UCLA LEGISLATIVE
ASSEMBLY MEETING
Thursday, June 5, 2014
2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Charles E. Young Grand Salon
Kerckhoff Hall
Jan Reiff, Senate Chair
Joel Aberbach, Senate Vice Chair/Chair Elect
Linda Sarna, Immediate Past Senate Chair
Neal Garrett, Senate Secretary
& Interim Senate Parliamentarian
http://www.senate.ucla.edu/
Legislative Assembly > AGENDA
2:00-2:05
Welcome & Brief Announcements / Executive Board Voting Announcement
2:05-2:15
Approval of Consent Calendar
• LgA minutes, April 10, 2014
• Committee Name Change (UEPRRC to the Emeriti Affairs Committee-EAC)
• 2012-2013 Annual Reports
o Committee on Continuing and Community Education (CCCE)
o Intercollegiate Athletics Committee (IAC)
o Committee on International Education (CIE)
o Committee on Teaching (COT)
• Bylaw Changes: DGSOM
2:15-2:20
Exception to Bylaw IV.E.3
2:20-2:30
Appendix V Action: Applied Linguistics
2:30-2:40
Approval of New Degree: Masters of Applied Economics
2:40-2:45
Updates on UC and Campus Issues
2:45-2:50
Announcement of Election Results
2:50-3:15
Vice Chancellor James Economou
3:15-3:30
Vice Chancellor Steven Olsen
3:30-3:45
Chancellor Gene Block
3:45-3:50
Gold Shield Award Announcement
3:50-3:55
Senate Award Announcements
Legislative Assembly > Executive Board Ballot
2014 At-Large Members of the Executive Board BALLOT
ACADEMIC SENATE, LOS ANGELES DIVISION
Voting Instructions:
All Legislative Assembly members of the Los Angeles Division are eligible to vote.
The method of election is the cumulative vote, with each member casting as many votes as there
are vacancies to be filled and distributing those votes among as few or as many candidates as the
voter thinks fit. [Senate Bylaw 150(E)(2) Am 25 Apr 95]
Open Seats – Two-year Terms
There are three at-large seats open for the 2014 elections. You have three votes to cast. For
example, you might cast three votes for one candidate and none for the others, or you might cast
one vote for three candidates. If more than three boxes are checked, the entire vote will be invalid.
Nominees
Enter Your Votes (3 total)
Susan Ettner, Department of Medicine - GIM/HSR
Michael Meranze, Department of History
William Oppenheim, Department of Orthopedic Surgery
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Senate Elections, Executive Board
EXECUTIVE BOARD, 2014-2015
Chair:
Past chair:
Chair elect:
Continuing
At-large
Members:
Ex-Officio
Members:
Joel Aberbach, Political Science & Public Policy
Jan Reiff, History & Statistics
Leo Estrada, Urban Planning
Malcolm Gordon, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
Kathy Komar, Comparative Literature
Willeke Wendrich, Near Eastern Languages & Culture
to be elected
to be elected
to be elected
Chair, Graduate Council (to be appointed)
Chair, Undergraduate Council (to be appointed)
Chair, Council on Planning and Budget (to be
appointed)
Legislative Assembly > AGENDA
2:00-2:05
Welcome & Brief Announcements / Executive Board Voting Announcement
2:05-2:15
Approval of Consent Calendar
• LgA minutes, April 10, 2014
• Committee Name Change (UEPRRC to the Emeriti Affairs Committee-EAC)
• 2012-2013 Annual Reports
o Committee on Continuing and Community Education (CCCE)
o Intercollegiate Athletics Committee (IAC)
o Committee on International Education (CIE)
o Committee on Teaching (COT)
• Bylaw Changes: DGSOM
2:15-2:20
Exception to Bylaw IV.E.3
2:20-2:30
Appendix V Action: Applied Linguistics
2:30-2:40
Approval of New Degree: Masters of Applied Economics
2:40-2:45
Updates on UC and Campus Issues
2:45-2:50
Announcement of Election Results
2:50-3:15
Vice Chancellor James Economou
3:15-3:30
Vice Chancellor Steven Olsen
3:30-3:45
Chancellor Gene Block
3:45-3:50
Gold Shield Award Announcement
3:50-3:55
Senate Award Announcements
Legislative Assembly > UEPRRC  Emeriti Affairs Committee
The University Emeriti and Pre-Retirement Relations Committee requests
that the name of the committee be changed to the Emeriti Affairs
Committee. The primary reasons for this proposed change is clarity and
effective communication of the Committee’s role within the Academic
Senate. The current name is needlessly long and difficult to recall; the
initial letters of each word (UEPRRC) do not form a helpful acronym. The
wording is neither efficient nor comprehensive. For example, the word
“University” is unnecessary and the phrase “Pre-Retirement Relations”
refers to just one of the Committee’s duties.
In the end we all agreed that “Emeriti Affairs Committee” was the best
choice because it is comprehensive, clear and easy to keep in mind.
Members in attendance voted 7 in favor, none opposed, no abstentions, to
recommend that the name of the committee be changed to Emeriti Affairs
Committee.
Legislative Assembly > AGENDA
2:00-2:05
Welcome & Brief Announcements / Executive Board Voting Announcement
2:05-2:15
Approval of Consent Calendar
• LgA minutes, April 10, 2014
• Committee Name Change (UEPRRC to the Emeriti Affairs Committee-EAC)
• 2012-2013 Annual Reports
o Committee on Continuing and Community Education (CCCE)
o Intercollegiate Athletics Committee (IAC)
o Committee on International Education (CIE)
o Committee on Teaching (COT)
• Bylaw Changes: DGSOM
2:15-2:20
Exception to Bylaw IV.E.3
2:20-2:30
Appendix V Action: Applied Linguistics
2:30-2:40
Approval of New Degree: Masters of Applied Economics
2:40-2:45
Updates on UC and Campus Issues
2:45-2:50
Announcement of Election Results
2:50-3:15
Vice Chancellor James Economou
3:15-3:30
Vice Chancellor Steven Olsen
3:30-3:45
Chancellor Gene Block
3:45-3:50
Gold Shield Award Announcement
3:50-3:55
Senate Award Announcements
Legislative Assembly > Exception to Bylaw IV.E.3
No Chair, Vice-Chair, or
Immediate Past Chair of the
Senate, nor any Chair of a
Governance Committee or of the
Council on Academic Personnel,
shall accept appointment to an
administrative office in the
University (not including
Department Chair) for at least one
calendar year after leaving office.
After full and open debate, the
Legislative Assembly may grant
exceptions. [En 7 Mar 95; Am 12
Nov 96; Am 11 Feb 03]
Legislative Assembly > AGENDA
2:00-2:05
Welcome & Brief Announcements
Executive Board Voting Announcement
2:05-2:15
Approval of Consent Calendar
• LgA minutes, April 10, 2014
• Committee Name Change (UEPRRC to the Emeriti Affairs Committee-EAC)
• 2012-2013 Annual Reports
o Committee on Continuing and Community Education (CCCE)
o Intercollegiate Athletics Committee (IAC)
o Committee on International Education (CIE)
o Committee on Teaching (COT)
• Bylaw Changes: DGSOM
2:15-2:20
Exception to Bylaw IV.E.3
2:20-2:30
Appendix V Action: Applied Linguistics
2:30-2:40
Approval of New Degree: Masters of Applied Economics
2:40-2:45
Updates on UC and Campus Issues
2:45-2:50
Announcement of Election Results
2:50-3:15
Vice Chancellor James Economou
3:15-3:30
Vice Chancellor Steven Olsen
3:30-3:45
Chancellor Gene Block
3:45-3:50
Gold Shield Award Announcement
3:50-3:55
Senate Award Announcements
Legislative Assembly > Appendix V Action: Applied Linguistics
C. CRITERIA. Appendix V actions should be undertaken only for academic reasons
pertaining to the teaching and research functions of the University. Societal requirements,
long-range fiscal considerations, and planning objectives can be taken into account. Because of
the University's long-term commitments to faculty and students, Appendix V actions cannot, in
general, be used to realize short-term savings, and so are not an appropriate response to
transitory fiscal problems.
D. DISESTABLISHMENT. Since any Appendix V action requires prior Senate review,
procedures described herein shall be invoked whenever the Designated Committee, as defined
below, determines that gradual or sudden reduction of resources is likely to result in de facto
Appendix V action.
E. REVIEW AND CONSULTATION.
1. Disestablishing a program or unit should be done with great care and consideration, and
only after appropriate consultation and evaluation.
2. The review process shall include substantive participation by all relevant parties--faculty,
students, Academic Senate, staff, and Administration.
3. All parties who would be affected by a contemplated Appendix V action shall have timely
access to relevant information consistent with the provisions of University personnel policy
F. SAFEGUARDS FOR STUDENTS. Students enrolled in a program or unit which is
disestablished, consolidated, transferred, discontinued or suspended should have reasonable
opportunity to complete their degrees in the program.
G. SAFEGUARDS FOR FACULTY. Every effort shall be made to minimize the disruptive
effects of Appendix V actions upon the careers of the affected faculty. Policies and procedures
governing faculty tenure and related matters shall be strictly followed. A proposal or
recommendation for an Appendix V action must be accompanied by a plan for reassignment of
the affected faculty.
http://www.senate.ucla.edu/FormsDocs/Appendices/appv.htm
Legislative Assembly > Appendix V Action: Applied Linguistics
The Academic Senate received a proposal from the Department of Applied
Linguistics for the following actions:
1. Disestablishment of the Department;
2. Discontinuance of its graduate degree and certificate programs, undergraduate
minor in Language Teaching, and African Languages B.A. (including all
undergraduate and graduate courses and subject areas); and
3. Transfer of the Applied Linguistics B.A. Program to the Department of
Linguistics, effective July 1, 2014.
At its meeting on May 2, 2014, the Graduate Council reviewed the proposal in full
and, despite some reservations expressed by the membership about the
circumstances that led to this ultimate situation, the action received unanimous
approval (11 in favor, 0 opposed, 0 abstentions) with a motion to encourage the
Administration and interested faculty members to further explore the option to
establish a graduate interdepartmental degree program in Applied Linguistics. At
this time, however, the Council feels that the proposal equates to a de facto
disestablishment, and is necessary due to the lack of faculty oversight and
leadership of the Department.
Legislative Assembly > Appendix V Action: Applied Linguistics
Committee on Rules and Jurisdiction Questions for the Executive Board before
moving the action to the LgA:
1. Why are the students being transferred to Linguistics rather than
Communication Studies? Was transferring the students to the Department of
Communication Studies an option? [Additionally, there was no consideration
given to the option of housing the graduate programs into the Department of
Communication Studies, which does not offer its own graduate degree
program.]
2. Did the Graduate Council interview any graduate students or hold any hearing
to determine the students’ preference or the best department to transfer …”
[The Graduate Council did not interview students due to the de facto nature of
the action.]
Executive Board:
Expressed a concern about African languages and the decline in opportunities to
study them at UCLA. [Felt this was separate from the Appendix V action because
the “home” of African languages has moved between several departments. It will
be forwarding a request to the administration to address the issue of the loss of
African language instruction on campus.
Legislative Assembly > AGENDA
2:00-2:05
Welcome & Brief Announcements
Executive Board Voting Announcement
2:05-2:15
Approval of Consent Calendar
• LgA minutes, April 10, 2014
• Committee Name Change (UEPRRC to the Emeriti Affairs Committee-EAC)
• 2012-2013 Annual Reports
o Committee on Continuing and Community Education (CCCE)
o Intercollegiate Athletics Committee (IAC)
o Committee on International Education (CIE)
o Committee on Teaching (COT)
• Bylaw Changes: DGSOM
2:15-2:20
Exception to Bylaw IV.E.3
2:20-2:30
Appendix V Action: Applied Linguistics
2:30-2:40
Approval of New Degree: Masters of Applied Economics
2:40-2:45
Updates on UC and Campus Issues
2:45-2:50
Announcement of Election Results
2:50-3:15
Vice Chancellor James Economou
3:15-3:30
Vice Chancellor Steven Olsen
3:30-3:45
Chancellor Gene Block
3:45-3:50
Gold Shield Award Announcement
3:50-3:55
Senate Award Announcements
Legislative Assembly > Approval of New Degree: Masters of Applied Economics
Legislative Assembly > AGENDA
2:00-2:05
Welcome & Brief Announcements
Executive Board Voting Announcement
2:05-2:15
Approval of Consent Calendar
• LgA minutes, April 10, 2014
• Committee Name Change (UEPRRC to the Emeriti Affairs Committee-EAC)
• 2012-2013 Annual Reports
o Committee on Continuing and Community Education (CCCE)
o Intercollegiate Athletics Committee (IAC)
o Committee on International Education (CIE)
o Committee on Teaching (COT)
• Bylaw Changes: DGSOM
2:15-2:20
Exception to Bylaw IV.E.3
2:20-2:30
Appendix V Action: Applied Linguistics
2:30-2:40
Approval of New Degree: Masters of Applied Economics
2:40-2:45
Updates on UC and Campus Issues
2:45-2:50
Announcement of Election Results
2:50-3:15
Vice Chancellor James Economou
3:15-3:30
Vice Chancellor Steven Olsen
3:30-3:45
Chancellor Gene Block
3:45-3:50
Gold Shield Award Announcement
3:50-3:55
Senate Award Announcements
Legislative Assembly > AGENDA
2:00-2:05
Welcome & Brief Announcements
Executive Board Voting Announcement
2:05-2:15
Approval of Consent Calendar
• LgA minutes, April 10, 2014
• Committee Name Change (UEPRRC to the Emeriti Affairs Committee-EAC)
• 2012-2013 Annual Reports
o Committee on Continuing and Community Education (CCCE)
o Intercollegiate Athletics Committee (IAC)
o Committee on International Education (CIE)
o Committee on Teaching (COT)
• Bylaw Changes: DGSOM
2:15-2:20
Exception to Bylaw IV.E.3
2:20-2:30
Appendix V Action: Applied Linguistics
2:30-2:40
Approval of New Degree: Masters of Applied Economics
2:40-2:45
Updates on UC and Campus Issues
2:45-2:50
Announcement of Election Results
2:50-3:15
Vice Chancellor James Economou
3:15-3:30
Vice Chancellor Steven Olsen
3:30-3:45
Chancellor Gene Block
3:45-3:50
Gold Shield Award Announcement
3:50-3:55
Senate Award Announcements
Legislative Assembly > Election Results
Vice Chair/Chair Elect
Leobardo F. Estrada, Urban Planning
Committee on Committees:
Gp 3:
Joseph F. Nagy, English
Gp 12: Eghbali Mansoureh, Anesthesiology
Gp 14: Antoinette S. Gomes, Radiological Sciences
Gp 17: Kym F. Faull, Psychiatry & Biobehavioral Sciences
Executive Board:
Susan Ettner, Medicine
William Oppenheim, Orthopaedic Surgery
Michael Meranze, History
Legislative Assembly > AGENDA
2:00-2:05
Welcome & Brief Announcements
Executive Board Voting Announcement
2:05-2:15
Approval of Consent Calendar
• LgA minutes, April 10, 2014
• Committee Name Change (UEPRRC to the Emeriti Affairs Committee-EAC)
• 2012-2013 Annual Reports
o Committee on Continuing and Community Education (CCCE)
o Intercollegiate Athletics Committee (IAC)
o Committee on International Education (CIE)
o Committee on Teaching (COT)
• Bylaw Changes: DGSOM
2:15-2:20
Exception to Bylaw IV.E.3
2:20-2:30
Appendix V Action: Applied Linguistics
2:30-2:40
Approval of New Degree: Masters of Applied Economics
2:40-2:45
Updates on UC and Campus Issues
2:45-2:50
Announcement of Election Results
2:50-3:15
Vice Chancellor James Economou
3:15-3:30
Vice Chancellor Steven Olsen
3:30-3:45
Chancellor Gene Block
3:45-3:50
Gold Shield Award Announcement
3:50-3:55
Senate Award Announcements
Diversity in Research
James S. Economou
Vice Chancellor for Research
University of California Los Angeles
Annual Remarks to UCLA Academic Senate
June 5, 2014
Minority students – especially African American –
tend to view predominately White campuses as:
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hostile, alienating, socially isolating
less responsive to their needs and interests
estrangement from campus community
Heightened discomfort in interactions with
faculty and peers
Smedley in Harper and Hurtado
Adaptation of minority students in a
predominately White college
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Heightened concerns over academic preparedness
Question about their legitimacy as students at a
competitive university
Perceptions of negative expectations from White
peers and faculty
Concerns over family expectations and finances
Demands of attending a competitive university
Smedley in Harper and Hurtado
Nine themes of Campus Racial Climates
(Harper & Hurtado; Solórzano et al)
1. Incongruence of stated institutional values regarding
diversity and reality.
2. Discussions about “race” are unpopular
3. Racial Self-Segregation
4. Gaps in Social Satisfaction by Race
5. Reputational Legacies
6. Overestimation of Minority Student Satisfaction
7. It’s Very White Around Here
8. Minority Staff on Campus
9. “No One Ever Asked Us About Climate”
Gender Diversity
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Underrepresentation in ladder faculty
Underrepresentation in certain disciplines
Underrepresentation in leadership positions
Disparities in compensation
Longer time to tenure
Issues of work-life balance
Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research
Cabinet FY 2013-14
Research Development Staff
Shady Hakim
Erna Sardarian
Amy Hawkins
Julie Skrupa
Ornah Medovoi
Michelle Popowitz
Mary Jo Spaulding
Jill Sweitzer
Paul Cleland
Michael Elliot
Student Workers
Jazmin Barajas
Andrea Cabrera
Kim Nguyen
Justus Winn-Howard
Zachary Robinson
REFERENCES
Bowen, W.G. and Bok, D. The Shape of the River. Princeton University
Press 1990
Harper, S.R. and Hurtado, S. Racial and Ethnic Diversity in Higher
Education, 3rd Ed., ASHE Reader Series, 2011
Hurtado, S. et al. Enhancing Diverse Learning Environments: Improving
the Climate for Racial/Ethnic Diversity in Higher Education, 1999
Mays, V. M., et. al. Using the science of psychology to target perpetrators
of racism and race-based discrimination for intervention efforts… Journal
for Social Action in Counseling and Psychology, 2013
Smith, D. Diversity’s Promise for Higher Education. Jith Press 2001
Stulberg, L.M. and Weinberg, S.L. Diversity in American Higher Education,
Routledge
DIVERSITY INITIATIVES
in the
OFFICE OF VICE CHANCELLOR FOR RESEARCH
• UCLA Diversity and Faculty Development
Newsletters
• Transdisciplinary Seed Grants – Diversity, Cultural
Awareness, and Inequality
• Diversity Grant Support Team (DiGST)
• Research Initiative for Diversity and Equity (RIDE)
Excerpt: Newsletter with Diversity-Themed
Funding Opportunities and Research-Related Events
UCLA Diversity & Faculty Development
Newsletter
• Distributed monthly
• ~850 subscribers
• Includes funding opportunities (grants, awards,
fellowships) from government and private sources
• Includes opportunities related to:
- Broadening participation/increasing diversity
- Conducting research on diversity in various
contexts
- Research on diverse and/or underrepresented
populations
- Opportunities where diverse individuals are
particularly encouraged to apply
OVCR Transdisciplinary Seed Grants
• Promote research and scholarship of intersection between disciplines
• Must have at least 2 PIs, the primary investigator from a North Campus
discipline
• Statistics on TSG Program
- 5 cycles
- 174 applications
- 63 funded
- Including contributions of partners: $1,493,100 invested to date.
• RFP Themes
- curiosity-driven scholarship
- health & welfare
- research informatics
- diversity, cultural awareness, & inequality
Transdisciplinary Seed Grants –
Diversity, Cultural Awareness, and Inequality Tracks
Project Title
Investigators
Transition to High School in Los
Angeles: Opportunities and Risks
Sandra Graham(Education)
Jaana Juvonen (Psychology)
Meredith Phillips (Public Policy)
Lifting the Fog: Networks of Career
Opportunity for Minorities
Barbara Lawrence (Management and Organizations)
Mark Stephen Handcock (Statistics)
Community Resilience through Culture: Thom Mayne (Architecture)
David Eisenman (Community Health Sciences/General Internal Medicine
Strategy for Reconstruction in Haiti
and Health Services Research)
Robin Derby (History)
Eui-Sung Yi (The Now Institute, SOAA)
Claudine Michel (Department of Black Studies, UCSB)
Nadège T. Clitandre (Global & International Studies, UCSB)
Facing the Future: Changing Paradigms
in Global Health Delivery
Bonnie Taub (Latin American Studies, Anthropology & Community
Health Sciences)
Reza Jarrahy (Division of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery, Department
of Pediatrics)
Social Justice in the Classroom:
Teaching Young Children about
Inequality and Poverty
Rashmita Mistry (GSE&IS-Education)
Bernard Weiner (Life Sciences Division-Psychology)
Frederick Zimmerman (Health Policy & Management)
Renewal: Lifting the Fog: Networks of
Career Opportunity for Minorities
Barbara Lawrence (Management and Organizations)
Mark Stephen Handcock (Statistics)
Diversity Grant Support Team (DiGST)
GOAL - Increase the capacity for writing and assembling large diversityrelated grant opportunities
Opportunities:
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
Annie E. Casey Foundation
Ford Foundation
William T. Grant Foundation
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
W. K. Kellogg Foundation
John D and Catherine T MacArthur Fo.
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
Nellie Mae Education Foundation
Rockefeller Foundation
Russell Sage Foundation
Spence Foundation
NIH:
NIGMS
NIMHD
NHCBI
NCI
NICHD
US Department of Education
Department of Defense
DiGST
• Identify funding opportunities
• Assemble and support faculty/student applicant
teams
• Knowledge of funding requirements
• Experience with foundation and federal funding
agencies
• Leverage other infrastructure resources on
campus
* Ability to build teams and collaborations among
diverse constituencies
Research Initiative for Diversity & Equity
RIDE
• Grant mechanism from OVCR to stimulate
research on mechanisms to enhance campus
climate with respect to diversity
• Budgets from $5,000 - $25,000
• Faculty, students and staff eligible to apply
RIDE Proposals by PI Status
Student
20
Dean/Vice
Chancellor/
Vice Provost
3
Faculty
42
Staff
14
Campus Distribution of RIDE Applications - 2014
RIDE Proposal: Submissions by School
14
12
10
8
6
4
2
0
“Do I Belong Here?”: Examining the Experience
of Low Socioeconomic Status of Students at an
Elite University
• Students from low socioeconomic backgrounds –
especially underrepresented groups – may feel
marginalized due to multiple stigmatized identities.
• Project will examine:
- How markers of low social class and status can
affect academic performance and contribute to an
unfavorable campus climate
- Test interventions to increase feelings of
belongingness and to reduce stereotypes.
RIDE Proposals 2014
Building Leaders to Advance Community on
Campus (BLACC)
• Develop interventions to counter experience of
isolation and invisibility of Black UCLA students
• Plan to engage entire Black student population with:
- Rich and vibrant Black LA Community (mutually
beneficial)
- Targeted courses and programs offered by Bunche
Center, Department African-American Studies and
others
- Hiring Black Student Engagement Specialist –
outreach, assessment student needs, create
community-building events.
RIDE Proposals 2014
Women Engaged in Science, Technology,
Engineering and Mathematics
(WE-STEM)
• UCLA School of Engineering has ~ 20% women
students
• Plan social and academic interventions to advance
needs of female scholars in STEM majors:
- Monthly community meetings to bond the
community
- Monthly seminars highlight female STEM
faculty research
- Fiat Lux course
- Mentorship
RIDE Proposals 2014
Fostering Awareness through Mentorship and
Education (FAME) Program
• Mentorship is key factor in fostering socialization,
academic success and career preparedness.
• Propose a one year pilot: 30 African-American (esp
STEM) students will be matched with faculty and
staff members
- Individual mentorship and group activities
- Support an inclusive UCLA Community that
fosters a positive campus climate for AA
students
- Improve graduation rates and time to degree
RIDE Proposals 2014
Advancing Campus Identity Diversity
• Workshops made available to all
official UCLA clubs and
organizations.
- Provide diversity training
- Emphasizes positive self-identity
development
- Post-workshop survey
RIDE Proposals 2014
Social and Racial Equity Workshops for
Graduate Students
• Series of workshops (up to 6) to infuse
social and racist justice issues into
graduate student education
• Multiple schools will be invited to
partner: Public Affairs
Law
Anderson
Medicine
School of Public Health
Education and Engineering
RIDE Proposals 2014
Impact of Diversity Fellowships on Graduate
Student Success
• UC and UCLA investing for decades significant
resources in fellowships for entering doctoral students
who advance diversity: Cota – Robles fellowships and
Graduate Opportunity Fellowships (GOF)
• Total investment = $7.7 million/year
• What is impact? How would success be measured? Are
these fellowships effective?
• Compare recipients to non-recipients in 5 large UCLA
departments
RIDE Proposals 2014
In Their Own Words: A Qualitative Understanding
of Racial Campus Climate among ethnic minority
undergraduates at UCLA
• Personal testimonies are after missing from social
climate research.
- types of racial discrimination experienced
by students
- how students respond
- effects of incidents on academic
performance
- advantages of having critical mass or
ethics minority students
- has racial climate improved:
• Analysis may provide insight into experiences that will
help shape initiatives to improve campus climate
RIDE Proposals 2014
UCLA Directory for Diversity, Equity,
Inclusion and Collaboration
• Virtual gathering place for members of
UCLA to share information, learn about
resources, and advance inclusive policies.
• Online communications infrastructure
that would include a listing of
organizations, resources and activities on
campus
• Track and catalog diversity-related efforts
RIDE Proposals 2014
Mission of a Comprehensive Research
University
• Prepare young women and men to lead
constructive lives and become leaders and
contributing members of society
• Create and disseminate new knowledge
for the benefit of society
The Diversity Challenge
• How will American’s universities address the diversity
of Society’s Grand Challenges – a sustainable
environment, disparities in health, poverty and
inequality, K-12 education, the creation of employment
– unless they are tackled by diverse teams of faculty,
students and staff?
• How will we face the leadership ranks of industry, law,
medicine, business and public service – in a diverse
multicultural global society – unless we have a diverse
pipeline of talented and passionate students?
Justice O’Connor “numerous studies show
(Grutter v. Bollinger) that student body
2003
diversity promotes
learning outcomes, and
better prepares students
for an increasingly diverse
workforce and society,
and better prepares them
as professionals”
America’s research universities are the envy of the
world, to a large degree because our society has
entrusted us to educate its future leaders and to
create new knowledge, and they have largely given
us the authority to align our missions and values and
to decide best how to accomplish this goal.
Adapted from:
WG Bowen, D Bok The Shape of the River
Legislative Assembly > AGENDA
2:00-2:05
Welcome & Brief Announcements
Executive Board Voting Announcement
2:05-2:15
Approval of Consent Calendar
• LgA minutes, April 10, 2014
• Committee Name Change (UEPRRC to the Emeriti Affairs Committee-EAC)
• 2012-2013 Annual Reports
o Committee on Continuing and Community Education (CCCE)
o Intercollegiate Athletics Committee (IAC)
o Committee on International Education (CIE)
o Committee on Teaching (COT)
• Bylaw Changes: DGSOM
2:15-2:20
Exception to Bylaw IV.E.3
2:20-2:30
Appendix V Action: Applied Linguistics
2:30-2:40
Approval of New Degree: Masters of Applied Economics
2:40-2:45
Updates on UC and Campus Issues
2:45-2:50
Announcement of Election Results
2:50-3:15
Vice Chancellor James Economou
3:15-3:30
Vice Chancellor Steven Olsen
3:30-3:45
Chancellor Gene Block
3:45-3:50
Gold Shield Award Announcement
3:50-3:55
Senate Award Announcements
Legislative Assembly > AGENDA
2:00-2:05
Welcome & Brief Announcements
Executive Board Voting Announcement
2:05-2:15
Approval of Consent Calendar
• LgA minutes, April 10, 2014
• Committee Name Change (UEPRRC to the Emeriti Affairs Committee-EAC)
• 2012-2013 Annual Reports
o Committee on Continuing and Community Education (CCCE)
o Intercollegiate Athletics Committee (IAC)
o Committee on International Education (CIE)
o Committee on Teaching (COT)
• Bylaw Changes: DGSOM
2:15-2:20
Exception to Bylaw IV.E.3
2:20-2:30
Appendix V Action: Applied Linguistics
2:30-2:40
Approval of New Degree: Masters of Applied Economics
2:40-2:45
Updates on UC and Campus Issues
2:45-2:50
Announcement of Election Results
2:50-3:15
Vice Chancellor James Economou
3:15-3:30
Vice Chancellor Steven Olsen
3:30-3:45
Chancellor Gene Block
3:45-3:50
Gold Shield Award Announcement
3:50-3:55
Senate Award Announcements
Legislative Assembly > AGENDA
2:00-2:05
Welcome & Brief Announcements
Executive Board Voting Announcement
2:05-2:15
Approval of Consent Calendar
• LgA minutes, April 10, 2014
• Committee Name Change (UEPRRC to the Emeriti Affairs Committee-EAC)
• 2012-2013 Annual Reports
o Committee on Continuing and Community Education (CCCE)
o Intercollegiate Athletics Committee (IAC)
o Committee on International Education (CIE)
o Committee on Teaching (COT)
• Bylaw Changes: DGSOM
2:15-2:20
Exception to Bylaw IV.E.3
2:20-2:30
Appendix V Action: Applied Linguistics
2:30-2:40
Approval of New Degree: Masters of Applied Economics
2:40-2:45
Updates on UC and Campus Issues
2:45-2:50
Announcement of Election Results
2:50-3:15
Vice Chancellor James Economou
3:15-3:30
Vice Chancellor Steven Olsen
3:30-3:45
Chancellor Gene Block
3:45-3:50
Gold Shield Award Announcement
3:50-3:55
Senate Award Announcements
Legislative Assembly > GOLD SHIELD AWARD WINNER
2014 Gold Shield Award Winner
BRENDA STEVENSON
Department of History
Legislative Assembly > AGENDA
2:00-2:05
Welcome & Brief Announcements
Executive Board Voting Announcement
2:05-2:15
Approval of Consent Calendar
• LgA minutes, April 10, 2014
• Committee Name Change (UEPRRC to the Emeriti Affairs Committee-EAC)
• 2012-2013 Annual Reports
o Committee on Continuing and Community Education (CCCE)
o Intercollegiate Athletics Committee (IAC)
o Committee on International Education (CIE)
o Committee on Teaching (COT)
• Bylaw Changes: DGSOM
2:15-2:20
Exception to Bylaw IV.E.3
2:20-2:30
Appendix V Action: Applied Linguistics
2:30-2:40
Approval of New Degree: Masters of Applied Economics
2:40-2:45
Updates on UC and Campus Issues
2:45-2:50
Announcement of Election Results
2:50-3:15
Vice Chancellor James Economou
3:15-3:30
Vice Chancellor Steven Olsen
3:30-3:45
Chancellor Gene Block
3:45-3:50
Gold Shield Award Announcement
3:50-3:55
Senate Award Announcements
Legislative Assembly > DEI AWARDEES
Committee on Diversity and Equal Opportunity
2014 DIVERSITY, EQUITY and INCLUSION AWARD
STEVEN LOPEZ
Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry
RICHARD YARBOROUGH
Departments of English & African American Studies
Legislative Assembly > DISTINGUISHED TEACHING AWARDEES
Teaching Assistants
Nancy Salem, Nursing
Ashley Feinsinger, Philosophy
Kristin Mann, Classics
Rees Garmann, Chemistry and Biochemistry
Benjamin Sher, Film, Television & Digital Media
Legislative Assembly > DISTINGUISHED TEACHING AWARDEES
Non-Senate Faculty
Robert Foster, Management
Mitchum Huehls, English
Teddi Chichester, Writing Programs
Legislative Assembly > DISTINGUISHED TEACHING AWARDEES
Senate Faculty
Earl G. Freymiller, Dentistry
Hilary Godwin, Environmental Health Sciences
Hiroshi Motomura, Law
Undergraduate Mentorship Award
Paul H. Barber, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Distinction in Teaching at the Graduate Level
Felicity A. Nussbaum, English
Eby Award for the Art of Teaching
Neil K. Garg, Chemistry and Biochemistry
Legislative Assembly > FACULTY RESEARCH LECTURERS
117th Faculty Research Lecturer:
Utpal Banerjee
Department of Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology
118th Faculty Research Lecturer:
Efrain Kristal
Department of Comparative Literature
Legislative Assembly > OLIVER JOHNSON AWARDEE
Oliver Johnson Award for
Distinguished Leadership in the
Academic Senate
Kathleen Komar
Department of Comparative Literature