Initiatives
Commitment to faculty diversity
In the provost's office, Dr. Nancy Allen
serves as vice provost for faculty diversity and faculty development to track diversity issues. Jacqueline Looney, senior associate dean of the Graduate School, oversees black faculty diversity and development as associate vice provost for academic diversity.
Allen is chair of the Faculty Diversity Standing Committee, comprised of faculty and administrators from the university and medical campuses. A result of the work of both the Women's Initiative and the Task Force on Faculty Diversity, the committee oversees the Faculty Diversity Plan and compiles and analyzes data annually on recruitment, retention and promotions. Committee members serve three-year terms.
In addition to Allen, members include:
Term ending August 31, 2008
April Brown, Engineering
John Clum, Theater Studies
Gregson Davis,Dean, Humanities
Kenneth Kruezer, Biochemistry
William "Monty" Reichert, Biomedical Engineering
Laura Svetkey, Medicine
Term ending August 31, 2009
Sherman James, Public Policy Studies
Term ending August 31, 2010
Ann Brown, Endocrinology
Calvin Howell, Physics
Wagner Kamakura, Fuqua School of Business
Keith Whitfield, Psychology
Ex-Officio
Peter Lange, Provost
Ben Reese, Office for Institutional Equity
Jacqueline Looney, Associate Vice Provost for Academic Diversity
Faculty Mentoring Initiative
Mentoring is a critical component of supporting a diverse faculty. Launched in 2006, this initiative enumerates best practices for mentoring new and junior faculty. Department chairs and deans are expected to meet individually with junior faculty on an annual basis. Regular discussions concerning mentoring occur in departmental meetings and at Deans' Cabinet. Exit interviews of departing regular rank faculty include inquiry about the adequacy of mentoring during the faculty member's time at Duke.