​​

Diversification in the Professoriate

TOPICS 

  • Grant-funded faculty discuss pathways to diversify the professoriate.
  • Ways to think outside the faculty pipeline.
  • Examples of how diversity enriches the academic experience for students and the community when students enter the workforce upon graduating.
  • Presentation of systemic factors that contribute to inequities in the professoriate.
  • Insights on initiatives taken on campuses to have a more inclusive faculty.

 

SPEAKERS

Mark Leddy, National Science Foundation, Supporting Institutional Change for STEM Faculty Equity and Diversity

Donna Garcia, Cal State San Bernardino, The Diversity and Equity in Promotion, Tenure, and Hiring (DEPTH) ADVANCE Adaptation Initiative at CSUSB

Ahmed Awad, CSU Channel Islands, DESAFIAR: Discovery Enabling Systemic Advancement and Faculty Inclusion Across Ranks

Daniel Almeida, Cal Poly SLO, Culturally-Informed Strengths-Based Approach to Advance Early Career Faculty Success and Retention

Lalita Oka, Fresno State, Kindling Inter-university Network for Diverse (KIND) Engineering Faculty Advancement in the California State University System

Allison Mattheis, Cal State LA, ADVANCEGeo: Transforming Workplace Climate in the Geosciences in Partnership with Professional Societies​