CAMPSSAH Faculty Scholar Nomination

CAMPSSAH Faculty Scholar Nomination

The nomination deadline for the 2025-2026 cohort has passed. If you have questions about nominating a faculty candidate during the AY2025-2026 as part of the Provost's recruitment pilot program, please contact Associate Vice Chancellor Luis Carvajal-Carmona.

Now in its sixth year with 29 Faculty Scholars across 17 disciplines, CAMPSSAH works to support and retain faculty whose research, reaching, scholarly and creative production bring multicultural perspectives to the social sciences, humanities, and the arts with an emphasis on contributions that addresses the voices and visibility of underrepresented students and communities at UC Davis.

CAMPSSAH also provides a space for these faculty to strengthen and enhance their engagement with underserved communities through their research, teaching, and service, within and beyond the campus of UC Davis.

Eligibility

Deans may nominate candidates that have been interviewed and offered a position for a UC Davis Academic Senate faculty position in the social sciences, arts, or humanities (that is at least a 50% tenure-track/ladder-rank position) within the current recruitment cycle/academic year, if they meet one or more of the review criteria listed in the next page.

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 CAMPSSAH Faculty Scholar award.

If you have any questions about the eligibility of a nominee, please contact Faculty Director, Juan Diego Diaz (jnddiaz@ucdavis.edu) and copy to Thomas O’Donnell (twodonnell@ucdavis.edu).

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 recently 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. 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.
4. Networking Opportunities
   • Social events to celebrate and share your successes, including the new faculty orientation and Induction Ceremony for new CAMPOS and CAMPSSAH scholars.
5. Faculty Development Trainings and 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.