Committee on the Status of Women & Ethnic Minorities
2010-2011 Annual Report
Approved, September 21, 2011
In fulfilling its charge as established in the by laws of the Berkeley Division of the
Academic Senate, the Committee on the Status of Women & Ethnic Minorities (SWEM)
carried out the following activities during the 2010-2011 academic year:
Departmental Program Reviews: Chemistry; East Asian Languages & Culture; Nuclear
Engineering; Linguistics; School of Business and, School of Public Policy
Other activities:
The new electronic biobib form will include a separate “Diversity Statement” section to
allow faculty to describe their contributions to promoting diversity, inclusion, and equal
opportunity as provided for under the Academic Personnel Manual section 210.1.d. The
VC-E&I has acknowledged the committee’s important involvement in seeing this project
to fruition.
The Chair and Vice Chair, along with VC-E&I staff completed a comprehensive revision
of the SWEM Tenure Guide. Plans are underway to produce a faculty advancement
guide in the upcoming year.
A proposed by law change to SWEM ex officio membership was approved by the
Divisional Council. The Associate Vice Provost for Faculty Equity and the Vice
Chancellor for Equity & Inclusion would both become ex officio non-voting members of
the Committee. The Berkeley Division will vote on the revision at the Fall 2011 meeting.
Commented on
 the draft statements by the Academic Council and UCLA concerning the future of
the university
 Workplace Violence Prevention Policy
 Report and Recommendations on the systemwide Task Force on Senate
Membership
Reviewed the School of Public Health Equity Study
SWEM and EECS faculty member Professor Pruitt the College of Engineering Task
Force on Diversity & Inclusion.
Guests:
Senate Chair Fiona Doyle commended SWEM on its proactive engagement in the
program review process. The committee’s reports not only have identified concerns
regarding equity issues within departments, but also have proposed concrete suggestions
to address the issues.
VC-Equity and Inclusion (VC-E&I) Gibor Basri was invited to discuss Operational
Excellence and potential impacts on staff equity.
Professor Nicolas Jewell, who initiated a pay equity study when he was at the Office of
the President in 2007, shared his views on the revisions to that draft recently undertaken
by the University Committee on Affirmative Action and Diversity (UCAAD).
The committee continued its annual practice of meeting with the outgoing and incoming
BIR Chairs to discuss issues of mutual interest.
Members of the 2010-11 committee:
Garrison Sposito, Chair
Pheng Cheah, Vice Chair
Paola Bacchetta
Thomas Biolsi
Kiren Chaudhry
Meg Conkey
Darlene Francis
Ori Ganor (UCAAD)
Nicholas Paige
Karl Pister
Lisa Pruitt
Janet Sorenson
Leti Volpp
Cindy Gerges (ASUC)
Andrea Ambriz (fall) and Stephanie Blount (spring), Graduate Assembly