Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

On October 25, 2019, Raquel E. Aldana, Associate Vice Chancellor for Academic Diversity and Professor of Law, and Dr. Patrick Marius Koga, Director of the Refugee Health Research in the Department of Public Health Sciences, hosted their second forum on migration and trauma at UC Davis.

The life's work of our very own CAMPOS Faculty Director Mariel Vazquez is featured in a terrific article written by the College of Biological Sciences. Please have a read:

https://biology.ucdavis.edu/news/discovering-curiosity-tangled-fate-math-and-biology-professor-mariel-vazquez 

The Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion is delighted to announce Dr. Mariel Vazquez as the new Faculty Director of the Center for the Advancement of Multicultural Perspectives on Science (CAMPOS). Dr. Vazquez is a member of the founding cohort of CAMPOS Scholars, having been inducted in 2014.

The Alliance of Hispanic Serving Institution Educators (AHSIE) has officially opened the Call for Proposals for their 2020 Annual Best Practices Conference. Let your voice be heard in the higher education community by submitting a proposal to present at the upcoming conference.

The ABA Commission on Women in the Profession established the Margaret Brent Women Lawyers of Achievement Awards in 1991 to celebrate female lawyers for their professional accomplishments and support of other women in the legal profession. The annual awards are given in honor of Margaret Brent, the first female lawyer who arrived in the colonies in 1638. She was a master negotiator, an accomplished litigator and a prominent figure in Maryland.

Take a look at the courses being offered this fall by Dr. Vajra Watson, Director of the Office of Research and Policy for Equity and Founder, Sacramento Area Youth Speaks (SAYS)