Commitment to Faculty Success and Belonging
One of the University of Arizona’s six core values is inclusion, as outlined in its Mission, Purpose and Values. Faculty Affairs honors that commitment by recognizing the Indigenous lands on which we are privileged to teach and learn, those of the Tohono O’odham and the Pascua Yaqui. We also honor the responsibility of being both a Land Grant Institution and a Hispanic Serving Institution.
A thriving academic community is built on fostering a strong sense of belonging, which drives innovation, critical thinking, and problem-solving. In Faculty Affairs we create, develop, sustain and support institutional structures that lead to programs, resources, and services to cultivate faculty promotion and success in their scholarship, teaching, extension and service. Through collaboration with leaders across campus, we actively work to establish systems that advance faculty growth and advancement.
Ongoing Campus Resources
Preventing Discrimination and Harassment Training
This training using a series of engaging scenarios and activities, will help you learn important principles and develop skills to enhance your working and educational relationships.
This training, Safe Zone, is a campus-wide training program committed to making The University of Arizona a safer, more welcoming, and inclusive environment for members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ+) community. LGBTQ Affairs.
Participants will receive an overview of terminology, policies, and legislation that impact students from immigrant and refugee backgrounds and will develop ways to support undocumented and DACA students at the UA. Immigrant Student Resource Center (ISRC).
The Disability Resource Center (DRC) is a resource for instructors, faculty, department heads and deans to explore disability-related accommodations and broad strategies for accessibility and inclusion. DRC is the designated University department for determining reasonable accommodation for disabled and pregnant faculty and staff. When accommodation may be needed, the DRC works with the employee and their department through an interactive process to determine if requested accommodations would be reasonable. Reasonable accommodations do not compromise the high standards of teaching, research and practice at the University, but ensure accessibility. We work to promote higher levels of inclusion and equity through Universal Design and the implementation of the most effective and sustainable accommodations.
Faculty may explore a variety of accommodations through our interactive process. Some examples include:
- To teach in a particular building, for example, the same building as one's office or a building with a lactation room.
- To teach in a particular classroom or be assigned to teach in a classroom with particular technology.
- To teach in a building and classroom that is wheelchair accessible.
- To teach at a particular time of day.
- A delay to the tenure clock.
Please contact DRC’s Workplace Access team to discuss access and accommodations at drc-workplaceaccess@arizona.edu.
Inclusive and Accessible Design Presentation Series
This training includes presentations related to 1) Planning events for everyone; 2) Creating content for everyone; and 3) Designing Marketing for everyone. In all sessions, you will learn about principles of inclusive and accessible designs to events, content, and marketing.
This training will look at the diversity and strengths that military-connected students bring to the classrooms and campus while exploring the many resources the University of Arizona has available for students and their families. Participants can possibly receive the UA VET Ally placard if all trainings and modules are completed.
First Cats Training for Faculty & Staff
The First Cats First-Gen Intro Training is the first in a series of professional development trainings to provide faculty and staff with knowledge, tools and ideas for how they can center the experience of first-generation college students in their work.
Childcare & Elder Care Resources
Available through the University of Arizona’s Life & Work Connections, childcare resources include: Childcare Choice, Sick and Back-up Childcare, and Childcare Consultations. Life & Work Connections also offers Adult and Elder Care Consultations.
Given growing evidence that COVID19 has had a disproportionate impact on women, underrepresented ethnic/racial/sexual orientation groups, family caregivers, and those with health risks, we recognize that more than ever it is critical to acknowledge and consider issues of equity, diversity and inclusivity in the review of promotion materials.
Adjustments to the academic cycle of promotion and clock deadlines have been adjusted due to COVID-19. Academic Affairs will work with promotion candidates, review committees, department heads, and deans to document how COVID-19 may have impacted trajectories of growth in teaching, research, and service.
Additional resources on Gender & Racial Equity during COVID-19:
- New Solutions to Ensure Gender Equity (Malisch, et al., 2020)
- Supporting Faculty During & After COVID (Gonzales & Griffin, 2020)
Grounded in Inclusive Excellence (IE), the Office of Equity, Inclusion, and Title IX provides accessible, engaging environments that inspire creativity, enhance our ability to think critically and challenge us to fully realize our leadership potential. Resources include diversity reports, diversity research programs, IE awards, faculty development, and Title IX support, among many others.
Action Collaborative Partner Network
The University of Arizona is committed to and actively participates in the Action Collaborative Partner Network. We commit to sharing information about our institutions efforts and innovations in preventing and addressing sexual harassment.
Hispanic Serving Institution Initiatives
As a research intensive land-grant HSI, the University of Arizona is committed to responsively meeting the educational needs of our vibrant and increasingly diverse communities of Arizona. A Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI) is a federal designation by the U.S. Department of Education that acknowledges colleges and universities with 25% or more total undergraduate Hispanic full-time equivalent student enrollment.
- Hispanic Serving Institution Fellows Program - Supported by a strategic investment from the Office of the Provost and partnering departments across campus, the HSI Fellows Program serves to strategically further the scope and depth of work around our HSI designation and provide a venue for community-building and career development for a cohort of up to 10 faculty and staff each year through a project-based leadership experience, mentoring and coaching, and a series of targeted workshops.
Resources for Women in Leadership
This Faculty Affairs Website offers a list of institutional, national, and international resources for faculty women leaders. These resources include: programs, conferences, institutes, awards, articles and other opportunities for woman-identified leaders in higher education.
Inclusive Leadership Certificate
The program strategically centers the University’s core values of inclusion, integrity, compassion, adaptation, exploration, and determination. Leveraging the University’s resources, mentorship, and coaching, participants bolster critical leadership competencies and best practices – particularly those related to advancing diversity, inclusion, and equity – as the University builds its next generation of leaders. Diversifying higher education leadership is an intentional act that promotes creative problem solving and increases retention for faculty, staff, and students. This program creates a pathway for emerging leaders that reflect the changing demographics of our student body.
Inclusive Teaching Tidbit Series
Offered through the Office of Instruction & Assessment, this webinar series includes recordings, materials, and additional resources focused on inclusive teaching practices.
Equity Mindedness - University of Southern California Resource
“Equity-Mindedness” refers to the perspective or mode of thinking exhibited by practitioners who call attention to patterns of inequity. It takes understanding inequities as a dysfunction of the various structures, policies, and practices that they can control.
A tool for quantifying inequity and a baseline for monitoring progress towards closing gaps in faculty recruitment.
National Center for Faculty Development & Diversity (NCFDD)
A nationally recognized, independent organization that provides online career development and mentoring resources for faculty, postdocs, and graduate students. Because the University of Arizona is an Institutional Member, all of our faculty, postdocs, and graduate students are granted free membership.
María Teresa Vélez Outstanding Mentoring Award
The Outstanding Mentoring Award recognizes individuals with an outstanding commitment to mentoring within The University of Arizona. This prestigious award honors and celebrates people who are making a difference through mentoring and who have significantly demonstrated a commitment above and beyond, through their individual mentoring accomplishments, their creation of high quality mentoring experiences for others, and their efforts contributing to building a mentoring culture at the University of Arizona.