[Faculty] Fwd: Call For Applications - Provost’s Professor of Equity in Education

[Theresa Garcia]

Dear CoE Faculty,

I know you may have received this email directly.  I am forwarding, just in
case.

Best,

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From: Cristina Alfaro, Provost Chair, and J. Luke Wood, Chief Diversity
Officer <diversityinclusion at sdsu.edu>
Date: Mon, May 13, 2019 at 3:00 PM
Subject: Call For Applications - Provost’s Professor of Equity in Education
To: <tgarcia at sdsu.edu>


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 Dear Colleagues and Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Allies,

The Office of Faculty Diversity and Inclusion is accepting applications for
a position with the Provost’s Professors of Equity in Education. Professors
of Equity support the implementation of initiatives from the Office of
Faculty Diversity and Inclusion. Professors provide ongoing professional
development for faculty and staff on issues of diversity, equity, and
inclusion. In their role, Professors provide intensive, ongoing
professional learning opportunities for SDSU faculty on diversity, equity,
and inclusion related topics. Some examples of professional development
provided include unconscious and implicit bias, identity-based
micro-aggressions, best teaching practices for underserved students,
socio-cultural competence, and becoming a Hispanic Serving Institution. A
wide range of disciplinary diversity will be prioritized among these
Professors.

The Provost’s Professors of Equity in Education receive three-units per
semester for the 2019-20 academic year. The commitment for this position is
one year, with the possibility for renewal based on resources. Provost
professors report to the Provost Chair of Faculty Diversity and Inclusion.
This initiative is sponsored by the Office of the Provost and was reviewed
and approved by the Senate committee on Diversity, Equity, and Outreach.

* Timeline: *

   - Call for applications – May 10
   - Application closes – May 24
   - Interviews – early June

* Criteria:*
Candidates for position must:

   - demonstrate commitment to issues of diversity, equity, and inclusion
   within university settings;
   - be an SDSU faculty member (full-time or part-time) (tenured,
   tenure-track, or temporary);
   - have experience providing professional learning opportunities on
   diversity topics such as unconscious and implicit bias, identity-based
   micro-aggressions, teaching practices for underserved students, and
   cultural competency. Expertise is not expected in all areas, simply a
   willingness and openness to learn and to serve;
   - demonstrate willingness to engage in ongoing professional learning
   around issues of diversity, equity, and inclusion;
   - be collegial, with strong interpersonal skills, and a track record of
   working collaboratively with colleagues within and across disciplines.

* Guidelines:*

*Please submit a letter of intent and curriculum vita to Cristina Alfaro,
Provost Chair of Faculty Diversity and Inclusion by 5 p.m. on May 24, 2019.
In addition, applicants must also have a short letter of support from their
department chair/director. *

* Submit via email to: diversity at sdsu.edu <diversity at sdsu.edu>*

* Program Descriptions*
*Inclusion Program*

The SDSU Inclusion Program is led by the Provost Chair of Faculty Diversity
and Inclusion under the direction of the Chief Diversity Officer. With
support from the Provost’s Professors of Equity in Education, this program
provides intensive, ongoing professional learning opportunities for SDSU
faculty on diversity-related topics. The program is designed to ensure that
all faculty are aware of SDSU’s diversity and inclusion goals and are
provided with capacity-building activities that can better prepare all
personnel to support these efforts. These sessions will occur during unit
meetings, retreats, or at meetings that are mutually agreed upon. Some
examples of professional development opportunities will include unconscious
and implicit bias, racial/gender micro-aggressions, teaching practices for
underserved students, and cultural competence, and becoming a Hispanic
Serving Institution.

*Diversity Strategic Planning*

On February 2018, the SDSU University Senate passed a resolution to create
a campus- wide diversity plan. The resolution also requires that individual
diversity plans be developed for all academic and administrative
units/divisions in a manner that is congruent with the university’s
diversity plan. To support the implementation of this effort, the Provost
Chair of Faculty Diversity, Equity and Inclusion with the support of
Provost’s Professors of Equity in Education will provide hands-on
professional development and guidance for departments on the following:

   - Examining data on equity and diversity for students, faculty, and staff
   - Collective sense making around areas of disproportionate impact
   - Identification of goals, objectives, interventions, planned resources,
   and
   - assessment to address areas of disproportionate impact (in alignment
   with the University diversity plan)
   - On-going professional development around topics that can assist units
   in the development and implementation of diversity plans

* Faculty Search Committee Professional Development*

The goal of the Office of Faculty Diversity and Inclusion is to advance
diversity through a process that includes: 1) creating a more robust
applicant diversity pool for tenure-track and temporary faculty positions;
and 2) providing professional development to search committees on issues
such as unconscious bias and micro-aggressions. To support this process,
the Provost Chair of Faculty Diversity and Inclusion with the Provost’s
Professors of Equity in Education will develop and present professional
development modules tailored specifically to the SDSU community on implicit
bias and micro-aggressions in the hiring process. These professional
development sessions will cover the range of topics applicable to the
search process, including the following:

   - Development of job descriptions that attract diverse candidates and
   convey SDSU’s commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion
   - Understanding of bias in commonly employed applicant criteria
   - Understanding how social closure (referrals and networks) influences
   applicant pools • Pre-screening discussions on desired experiences and
   skills
   - Bias introduced through informal background research on candidates
   - Common phrases and sense-making that conveys bias (e.g., fit,
   likability, strong)
   - Bias in the messages received by candidates during interviews and
   during on-campus visits
   - Bias introduced through off-list reference checks




Thank you,

*Cristina Alfaro, *Provost Chair of Faculty Diversity and Inclusion

*J. Luke Wood, *Chief Diversity Officer and Associate Vice President for
Office of Diversity and Inclusion



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Theresa M. Garcia
Assistant Dean for Student Affairs
SDSU, College of Engineering

"Let no man pull you so low as to hate him" - Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
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