Faculty Forward Initiative / Inclusive Excellence Project Opportunity - Spring 2024 Awardees

Inclusive Excellence Project Opportunity - Spring 2024 Awardees

Sponsored by the Faculty Forward Initiative, the EDI Office’s Inclusive Excellence Project Funding Opportunity offers funding to support current or previously planned unit-level initiatives (e.g., within a particular department, division, or school). Proposals must reflect initiatives designed to: 1) advance faculty diversity in alignment with UCLA’s EDI mission and UCLA Strategic Plan 2023-2028 goals and 2) improve the culture and climate at UCLA.

Titles of current funded projects can be found below:

 

NameSchool/Division/Non-Academic UnitDepartmentProposal Title
Courey, AlbertPhysical SciencesUCLA Chemistry & BiochemistryPhysical Sciences Inclusive Teaching Faculty Fellows Program
Lau, Anna (in collaboration with Megan McEvoy)Life SciencesPsychology; Associate Dean for Inclusive ExcellenceLife Sciences Leadership on Guidance for Evaluating Faculty Contributions to Diversity in Academic Personnel Actions
Lobo-Marwah, EricDentistryDentistryThe UCLA Women in Health Sciences Collaborative
Lubliner, EricaAdult Outpatient PsychiatryPsychiatryFaculty Accelerated Staff Transition (FAST) Pathway
McEvoy, Megan (in collaboration with Anna Lau)Life SciencesInstitute for Society & Genetics; Department of Microbiology, Immunology & Molecular GeneticsLife Sciences Leadership on Guidance for Evaluating Faculty Contributions to Diversity in Academic Personnel Actions
Ni, PengPhysical SciencesEarth, Planetary, and Space SciencesThe “Third Space” experiment at UCLA
Terriquez, VeronicaIACChicano Studies Research CenterBuilding Community for Junior Faculty to Enhance HSI Success
Thomas Tobin, CourtneyFielding School of Public HealthCommunity Health SciencesUCLA FSPH EDI Resource Hub
Tolbert, SarahDivision of Physical SciencesChemistry & BiochemistryIGNITE (Inspiring Growth, Nurturing Inclusivity, and Talent Empowerment through Mentorship)
Torrence, HaroldInternational Institute-African Studies CenterAfrican Studies CenterSupporting URM Faculty Retention Through Active Research Generation
Yamada, MioSanta Monica Surgery CenterUCLA Health - Perioperative ServicesWhiteboards in the Operating Room: Patient Pronouns