For a complete description of EDI’s duties please see the committee’s bylaws.
 

AY 23-24 Meeting Schedule, Agendas, and Minutes

2023-2024 Membership

Ex-Officio (non-voting):

  • Patti LiWang, Senate Chair, School of Natural Sciences

  • Matt Hibbing, Senate Vice-Chair, School of Social Sciences, Humanities and Arts

  • Delia Saenz, Vice Chancellor and Chief Diversity Officer (alternate: Zulema Valdez, Associate Vice Chancellor and Professor of Sociology)

  • Tom Hansford, Vice Provost for Academic Personnel (alternate: Anna Song, Associate Vice Provost For Academic Personnel)

Corresponding System Committee:

Annual Reports

Faculty Equity Advisors (Effective July 1, 2022)

In AY 15-16, the Academic Senate appointed Faculty Equity Advisors (FEAs), who will work with search committees to ensure they follow recognized best practices to help develop a diverse applicant pool.  One FEA per school was appointed, as well as one FEA to handle cluster hire searches arising from the Strategic Academic Focusing Initiative.  The FEAs will serve as advisors to the search, helping with the search plan and evaluation criteria; they will also provide advice on resources that might be shared with candidates at the time of interviews.   In other words, they support search committees to ensure we have diverse candidate pools, which will in turn lead to a more diverse faculty.   We have modeled our program on those in operation on other UC campuses.

FEAs are appointed by the Senate Committee for Diversity and Equity, the school deans, and the Vice Provost for the Faculty, and undergo training to help them support their colleagues in this important task.  
 

AY 23-24 FEA:

Professor Josué Medellín-Azuara, SoE and SSHA

Former Faculty Equity Advisors

Contact:

Fatima Paul

Executive Director

Phone: 209-756-6965

fpaul@ucmerced.edu

 

Petra Martins

Senate Analyst

pmartins810@hotmail.com