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Equity, Diversity and Inclusion

We welcome faculty, staff, and students from all backgrounds and strive to create an environment where everyone feels respected and valued. The diversity of our experiences and perspectives enhances the research and learning community at GPS.

Changemaker Campus

Our campus was recognized as a "Changemaker Campus" by Ashoka U. We equip our students to become the next generation of global leaders, channeling their passions to spark positive change in a wide range of disciplines. The GPS Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) Committee serves as a touchpoint for all equity and diversity issues and programming at GPS. Comprising faculty, students and staff, the Committee is focused on enhancing the GPS community through the lenses of access and success, climate and accountability.

GPS is committed to UC San Diego's Principles of Community, which recognize that achieving excellence in teaching, research and public service requires:

  1. Ensuring equitable treatment, access and opportunity for all applicants, students, staff and faculty;
  2. A student body, faculty and staff that reflects the diverse world our students will live and work in and the populations our research and public service seeks to impact; and
  3. A culture of inclusion in which students, faculty and staff are welcomed, and respected and valued for who they are as individuals and groups.

We are committed to building a community welcoming to and supportive of faculty, staff and students from all backgrounds.

Make a Change

Resources

Reporting Incidents

At GPS, we provide training to faculty and staff on ways to create an inclusive and positive learning environment for our entire community. However, if you have experienced an incident of bias or discrimination, we want to know.

Students – report to Gordon McCord, Associate Dean or Student Affairs

Staff – report to Meredith D'Angelo, Dani Elias, and/or Ruthie Pyles, Assistant Deans

Faculty – report to Caroline Freund, Dean

Individuals can also directly contact the campus Office for the Prevention of Harassment and Discrimination (OPHD), which works to resolve complaints of discrimination and harassment through formal investigation or alternative resolution. In some cases, concerns submitted to GPS faculty or staff may be referred to OPHD for follow-up.

Proposition 209 Compliance

In accordance with applicable Federal and State law and University policy, the University of California does not discriminate, or grant preferences, on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, sex, disability, and/or other protected categories. 

More information about Proposition 209 can be found here.

More information about the University of California Anti-Discrimination Policy can be found here.

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