The Political Science Department at UC Santa Barbara places a high value on diversity, equity, and inclusion. We are committed to fostering an intellectual community comprised of people from a variety of backgrounds and experiences. A diversity of perspectives and insights helps us flourish together. We acknowledge the lack of equity in the US education system, from primary and secondary schools right up through college and graduate institutions, and our goal is to work toward overcoming those inequities within our own community and beyond. We support the UC Board of Regents’ Policy on Diversity and are committed to helping students of all races, religions, cultures, gender identities, and economic backgrounds to find an intellectual home and flourish among us.
UC Santa Barbara is also a socio-economically diverse institution. We are one of only a handful of designated Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSI) in the United States: the first member of the prestigious Association of American Universities to be so designated, and recently we were named the best HSI. We are also an Asian American Native American Pacific Islander-Serving Institution. Further, we were recently ranked second in social mobility by the New York Times’s College Access Index, and we rank among the top institutions for Pell Grants in the country.
For more information, contact our Diversity Officer, Professor Kathleen Bruhn, who is also department chair.
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AAUW Guide for Creating a Safe Anti-Sexual Harassment Workplace
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