Contributions to Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging

Guidelines for Assessing Faculty Candidate Contributions to Advancing Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging at Berkeley 

All Berkeley faculty have the opportunity, and the responsibility, to ensure equity and inclusion in their research, teaching, and service, so that the diverse community of students and colleagues they work with will feel a sense of belonging and thrive. This important component of the faculty role is codified in both the UC Berkeley Principles of Community and The University of California Regents Policy 4400

The purpose of this webpage is to provide information to candidates for faculty positions, and to faculty search committees, about how to consider and evaluate knowledge, skill, and plans relating to diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging throughout the faculty search process.

From the UC Berkeley Principles of Community:

“These principles of community for the University of California, Berkeley, are rooted in our mission of teaching, research and public service. They reflect our passion for critical inquiry, debate, discovery and innovation, and our deep commitment to contributing to a better world. Every member of the UC Berkeley community has a role in sustaining a safe, caring and humane environment in which these values can thrive.”

Among the principles:

“We recognize the intrinsic relationship between diversity and excellence in all our endeavors.

"We embrace open and equitable access to opportunities for learning and development as our obligation and goal.”

From the Regents Policy 4400: Policy on University of California Diversity Statement:

“The diversity of the people of California has been the source of innovative ideas and creative accomplishments throughout the state’s history into the present. Diversity – a defining feature of California’s past, present, and future – refers to the variety of personal experiences, values, and worldviews that arise from differences of culture and circumstance. Such differences include race, ethnicity, gender, age, religion, language, abilities/disabilities, sexual orientation, gender identity, socioeconomic status, and geographic region, and more.”

“The University particularly acknowledges the acute need to remove barriers to the recruitment, retention, and advancement of talented students, faculty, and staff from historically excluded populations who are currently underrepresented.”