EEO Toolkit
Equity in Faculty Hiring Resources and Tools
CSUN has now fully implemented the Provost’s Equity in Faculty Hiring Initiative with a new, comprehensive toolkit that emphasizes best practices for ensuring equitable searches in compliance with Equal Employment Opportunity principles. The toolkit provides a step-by-step process, including examples and templates, for each phase of the recruitment. The new approach marks a change in practice and leverages new opportunities for both affirmative outreach and inclusive practices in search and screen procedures. Colleges have expressed enthusiasm for reinvigorating the search and screen process, so this comes at an important time.”
As part of the Equity in Hiring Initiative, we have designated Faculty Equity & Compliance Representatives (FECRs) in each of the Colleges who will work with the Office of Equity and Compliance to ensure that all searches meet Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) best practices that will help the campus achieve its goals of diversifying the faculty through an equitable and inclusive search process. Each college’s FECR is available to answer questions and assist search committees as they prepare their search documents (see the links to FECRs and Equity Initiative Personnel below). CSUN seeks to foster inclusive excellence and equitable outcomes in recruitment and hiring practices through the implementation of innovative, evidence-based practices that will bolster the retention of faculty from underserved groups. This page includes links to clear, simple to use resources that will advance the university's existing good work in recruitment to a stronger alignment with CSUN's values of justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion.
Office of Faculty Programs and Initiatives: Dr. Anne Soon Choi recently joined us at CSUN as the new Assistant Vice President of Faculty Programs and Initiatives.
Dr. Choi previously served as the Associate Director of the Faculty Development Center at California State University, Dominguez Hills, where she focused on faculty support, retention, and online pedagogy.
Thank you for your patience. Our Office of Faculty Programs and Initiatives website is currently under construction, and additional information, resources, and links related to the Office of Faculty Programs and Initiatives will be available soon. We look forward to connecting with you!
FECRs: assist search committees with the tenure-track faculty search process, including implementation of best practices for recruiting a diverse faculty and a faculty who understands diversity, equity and inclusion; reviewing and advising on the development of search materials and processes, and working closely with the search committees in the College through the search process (though not as a member of the committees); providing guidance for faculty, staff, and students about best practices for interacting with job candidates during interviews.
| Name of Faculty Equity and Compliance Representatives (FECRs) | College | |
| Dana Stone | COE | |
| Edith Chen | HUM | |
| Jade Huell | CAMC | |
| Kandice Grote | HHD | |
| Santosh Khadka | DNCBE | |
| Karin Crowhurst | CSM | |
| Anna Joaquin | CECS | |
| Doris Abrishami | University Library | |
| Iswari Pandey | CSBS | |
| Vickie Yu |
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Deputy Director of Equity and Compliance Olivia Soofi leads training efforts for Equal Employment Opportunity Hiring Best Practices, oversees compliance in faculty search activities, leads audits of ongoing faculty searches.
Provost’s Office: provides leadership and coordination between Provost’s Office, Faculty Affairs, and the Office of Equity and Compliance to oversee implementation of the Equity and Hiring Initiative; facilitates collaborations with other campus entities to help support and advance the goals of the Initiative.