Faculty and Staff Diversity Affinity Groups
Faculty and staff diversity affinity groups foster cross-departmental social interaction, professional networking, cultural engagement, recruiting and mentoring. They also offer the UCI community an opportunity to consult with group members as an information resource.
Mission: The API Staff & Faculty Association aims to build connection through the lens of advocacy, empowerment, leadership and community. Our goal is to provide opportunities to engage in meaningful spaces and build a sense of belonging related to identity and social justice topics within our community and beyond.
Contacts: Kathy Dong; Tonie Zhu
Mission: To promote a sense of kinship for BFSA members and the Black community at UCI.
Contacts: Ekpeju E E-Nunu; Niobe Duke
Mission: To create a network and to work with administration on issues relating to the Chicano/Latino community at UCI.
Contact: Janet Antunez
Mission: To build an atmosphere of positive engagement and promote a sense of community for Iranian-American faculty and staff at UCI.
Contacts: Rameen Talesh; Neda Moayedi
Mission: To build a community of Native American/Indigenous faculty and staff that can serve as a resource to Native students at UCI, provide guidance to administration on academic and cultural issues relevant to the Native community and help facilitate strong relationships with local Tribal communities.
Contacts: Kathleen Johnson; Franklin Dollar
Mission: To address LGBT concerns on campus and to organize activities to meet the needs of UCI’s LGBT faculty and staff.
Contacts: Deejay Brown, Laurel Brenner, Will Nagle
Mission: We are a collective of UCI faculty and staff with disabilities and their allies who seek to build community and advocate for equity, access and inclusion at UCI and in other academic work environments.
Contact: Stacy Branham
Mission: The Faculty and Staff Veterans Association is a diverse organization composed of faculty and staff military veterans and veteran supporters with a shared mission to dedicate their strengths to the enhancement of the UCI community and create a network of UCI employees dedicated to professional development, retention and recruitment of our veteran population.
Contacts: Tomas Figueroa; Donald Blake
Mission: To develop awareness by faculty, staff and other campus constituencies of the contributions of women to the mission of UCI; To provide activities and to support other campus constituencies that contribute to the advancement of women at UCI; To serve as a networking and communications channel among women employees at UCI; To serve as an enabling body for women to input collectively to the decision-making process on campus and community issues affecting women at UCI.
Contact: Tanya Zabalegui
Mission: To promote fellowship and unity among Pilipino American Nurses at UCI; to foster a positive image and to provide educational activities that assist in the professional development of the Pil American Nurse.
Contact: Dina Douglas
Mission: To create a supportive community that recognizes and brings awareness to gender imbalances surrounding women with careers in technology, and to develop innovative approaches and solutions by connecting, empowering and developing women together. Open to faculty, students and staff. All individuals are welcome.
Contact: Shohreh Bozorgmehri