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:
Name | School/Division/Non-Academic Unit | Department | Proposal Title |
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Courey, Albert | Physical Sciences | UCLA Chemistry & Biochemistry | Physical Sciences Inclusive Teaching Faculty Fellows Program |
Lau, Anna (in collaboration with Megan McEvoy) | Life Sciences | Psychology; Associate Dean for Inclusive Excellence | Life Sciences Leadership on Guidance for Evaluating Faculty Contributions to Diversity in Academic Personnel Actions |
Lobo-Marwah, Eric | Dentistry | Dentistry | The UCLA Women in Health Sciences Collaborative |
Lubliner, Erica | Adult Outpatient Psychiatry | Psychiatry | Faculty Accelerated Staff Transition (FAST) Pathway |
McEvoy, Megan (in collaboration with Anna Lau) | Life Sciences | Institute for Society & Genetics; Department of Microbiology, Immunology & Molecular Genetics | Life Sciences Leadership on Guidance for Evaluating Faculty Contributions to Diversity in Academic Personnel Actions |
Ni, Peng | Physical Sciences | Earth, Planetary, and Space Sciences | The “Third Space” experiment at UCLA |
Terriquez, Veronica | IAC | Chicano Studies Research Center | Building Community for Junior Faculty to Enhance HSI Success |
Thomas Tobin, Courtney | Fielding School of Public Health | Community Health Sciences | UCLA FSPH EDI Resource Hub |
Tolbert, Sarah | Division of Physical Sciences | Chemistry & Biochemistry | IGNITE (Inspiring Growth, Nurturing Inclusivity, and Talent Empowerment through Mentorship) |
Torrence, Harold | International Institute-African Studies Center | African Studies Center | Supporting URM Faculty Retention Through Active Research Generation |
Yamada, Mio | Santa Monica Surgery Center | UCLA Health - Perioperative Services | Whiteboards in the Operating Room: Patient Pronouns |