Equity Diversity and Inclusion at UCL

Diversity at UCL and the University of Utah

Below is a snapshot of UCL staff demographics from September 2021. Click here to see the larger demographic makeup of the university’s staff.

Resources and Readings

The Disturbing History of the Suburbs, an Adam Ruins Everything episode that quickly and humorously explains how redlining came to be (6 minutes)
Our democracy’s founding ideals were false when they were written. Black Americans have fought to make them true, by Nikole Hannah-Jones, The 1619 Project, The New York Times (August 14, 2019)
The Injustice of This Moment Is Not an "Aberration." Michelle Alexander contextualizes the current state of racism/white supremacy in the United States as an inevitable outcome of a collective narrative steeped in denial.
The Case for Reparations, by Ta-Nehisi Coates, The Atlantic (June 2014)
Higher Ed Perspective: Leading After A Racial Crisis: Weaving a Campus Tapestry of Diversity and Inclusion, American Council on Education
Without Slavery, Would the U.S. Be the Leading Economic Power? Host Jeremy Hobson explores with Edward Baptist, author of The Half Has Never Been Told: Slavery and the Making of American Capitalism, how slavery established the United States as a world economic power. (15 minutes)

Implicit Association Test (IAT)
Making people aware of their implicit biases doesn’t usually change minds. But here’s what does work, PBS News Hour
21 Racial Microaggressions You Hear on a Daily Basis - Using a series of photographs by Kiyum Kim, Heben Nigatu elaborates on the term “microaggression.” Note that Ibram X. Kendi, in his recent book How to Be an Antiracist, calls us to consider using the term “racist abuse” as a more descriptive alternative.
How White People Got Made, by Quinn Norton, exploring where the term “white people” comes from and which ethnic groups have and have not been able to become “white” over the course of U.S. history, The Message (October 17, 2014)
Higher Ed Perspective: Driving Campus Diversity One Decision at a Time, by Sharon L. Davies, Association of American Colleges and Universities

Media Portrayals and Black Male Outcomes - The Opportunity Agenda
Hip Hop, Grit, and Academic Success - Dr. Bettina Love, TEDxUGA. Dr. Love explains how students steeped in hip-hop culture, often seen as deficient, actually bring the very characteristics deemed necessary for 21st century success. (15 minutes)
Indigenous People React to Indigenous Representation in Film And TV - FBE captures the reactions of a diverse range of Indigenous people to media depictions of Indigenous people, Columbus Day and Indigenous identity. (15 minutes)
Representation Matters: Latinx in Mainstream Media - Raquél Peréz, TEDxURI
Higher Ed Perspective: Colleges Must Take a New Approach to Systemic Racism, by Christiane Warren, Inside Higher Ed (June 9, 2020)

How to Be a Better White Person in 2020, by Michael Harriot, The Root (January 9, 2020)
Guide to Allyship - Created by Amélie Lamont, this site strives to be an ever-evolving, open-source guide to resources for becoming a more effective ally.
Your Unconscious Bias Trainings Keep Failing Because You’re Not Addressing Systemic Bias
Janice Gassam, Forbes (Dec. 29, 2019)
Teaching While White Podcast - Hosted by longtime educators Jenna Chandler-Ward and Elizabeth Denevi, TWW’s podcast focuses on how whiteness shows up in the education sector and what anti-racist educators are doing to challenge that. Episodes feature different nationally renowned anti-racist educator guests. (any episode - times vary)
Higher Ed Perspective: Become a Better Champion for DEI by Focusing on These Three Areas, CUPA-HR

UCL EDI Committee Members

Interested in Joining Us? Here's How

Write a short (250-300 word) statement of interest and get your supervisor’s approval to serve on the committee. Email your statement to the current committee chair and cc your supervisor.

The committee consists of seven members:

one from Digital Learning Experiences & Digital Learning Technologies
one from Programs
one from Administration and Operations
three at large
one ad hoc from HR

Committee members serve three-year terms on a staggered basis beginning January 1. Two members (one from Digital Learning, Programs, or Admin & Ops and one at large) will rotate off the committee each year.

Each committee member dedicates 5% of their employment effort to research and learning, meeting and collaborating, and taking action toward the charge. This is to be reflected on the committee members’ performance evaluation in UUPM with tactical and strategic goals. A representative from University Human Resources serves as an ad hoc member for purposes of acting as a subject matter expert on university policies and processes.