Faculty Community Networking Program

The Faculty Community Networking Program was created to provide structures for faculty community, development, and support. Originally created through a grant from the UC Office of the President, the program now continues with funding from the CP/EVC.  Groups have been formed to support faculty in each of the following seven demographics:

• Academic Mothers (chaired by Lindsey Dillon, lidillon@ucsc.edu)
• African-American/Black/Caribbean (chaired by Courtney Bonam, cbonam@ucsc.edu)
• Asian American/Pacific Islander (chaired by L.S. Kim, lskim@ucsc.edu)
• Disabilities & Chronic Illness (chaired by Megan Moodie, mmoodie@ucsc.edu)                                            
• Indigenous (chaired by Renya Ramirez, renya@ucsc.edu)
• Latinx/Chicanx (chaired by Alegra Eroy-Reveles, alegraer@ucsc.edu)
• Women in STEM (chaired by Rebecca Braslau, rbraslau@ucsc.edu)

Each group is open to any interested faculty (including Senate faculty, lecturers, and other faculty titles), with a goal of engaging faculty across ranks and disciplines, to improve faculty retention and success. Groups meet monthly; visit the monthly meetings page for more details.