Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

Together with Chancellor May, we celebrate today’s Supreme Court decision to keep the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program in place, protecting nearly 650,000 undocumented young people from deportation. 

UC Davis has made important progress toward our goal of achieving federal Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI) designation since our last communication on this subject on October 1, 2019, which may open up opportunities to pursue HSI sources of funding.

Under the leadership of Karen McDonald (Principal Investigator) and Denneal Jamison-McClung (Co-Investigator), UC Davis has been award a competitive grant to enhance faculty diversity and pathways to the professoriate for underrepresented students from Californi

The Center for the Advancement of Multicultural Perspectives on Science (CAMPOS) and the Vice Chancellor’s office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion would like to extend an enthusiastic “Congratulations!” to Dr. Cindy Rubio González for her promotion to Associate Professor effective July 1, 2020.

The undergraduate UC campuses give UCUES every two years, and it is one of the biggest UC Davis student surveys. All students 18 or older receive a survey invitation. UCUES measures many aspects of undergraduate life. 

Dear students, 

Please consider participating in a UC-wide survey of undergraduate students with immigrant parents. The study aims to understand the impact of current immigration policies.  It will identify ways to promote the educational success and wellbeing of students from immigrant backgrounds, especially those who are undocumented or from mixed-status families.

The survey takes approximately 35 minutes.

You will receive a $10 amazon gift card for your time.

This article originally appeared in UC Davis Magazine on February 10, 2020.

Ambar Hernandez Negrete is a fourth-year doctoral student in the School of Education at the University of California, Davis. In pursuing her doctorate, Hernandez Negrete aims to leverage policy research as a tool to transform the educational experiences of historically marginalized students of color. For her dissertation, she is conducting a critical race policy analysis of two Ethnic Studies related policies (California Assembly Bill 2016 and Arizona House Bill 2281).

In support of the Advancing Faculty Diversity (AFD) and related programs, UCOP President Janet Napolitano, with funding from the state legislature, has provided ongoing funding to support efforts in faculty recruitment and retention and to improve academic climate. In 2019-2020, $2,750,000 was dedicated to this purpose. Every year for the last six years, all UCs compete for these monies through grants. Last year, UC Davis was awarded all of three funding requests.