Equity Champions

Equity Champions are specially trained individuals to serve on search committees. Equity Champions…

• offer guidance, facilitation, and feedback to search committee chairs and committee members.
• ensure that search processes are equitable for all candidates.
• are committed to advancing their skills at addressing bias in the search process (recruitment-hiring).
• advocate for equity and inclusion during the search process.
• work ensures more candidates of protected classes are successful during faculty searches.

Equity Champions…

• don’t serve as compliance officers (the role is relational).
• don’t play a monitoring role in the search process.
• don’t vote on search committee recommendations.
• may be from a different discipline/college.