APM - 210-1-d provides clear guidance for both review and appointment of a faculty that is dedicated to the diverse goals of UC. Search committees and Committees on Academic Personnel should give appropriate consideration to the following accomplishments demonstrated by a candidate during the academic review process for appointment and promotion. These are examples and not an exhaustive list; other activities may also fit the guidelines described in APM - 210.

Teaching

  • Contributions to pedagogies addressing different learning styles, for example:
    • Designing courses or curricula that meet the needs of educationally disadvantaged students
    • Developing effective teaching strategies for the educational advancement of students from under-represented groups
  • Experience teaching students who are under-represented, for example:
    • Teaching at a minority-serving institution
    • Record of success advising women and minority graduate students
    • Experience teaching students with disabilities

Research and Other Creative Work

  • Research contributions to understanding the barriers facing women and minorities in academic disciplines, for example:
    • Studying patterns of participation and advancement of women and minorities in fields where they are under-represented
    • Studying socio-cultural issues confronting under-represented students in college preparation curricula
    • Evaluating programs, curricula, and teaching strategies designed to enhance participation of under-represented students in higher education
  • Research interests that will contribute to diversity and equal opportunity, for example, research that addresses:
    • Race, ethnicity, gender, multiculturalism, and inclusion
    • Health disparities, educational access and achievement, political engagement, economic justice, social mobility, civil and human rights
    • Questions of interest to communities historically excluded by higher education
    • Artistic expression and cultural production that reflect culturally diverse communities or voices not well represented in the arts and humanities

Professional Activity

  • Engagement in activity designed to remove barriers and to increase participation by groups historically under-represented in higher education:
    • Participation in academic preparation, outreach, or tutoring
    • Participation in recruitment and retention activities
    • Service as an advisor to programs such as Women in Science and Engineering
    • Exceptional record mentoring students and junior faculty from groups under-represented in the field
    • Promoting welcoming classroom environments for students from culturally diverse groups

University and Public Service

  • Participation in service that applies up-to-date knowledge to problems, issues, and concerns of groups historically under-represented in higher education. Engagement in seminars, conferences, or institutes that address the concerns of women and under-represented minorities
    • Presentations or performances for under-represented communities
    • Honors, awards, and other forms of special recognition such as commendations from local or national groups or societies representing under-served communities
    • The application of theory to real-world economic, social, and community development problems
    • Election to office, or undertaking service to professional and learning societies, including editorial work, or peer reviewing for a national or international organization addressing disparities in access to higher education
    • Selection for special public service activities and invitations to give talks within the field that address the needs of under-represented or culturally diverse groups
    • Participation in professional or scientific associations or meetings, and presentation of papers related to the needs of communities historically excluded from higher education