Incident Services
If you have witnessed or experienced issues related to discrimination and/or harassment, please know you are not alone in the process. The Campus has various confidential and reporting resources at the link above.
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Resources
Campus-wide Initiatives and Resources
Administrative Offices
The Equal Opportunity & Discrimination Prevention (EODP) Office is the campus office responsible for the University's compliance with federal and state laws and University policies and procedures regarding affirmative action, non-discrimination, and retaliation for staff and faculty. EODP works to promote and integrate the principles of equal opportunity, affirmative action, non-discrimination, and excellence through diversity on campus.
Committees
The Committee promotes campus diversity and equity, ensuring the equal treatment of women, ethnic minorities, individuals of diverse sexual orientations, individuals with disabilities, and other members of the campus community. In meeting this charge, the committee may initiate studies on campus diversity and equity, using data collected from all campus sources; formulate and disseminate recommendations on any matter influencing campus diversity and equity; and address matters involving the hiring, employment, educational, and social circumstances of faculty, staff, and students.
The Chancellor's Advisory Committee on the Status of Women is an administrative committee that has existed on campus since the mid 1970s. It draws its membership from faculty, staff, and students on campus with standing members including the director of the Women's Center, our Title IX Coordinator and Sexual Harassment Officer, chair(s) from the Senior Women's Council and chair(s) from the Professional Women's Association. The charge of CACSW is to advise and consult with the Chancellor about concerns and issues regarding the status of women at UCSB. The committee engages in the review of drafts of campus and system wide policies pertaining to campus women (e.g., parental leaves, sexual harassment, gender equity in sports). The CACSW along with the Women's Center organizes a panel discussion "Demystifying the Tenure Process" for junior faculty women on a yearly basis. The CACSW conducts meetings and investigations on issues including leadership, governance, representation of women in faculty and key administrative positions, pay equity, career equity review, work/life, staff-student ratio, Title IX, safety, student parent registration, diversity training, and female graduate student representation, employment, and mentorship. Since 1997, CACSW has met annually with the Chancellor and his Vice-Chancellors to discuss a yearly report on the status of women.
UC President Mark Yudof recently formed a systemwide Advisory Council on Campus Climate, Culture, and Inclusion to address challenges in enhancing and sustaining a tolerant, inclusive environment on all UC campuses. The Council's first meeting was held June 30, 2010. UCSB also has a Campus Advisory Council on Campus Climate, Culture, and Inclusion. It is chaired by Chancellor Yang and composed of faculty, students, staff, administrative personnel, community representation, and ex-officio members, which includes academic deans. The purpose of the advisory council is to:
- Provide ongoing evaluation of campus climate conditions, practices, and policies.
- Suggest measures that will support the goals of inclusion and community, especially including measures reflecting promising practices from elsewhere in UC and the nation.
- Coordinate its analyses, recommendations, and other work with related work of any entities created by faculty, staff, students, or neighboring communities.
- Fulfill other campus-specific responsibilities identified by the Chancellor.
- Respond to queries and suggestions from the President's Advisory Council.
COAB is the policy and governing body for all campus outreach programs. COAB provides overall guidance on policy, budget and evaluation issues regarding UC Santa Barbara's K-12, community college and graduate academic preparation and educational partnership programs. COAB also advises the chancellor and other staff on these matters, and monitors outreach programs via evaluation efforts. COAB is committed to strengthening campus academic preparation and educational partnership programs. The Board will provide consultation and direction to the campus in the development and oversight of campus initiatives supported by university outreach funds. In collaboration with the Academic Senate, the Gevirtz Graduate School of Education and Student Affairs, COAB and the Office of Outreach Initiatives coordinates the Faculty Outreach Grant (FOG) Program.
The Professional Women's Association (PWA) at UC Santa Barbara promotes a sense of community through networking and community service, and focuses on the advancement and accomplishments of UCSB Women. PWA provides opportunities to develop one's professional and personal self as well as network on campus, through activities that include brown bag lunch sessions, networking luncheons, a holiday party for IV children, and an annual professional development conference.
The Senior Women's Council was founded in 1993 to create a forum for defining and actively addressing issues that promote gender equity and diversity at UC Santa Barbara. All tenured women faculty and lecturers with SOE are automatically members. The steering committee, comprised of 15-20 members, specifies several well-defined programmatic goals that the Council will accomplish each academic year. The direction of SWC's program is based on input from all tenured women.
Confidential Resources
The Office of Equal Opportunity & Sexual Harassment / Title IX Compliance (OEOSH/TC) is composed of two departments that are responsible for the University's compliance with federal and state laws and University policies and procedures regarding issues of discrimination, retaliation, sexual harassment and sexual violence involving students, staff and faculty. These departments include the Office of Equal Opportunity and Discrimination Prevention (EO/DP) and the Office of Title IX and Sexual Harassment Policy Compliance (TIX/SHPC).
The EO/DP works to promote and integrate the principles of equal opportunity, affirmative action, nondiscrimination and excellence through diversity on campus.
The TIX/SHPC works to prevent and respond to discrimination and harassment on the basis of sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sex- or gender-stereotyping and sexual orientation. Through the work of this office, we aim to foster an equitable campus environment in all the University’s work opportunities and educational programs.
The Office of the Ombuds at UC Santa Barbara provides confidential consultation services to faculty, staff, students, parents, or anyone else with a campus-related concern. The ombuds addresses workplace issues, interpersonal conflict, academic concerns, policy questions, and many other problems, whether as a first step, last resort, or at any point along the way. The Office of the Ombuds is dedicated to ensuring fairness throughout the University and regularly makes recommendations for systemic change.
Undergraduate Initiatives and Resources
Campus Learning Assistance Services assists students in their mastery of University course material through course-specific tutoring and academic skills development. CLAS services complement University instruction and lead to increased understanding and improved performance. Program coordinators, learning skills counselors, instructors, and graduate and undergraduate tutors and peers assist more than 7000 students each year, offering instructional groups and workshops for a wide range of courses in addition to drop-in tutoring for the following: writing, math, science, statistics, economics, and foreign language.
The Disabled Students Program serves as the campus liaison regarding issues and regulations related to students with disabilities. DSP works in an advisory capacity with campus departments to ensure that students with disabilities have equal access to educational opportunities. DSP coordinates academic support services for students with temporary and permanent disabilities, including note takers, readers, sign language interpreters and adaptive computing.
The Educational Opportunity Program (EOP) sponsors diverse cultural programming through the African diasporic, American Indian, Chicanx/Latinx, Middle Eastern, and Asian resource centers. EOP provides cultural programs that facilitate interaction/collaboration between students of all cultural/ethnic backgrounds allowing them to gain an understanding of and appreciation for similarities and differences in each other and themselves. EOP Cultural Services helps to create an environment that celebrates and promotes the history, contributions, intellectual heritage, education and growth of students.
UC Santa Barbara is committed to fostering a safe and supportive environment for students of diverse backgrounds including our Dream Scholars – undocumented students at UCSB. The University strives to develop an awareness and understanding of the experiences of undocumented students while maintaining the confidentiality of individual students, and to develop campus responses and processes to address their needs. The Dream Scholars Resource Team (DSRT) works directly with students to help our campus develop an awareness and understanding of the experiences of undocumented and AB 540 eligible students and to develop campus responses and processes to support our Dream Scholars’ needs, resources, advocacy, education and support.
The Educational Opportunity Program offers academic and other support services to low-income and first generation college students. EOP provides guidance through the admission and enrollment process and supports EOP students through graduation with services such as academic and personal advising, cultural programming, academic support groups, orientation and summer bridge programs, peer advising, and career counseling. Also see Summer Transitional Enrichment Program (STEP) above.
The MultiCultural Center promotes cross-cultural understanding and appreciation of differences through a variety of programs. The Center’s performances, lectures, discussions, exhibits, and films are drawn from national and international cultures and foster a multi-ethnic worldview.
The Office of International Students and Scholars (OISS) at the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) serves the needs of international students and scholars as well as the UCSB community who work with this international population. OISS provides administrative assistance, counseling, advising, and programming to the campus community. The staff meet with students and scholars about immigration, employment, housing, health care, financial concerns, academic problems, travel, and personal issues.
The ONDAS Student Center – Opening New Doors to Accelerating Success – promotes the success and retention of first-generation college students with an emphasis on the first year transition and underrepresented student experience. The Center provides mentoring and academic support in a learning-centered space for students to connect with faculty, staff, and peers in order to grow personally and excel academically.
The Promise Scholar Program was established to recognize talented, incoming undergraduates who have demonstrated significant potential for a rigorous academic curriculum, cutting-edge research, and student leadership. The promise includes predictable financial resources over their years at UC Santa Barbara, providing students and their families a two-year or four-year plan. The promise of financial aid resources allows the Promise Scholars to thrive academically and promotes attainment and completion of their educational goals.
The Office of Student Life oversees all registered campus organizations, sometimes referred to as RCO's or, more commonly, clubs. We currently have over 500 student organizations on campus.
The Transfer Student Center is a space for UC Santa Barbara’s transfer students to make connections with campus resources and with pathways to academic and career success. The Center is home to two full-time academic advisors from the College of Letters & Science, peer mentors, and departmental partners who are able to help transfer students transition successfully to UC Santa Barbara by providing specialized programming and opportunities that add value to their undergraduate education.
The Women’s Center uses a feminist approach to provide support, advocacy, resources and education to the UCSB community. The Center values and respects all genders, bodies, sexual orientations, and racial and ethnic identities while challenging all forms of oppression. It works towards creating a campus environment that is safe, equitable, and just and envisions a world free of oppression and violence. The Center strives for inclusion and equity through its programs and services and celebrates the richness of our differences while working collectively to create a community of leaders, scholars, and global citizens for the future. The Women’s Center is located in the newly constructed Student Resource Building (SRB). The Resource Center for Sexual and Gender Diversity (see entry under "Student Resource Centers") and the Re-Entry/Non-Traditional Student Resource Center are both located in the SRB as well. These three physical spaces make up the elements of the UCSB Women’s Center.
Graduate and Post-Doctoral Scholar Initiatives and Resources
Diversity Officers are faculty members in each department who advocate for the inclusion of students and guide their department to recruit from diverse backgrounds. They recognize and intervene when students need assistance in their academic, professional, and social lives.
https://www.graddiv.ucsb.edu/mentorship-inclusivity/department-diversity-officer-directory
Find the resources, advocacy, and family resources you need, whether on campus or in the local Santa Barbara community.
https://www.graddiv.ucsb.edu/mentorship-inclusivity/resources-and-campus
The Graduate Scholars Program (GSP) provides first-year and second-year doctoral students from diverse backgrounds with an advanced doctoral student mentor, a targeted orientation to campus resources, professional development opportunities, and networking events across campus and with visiting scholars.
UCSB is an institutional member of the National Center for Faculty Development and Diversity (NCFDD). NCFDD is an independent professional development, training, and mentoring community for faculty members, postdocs, and graduate students, dedicated to supporting academics in making successful transitions throughout their careers. Our membership provides a series of mentoring services, including workshops focused on research and writing strategies, networking opportunities, and other forms of professional support and faculty development.
Faculty Initiatives and Resources
Administrative Offices
In summer 2019 each academic dean appointed an Associate Dean and Faculty Equity Advisor to lead within their units on matters of equity, inclusion, and diversity. The Associate Dean and Faculty Equity Advisor is a senior ladder faculty member who participates in the faculty recruitment process by raising awareness of best practices. They also organize faculty development programs, address individual issues raised by women and underrepresented minority faculty, and serve as a resource in division for faculty members seeking more information about equity, inclusion, diversity, and broadening participation in higher education.
Policies, programs and Resources that assist faculty and other academic appointees in balancing the demands of work and family.
https://ap.ucsb.edu/resources.for.academic.employees/family.friendly.resources
Committees
The Committee promotes campus diversity and equity, ensuring the equal treatment of women, ethnic minorities, individuals of diverse sexual orientations, individuals with disabilities, and other members of the campus community. In meeting this charge, the committee may initiate studies on campus diversity and equity, using data collected from all campus sources; formulate and disseminate recommendations on any matter influencing campus diversity and equity; and address matters involving the hiring, employment, educational, and social circumstances of faculty, staff, and students.
The Chancellor's Advisory Committee on the Status of Women is an administrative committee that has existed on campus since the mid 1970s. It draws its membership from faculty, staff, and students on campus with standing members including the director of the Women's Center, our Title IX Coordinator and Sexual Harassment Officer, chair(s) from the Senior Women's Council and chair(s) from the Professional Women's Association. The charge of CACSW is to advise and consult with the Chancellor about concerns and issues regarding the status of women at UCSB. The committee engages in the review of drafts of campus and system wide policies pertaining to campus women (e.g., parental leaves, sexual harassment, gender equity in sports). The CACSW along with the Women's Center organizes a panel discussion "Demystifying the Tenure Process" for junior faculty women on a yearly basis. The CACSW conducts meetings and investigations on issues including leadership, governance, representation of women in faculty and key administrative positions, pay equity, career equity review, work/life, staff-student ratio, Title IX, safety, student parent registration, diversity training, and female graduate student representation, employment, and mentorship. Since 1997, CACSW has met annually with the Chancellor and his Vice-Chancellors to discuss a yearly report on the status of women.
UC President Mark Yudof recently formed a systemwide Advisory Council on Campus Climate, Culture, and Inclusion to address challenges in enhancing and sustaining a tolerant, inclusive environment on all UC campuses. The Council's first meeting was held June 30, 2010. UCSB also has a Campus Advisory Council on Campus Climate, Culture, and Inclusion. It is chaired by Chancellor Yang and composed of faculty, students, staff, administrative personnel, community representation, and ex-officio members, which includes academic deans. The purpose of the advisory council is to:
- Provide ongoing evaluation of campus climate conditions, practices, and policies.
- Suggest measures that will support the goals of inclusion and community, especially including measures reflecting promising practices from elsewhere in UC and the nation.
- Coordinate its analyses, recommendations, and other work with related work of any entities created by faculty, staff, students, or neighboring communities.
- Fulfill other campus-specific responsibilities identified by the Chancellor.
- Respond to queries and suggestions from the President's Advisory Council.
COAB is the policy and governing body for all campus outreach programs. COAB provides overall guidance on policy, budget and evaluation issues regarding UC Santa Barbara's K-12, community college and graduate academic preparation and educational partnership programs. COAB also advises the chancellor and other staff on these matters, and monitors outreach programs via evaluation efforts. COAB is committed to strengthening campus academic preparation and educational partnership programs. The Board will provide consultation and direction to the campus in the development and oversight of campus initiatives supported by university outreach funds. In collaboration with the Academic Senate, the Gevirtz Graduate School of Education and Student Affairs, COAB and the Office of Outreach Initiatives coordinates the Faculty Outreach Grant (FOG) Program.
The Professional Women's Association (PWA) at UC Santa Barbara promotes a sense of community through networking and community service, and focuses on the advancement and accomplishments of UCSB Women. PWA provides opportunities to develop one's professional and personal self as well as network on campus, through activities that include brown bag lunch sessions, networking luncheons, a holiday party for IV children, and an annual professional development conference.
The Senior Women's Council was founded in 1993 to create a forum for defining and actively addressing issues that promote gender equity and diversity at UC Santa Barbara. All tenured women faculty and lecturers with SOE are automatically members. The steering committee, comprised of 15-20 members, specifies several well-defined programmatic goals that the Council will accomplish each academic year. The direction of SWC's program is based on input from all tenured women.
Diversity Related Grants and Fellowships
Curated list of funding opportunities related to diversity, equity, inclusion, and minority serving institutions
Professional Development
UCSB is an institutional member of the National Center for Faculty Development and Diversity (NCFDD). NCFDD is an independent professional development, training, and mentoring community for faculty members, postdocs, and graduate students, dedicated to supporting academics in making successful transitions throughout their careers. Our membership provides a series of mentoring services, including workshops focused on research and writing strategies, networking opportunities, and other forms of professional support and faculty development.
Research Centers
The Center for Black Studies Research has a general research platform that is uniquely positioned to provide a critical synthesis of issues of race, social equality, and justice; these narratives and approaches are present in all its projects and are a central part of our effort to merge theoretical findings with social change. Research areas include the Haiti Projects, the Race and Technology Initiative; and the Urban Studies Projects. Outreach efforts include Project Excel and community outreach efforts, both on campus and within the community.
Center for Middle East Studies (CMES) promotes the study of the Middle East, North Africa, and Islam at the University of California, Santa Barbara. CMES has long been a bastion of interdisciplinary scholarship, collectivity, and exchange. The last decade has witnessed a flourishing of CMES faculty and graduate students at UCSB across disciplines (Humanities, Social Sciences, and Sciences) and methodology (archival, ethnographic, quantitative, qualitative).
The Center for Research, Excellence, and Diversity in Team Science (CREDITS) hosts Retreats and Institutes to promote team science competencies and leadership capacity of faculty, researchers, post-doctoral scholars, and research administrators across the campuses of the University of California and Cal State University systems.
The purpose of the Institute, as articulated in El Plan de Santa Bárbara, is to undertake, promote and disseminate research regarding the Chicano/Latino experience in California and the United States. The Institute's research activities serve the intellectual interests of Chicana/o Studies students, researchers and faculty from all departments and units on the UCSB campus. Together with the Chicana and Chicano Studies Department, the Institute supports research that promotes the growing national and international stature of the field and assists in the recruitment and retention of Chicano/Latino faculty, graduate students, and undergraduates at UC Santa Barbara. The Institute also promotes cultural education for the campus and community by sponsoring events and programs that draw from Chicana/o, Mexican and Latin American music, dance, theatre, film and art traditions.
Statements of Inclusive Excellence
Staff Initiatives and Resources
The Asian Pacific Islander Alliance (APIA) is a collective of Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) staff and faculty at the University of California Santa Barbara that aims to create a supportive, proactive, and knowledge-sharing community in order to ensure a welcoming, safe, and inclusive campus for the AAPI identified individuals by promoting the growth of staff and faculty while supporting students through collaborative efforts.
LUNA’s primary mission is to provide activities and opportunities to assist with the retention, development, and promotion of Latinx communities at UCSB. In addition, LUNA promotes the ties with institutional, local, regional and national organizations with similar missions to learn from and contribute to diversify the university.
The Professional Women's Association (PWA) at UC Santa Barbara promotes a sense of community through networking and community service, and focuses on the advancement and accomplishments of UCSB Women. PWA provides opportunities to develop one's professional and personal self as well as network on campus, through activities that include brown bag lunch sessions, networking luncheons, a holiday party for IV children, and an annual professional development conference.
ucsbBLACK is supportive and enjoyable space for Black identified faculty and staff at UCSB to build community and create connections with one another. We hope to further develop and sustain an environment that allows Black faculty and staff to feel supported, professionally and personally, by their peers.
"There were times when it would have been easy to fall apart or to go in the opposite direction, but somehow I felt that if I took one more step, someone would come along to join me."
Rosa Parks