Charge
The Faculty Committee on Equity and Inclusion identifies, and shares with the Senate, effective approaches to cultivating a culture of equity, inclusivity, and respect that enhance the success of all faculty within a pluralistic context. It will alert the Senate to issues on campus that require attention, and will make recommendations for how the Senate can be helpful in addressing these issues, in collaboration with the Provost’s office and the Provost’s Diversity Committee. This committee will work with the Senate Executive Board to plan and implement two mini-retreats a year (one in the fall and one in the spring) that aim to enhance campus climate at USC. Topics might include how to better recruit, retain, and support a diverse faculty; how to achieve more gender equity in STEM fields; or how to help faculty to have difficult dialogues about culture in the classroom.
Specific Charge for the 2024-2025 Academic Year
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) education is central to USC’s mission and one of our unifying values. Building on the recommendations in its 2023-24 report, the Committee on Equity and Inclusion will work with School Deans, Faculty Councils and senior DEI administrators to ensure that faculty across the university have access to a repository of excellent resources to help them integrate DEI into their courses.
Meetings: Contact committee chair for the date/locations of the committee meetings.
Co-Chairs
Alisa Catalina Sanchez, alisasan@usc.edu, Dornsife College
Naomi Warren, nwarren@marshall.usc.edu, Marshall School of Business
Committee members
- Rena Heinrich, rheinric@usc.edu, School of Dramatic Arts
- Cheng Yu Hou, chengyu.hou@usc.edu, Bovard College
- John Margetis, john.margetis@med.usc.edu, Chan Division/Occupational Therapy
- Tanvi Patel, tanvip@usc.edu, Dornsife College
- Gioia Polidori, gpolidor@usc.edu, Dornsife College
- Ryo Sanabria, ryo.sanabria@usc.edu, Gerontology
- Hannah Maria Schilperoort, schilper@usc.edu, USC Libraries
- Martha Jane Townsend, mjt@usc.edu, Viterbi School of Engineering
- Heather Lynn Wipfli, hwipfli@usc.edu, Keck School of Medicine
- An-Min Wu, anminwu@usc.edu, Dornsife College
- Sofia Gruskin (Executive Board Liaison), gruskin@med.usc.edu, Keck School of Medicine and Gould School of Law
Resolution
Spring 2019 Campus Climate Presentation and Lunch
- Embracing Inclusion in Faculty Hiring and Retention – March 25 2019 Slides
- Event Summary and Reading List
- Zoom Video
Photos by Artineh Samkian
Reports
- Faculty Committee on Equity and Inclusion – 2023-2024 – Annual Report
- Faculty Committee on Equity and Inclusion – 2021-22 – Annual Report
- Climate Committee – 2020-2021 – Annual Report
- Climate Committee 2019-2020 Annual Report
- Climate Committee 2018-2019 Annual Report
- Climate Committee – 2016-2017 – Annual Report
- Preliminary Report to the Academic Senate Executive Board
- Climate Committee – Faculty Diversity Best Practices (11-10-16)
- Climate Gathering Notes (05-01-17 public)