CAMPOS Faculty Scholar Nomination

CAMPOS Faculty Scholars Nomination

Now accepting nominations for the 2025-2026 CAMPOS cohort.

The Office of Academic Diversity (DEI-OAD) is pleased to announce that the Center for the Advancement of Multicultural Perspectives on Science (CAMPOS) is accepting nominations for the 2025-2026 cohort of Faculty Scholars.

Our programs and actions are driven by a desire to foster a community of faculty that conducts research to discover knowledge and create solutions to the world’s most pressing problems. To achieve these ends we support career advancement that includes mentorship and networking; a work environment that integrates policies and practices that reflect a campus climate welcoming to all; and research to understand barriers and catalysts to multicultural perspectives in STEMM.

Eligibility

If you have any questions about the eligibility of a nominee, please contact interim Faculty Director Verónica Martínez-Cerdeño (vmartinezcerdeno@ucdavis.edu) and copy Thomas O’Donnell (twodonnell@ucdavis.edu).

Deans may nominate candidates that have been interviewed and offered a position for a UC Davis STEMM Academic Senate faculty position (that is at least a 50% tenure-track/ladder-rank position) within the current recruitment cycle/academic year.

Nomination materials are due May 30, 2025.

The CAMPOS Review Committee evaluates the nominations and forwards its recommendations to the Vice Provost for Academic Affairs, who makes the final selection. The 2025-2026 CAMPOS Scholars will be announced in the summer and formally inducted in fall 2025.

In addition to exceptional records of research and teaching excellence, successful nominees will have demonstrated commitment to and an accomplished track record (calibrated to their career stage) of teaching, research, and service activities reflecting an understanding of our multifaceted undergraduate population at UC Davis and advancing the ideas articulated in the UC Davis Principles of Community.

Successful candidates will have a clearly articulated vision of how their work at UC Davis will continue to contribute to the University’s mission of serving the needs of our multicultural student population, many of whom come from economically disadvantaged backgrounds or are first-generation students in their families. They must also demonstrate an understanding of the exclusionary barriers preventing full participation of students whose socioeconomic backgrounds have placed them at a disadvantage in higher education, adversely impacting their potential for academic success. Applicants’ track record of engagement and activities related to promotion of the achievements of others, as well as their plans as a professor for future engagement with a student population that is remarkably disparate, will be a significant part of the overall evaluation of the candidate’s qualifications for a CAMPOS Faculty Scholar award.

Nominations

To nominate a candidate, Deans must submit a nomination package to the CAMPOS Selection Committee. Nomination materials are due May 30, 2025.

Please send the requested materials below in a single PDF to interim Faculty Director Verónica Martínez-Cerdeño (vmartinezcerdeno@ucdavis.edu) and copy Thomas O’Donnell (twodonnell@ucdavis.edu).

  1. Nomination form
  2. The faculty candidate’s dossier:
    1. Curriculum vitae
    2. Job application cover letter
    3. Contributions to UC Davis Principles of Community*
    4. Statement of Research
    5. Statement of Teaching
    6. References
  3. A letter summarizing any additional salient professional experiences or qualifications
  4. The faculty position announcement

* Please describe or request from the faculty nominee a statement that describes how their research, teaching, and service supports the intentions and spirit of the UC Davis Principles of Community.

What comes with a successful nomination?
  1. Partial salary off-set to hiring deans;
  2. FOCUS UC Davis: ​​​​​​​The Office of Academic Diversity (OAD) was awarded a University of California, Office of the President (UCOP) Advancing Faculty Diversity grant that provides Faculty Scholars with the opportunity to participate in a two-day grant-writing or manuscript-writing workshop led by either a professional Research Development Specialist (for grants) or writing coach and developmental editor (for manuscripts).
  3. Networking Opportunities
    • CAMPOS Research Colloquia are scheduled throughout the academic year. This is a seminar series where a diverse group of researchers present results of their research. It also provides a forum for faculty to network and discuss research topics and topics relevant to promoting and sustaining a diverse community of faculty.
    • Social events to celebrate and share your successes, including the new faculty orientation and Induction Ceremony for new CAMPOS and CAMPSSAH scholars.
  4. LAUNCH Committee organized by the Office of Academic Affairs
    • The LAUNCH Committee supports early professional integration and development of new faculty as they begin their careers at UC Davis. A LAUNCH committee has at least three members and is typically chaired by a senior faculty member with related research interests in your department. Committee members may include the Department Chair or their delegate, and a senior faculty member from outside the department working in a field related to yours.
  5. Faculty Development Trainings or Writing Group Opportunities
    • The Office of Academic Diversity hosts writing group spaces and invites partners from across camps from units such as the Center for Educational Effectiveness, Office of Research, Global Affairs, and Public Scholarship and Engagement to inform Faculty Scholars of opportunities and advice for a successful career at UC Davis.

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