Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI)
Mission of Grad Div DEI Office
We recognize that each student comes to UC Santa Cruz with their own expertise, experiences, knowledge, obstacles, identities, and needs. These should all be considered when developing Graduate Division policies, practices, and programs.
Our primary goal is to provide support for graduate students from all intersecting identities, using resources and frameworks that affirm those identities, and to advocate for resources that better support graduate students from all intersecting identities. We are committed to leading with empathy, optimism, and competency.
On this page
- DEI Director: How She Can Help
- Student Organizations
- UCSC DEI Programs and Initiatives
- Fellowships
- External Articles and Resources
DEI Director: How She Can Help
One-on-one Support
The DEI Director is available to help with a specific situation (e.g. encountering bias, working with advisors and mentors, starting/running a DEI program in your department, etc.), answer questions about DEI-related plans or decisions, DEI career questions, and provide direction to support resources.
Office hours: Wednesdays 2-4pm on Zoom
Contact: lorato@ucsc.edu
Workshops
The following workshops are available to the UC Santa Cruz graduate community:
- Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Leadership
- Informational Interviewing
- Medical Racism
- Whole Person Success in Graduate School
- Post-Graduate School Planning
- Self Care and Microaggressions
- Self Care, Resilience, and Resistance at “Othering” Institutions
- Understanding Graduate Funding
- Cultivating a Culture of Inclusion in Your Lab, Office, Class, and More
- Proactive Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Workshop Requests
Would you like to request a topic? Let us know using the form below or send us an email.
Workshop Request form
Student Organizations
Forming Organizations
Contact Grad Student Commons.
UCSC DEI Programs and Initiatives
Graduate Division
- Diversity Innovation Fellowship Program Proposal – Calls go out quarterly
- DIFP Call for Proposals
- Professional Development Workshops
- UCSC-HBCU Pathways
Other UCSC Programs and Initiatives
- Resource Centers
- IBSC
- IRACDA
- Genomics Institute
- Growing Our Own Initiative
- GANAS
- STEM Diversity Programs
- The Humanities Institute
- HSI Initiative
- Office of ABC Student Success
- Educational Opportunity Programs
- Office of DEI
- Pan African Research Fellowship Program
- Center for Coastal Climate Resilience (CCCR) | Black in Marine Science (BIMS)
Content Submission
Please use the form below to suggest additional resources.
Submission Request form
Support Resources
Fellowships
- UC HSI DDI Pre-Professoriate Fellows Program
- UC-HBCU Fellows Program
- Native American Opportunity Plan
- Sally Casanovas Scholars
- Doris Duke Scholars Program
- Cota Robles Fellows Program
- President’s and Chancellor’s Dissertation Year Fellowship Program
- Graduate Division Financial Support
External Articles and Resources
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