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Partner Organizations

Diversity at the UA

Because we seek an inclusive understanding of diversity, we define diversity as a qualitative concept, applying not only to numbers and to percentages, but to ways we interact with people who are different, while they are at the UA and beyond.

While we believe that the quantitative concept of diversity is essential, we believe our ultimate goal is the qualitative objective of a campus climate that is inclusive, understanding, respectful and appreciative of the full range of human experience.

We are interested in elaborating for our students and ourselves the benefits of truly embracing different ways of understanding the world and relationships and participating in societal systems and institutions, in addition to the pragmatic need to get along in an increasingly multicultural, multiethnic, and international set of social connections.

  • Arizona Sister CSW's
    ASU
    The mission of the Arizona State University Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) is to identify, advocate for, and increase awareness of needed change in order to enhance opportunities for women.
    NAU
    The mission of Northern Arizona University's Commission on the Status of Women is to foster a positive climate that promotes full and equal opportunity for women in the university community.  The commission's objective is to educate the university community and to make recommendations to the President about women's issues so that concerns in university policies, practices, and programs that affect women can be addressed to bring about constructive change.
  • Association for Women Faculty
    A campus organization composed of University of Arizona women faculty, academic professionals, postdoctoral and graduate students. The Association works to achieve a campus climate which fosters the careers of women faculty and academic professionals via numerous goals.
    Contact:
    President, Karen Anderson
  • Association for Women in Science
    The Association for Women in Science is dedicated to achieving equity and full participation for women in science, mathematics, engineering and technology. We are a Network, a Resource, and a Voice.
    Contact:
    Acting-President/Program Coordinator: Elizabeth Turtle, Research Associate, Lunar and Planetary Sciences
    Phone: 520-621-8284
    Email: turtle@lpl.arizona.edu
  • CALS Women
    The Field of Life
    We have a choice: to plow new ground or let the weeds grow.
    A natural link for women in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences when they are searching for both professional colleagues and new friendships.
  • Department of Women's Studies
    The Department of Women's Studies at the University of Arizona stands at the cutting edge of interdisciplinary feminist research and curriculum. It offers BA and MA degree programs, and its renowned faculty - composed of 11 core faculty and over 60 affiliates - work in a wide range of areas.
    Contact:
    Phone: (520) 621-7338
  • Disability Resource Center
    Essential to the larger mission of the University of Arizona, the Disability Resource Center promotes universally designed environments and facilitates full access through reasonable accommodations, training, collaboration and innovative programming.
    Vision: The DRC envisions a university community that values disability culture and ensures full participation.
    Contact:
    Raji Rhys, Ph.D.
    Phone: 520)-621-3268 V/TTY
    Fax: (520) 621-9423
    E-mail: uadrc@email.arizona.edu
  • Diversity Coalition
    In March 2002, University of Arizona President Peter Likins convened a Diversity Coalition with membership from underrepresented groups across campus. Their charge was to form a cohesive plan to broaden diversity at the University.
    Contact:
    Chair & Vice President and Senior Associate Edith Auslander
    Phone: (520) 626-5902
    Email: edithann@email.arizona.edu
  • Diversity Resource Office
    "Creating Connections for Inclusive Academic Excellence."
    Diversity Resource Office (DRO) promotes inclusion in every aspect of the University by serving as a nexus to facilitate and connect campus diversity initiatives in the service of enhancing the University's academic excellence and creating an inclusive campus environment that supports the full engagement of all who work and learn here. This engagement is crucial for success in an increasingly complex and diverse world.
    Contact:
    Phone: 520-626-5502
    Email: dro@email.arizona.edu

  • Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action
    The mission of the Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Office is to uphold (1) the University’s policy to provide equal opportunity in its admissions, employment, educational programs, and activities without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, or gender identity and (2) the University’s policy to take affirmative action in employment and advancement of covered veterans, individuals with disabilities, women and minorities.
    Contact:
    Phone: 520-621-9449
  • Minority Women Faculty (MWF)
    A network of women faculty of color across campus at the University of Arizona organized in 2002 to ensure that minority women faculty had a voice in the ongoing campus discussions about equity and diversity, specifically about concerns related to being a minority woman faculty member.  The network communicates through its listserv and disseminates information of interest to faculty, for example, grants and research support available from the University and external sources. 
    Contact:
    Patti Montiel Overall
    Email: overall@u.arizona.edu
    Toni Griego Jones
    Email: mariej@u.arizona.edu
  • OUTReach
    The University of Arizona organization formed by LGBT faculty, staff, graduate students and our supporters. The goal of OUTReach is to achieve a campus climate which fosters the careers of LGBT faculty and academic professionals and the education of LGBT students. The group strives, at all times, to be inclusive and professional with respect to sexual orientation, gender expression and gender identity.
    Contact:
    Join OUTReach
  • Southwest Institute for Research on Women (SIROW)
    The internationally prestigious SIROW was established in 1979. SIROW develops collaborative research-action projects of importance to women in the southwestern US and the Mexico-US border regions. It links researchers, community organizations and policy makers and encourages informed policies and accessible, responsive service.
    Contact:
    Phone: 520- 621-7338
  • UA Life and Work Connections
    The University of Arizona's most recent designation as:
    The 2004 Recipient of the Psychologically Healthy Workplace Award and as one of "20 Cutting Edge Work/Life Programs" in the United States and "America's Healthiest Companies" reflects the successful and responsive nature of UA Life & Work Connections' innovative work/life programs, its support of focused excellence and its strategic recruitment and retention value to the University.
  • Women in Science and Engineering (WISE)
    The WISE program was established at the University of Arizona in 1976 as part of the Women's Studies Department and the Southwest Institute for Research on Women. WISE works to motivate female students to enter careers in science, engineering, mathematics and technology and to support them in their studies. It’s governed by a Board of Directors consisting of several UA deans, faculty, and key external business people who are involved with the science and technology industries.
    Contact:
    Kathy Powell
    Phone: (520) 621-5656
    Email: kpowell@email.arizona.edu


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