College of Arts and Sciences
Department/Unit Diversity Plan 2009-2010
Department/Unit: ________History__________ ______
I. Identify at least three key diversity initiatives for your department/unit keeping in mind the stated goals of the A&S Diversity Plan
Initiative and related
Goal
Seek to increase
cultural diversity
among the
department faculty
Strategies
Continue to seek to
recruit faculty from
underrepresented
groups, and women
Tactics/Action
In all searches,
including for
replacements in
existing lines
employ traditional
department
practices of widely
advertising in
national media;
working to insure
that as far as
possible, the short
list contains a
Assessment /
Measurement
Reporting
Schedule
Each search
After each search
committee chair
will report how the
job was advertised
and will complete
Affirmative Action
office reports on the
search
Responsible Person(s)
Search committee
chair
Expected
Outcome
Faculty culture that
welcomes and
respects diversity
representation of
people from
different cultural
groups and women;
working with
Dean’s office to
place ads in listings
that reach out to
faculty from
underrepresented
groups, and women
Seek to recruit,
retain, and graduate
a more diverse
student body
a) Increase efforts
to reach out to
potential students
from
underrepresented
groups, and women
a) Participate in
Universitysponsored
recruiting events, in
particular those that
target traditionally
disadvantaged
groups, students of
color, and women
Chair will work
a) Annual at end of
with undergraduate fall semester
and graduate
advisors to track
numbers of
identifiable
minority and female
majors and graduate
students.
b) Increase
communitybuilding activities
b) At recruiting
b) Chair will
functions highlight prepare flyer on
departmental course such course
a) Chair,
undergraduate
advisor, graduate
advisor
b) Chair
A welcoming and
stimulating
departmental
environment.
within the
department
Expand curricular
opportunities for
students to engage
in the study of
diverse cultures
a) Add faculty with
specializations that
can contribute to
more diverse
curriculum in the
US field while
maintaining faculty
lines that enable the
department to
introduce students
to diverse world
cultures
offerings on diverse offerings.
cultures
c) Initiate monthly c) Chair and adhoc
brown-bag
committee
discussion among
faculty and students
on connection
between historical
events and
contemporary
issues
b) List of
c) Office staff
community building
events will be kept
in the department
annually for review
a) Add faculty lines
in US Women’s
History and
Latino/Southwest
Borderlands history
in order to expand
our offerings on
subjects of gender
and ethnicity in the
US context
a) Chair will report a) Chair
annually on the
status of these lines
and once they are
filled will report the
course offerings
created by faculty
in them.
a) Assessment of
this goal will
depend on whether
the department
receives and retains
these lines.
Opportunities for
students to explore
the history of
diverse cultures
around the world
and in their own
community.
b) Expand
opportunities for
student research
and engagement in
the local
community
b) Continue to offer
students courses on
diverse global
cultures by
maintaining lines in
non-US fields
c) Create a
department
culminating
experience in which
students conduct
individual research
through capstone
courses or thesis
projects.
d) Expand
internship
opportunities
b) Measurement of
this goal will be a
tracking of the
number of students
engaged in
internships or in
independent
research projects
b) Annual
b) Undergraduate
advisor, public
history director,
chair and office
staff
II. How will your unit increase diversity among faculty, administrators, staff and/or students?
Initiative and related
Goal
Strategies
Tactics/Action
Assessment /
Measurement
Reporting
Schedule
Chair will report
annually on status
of this effort until
both lines are filled
Seek to diversify
the faculty through
hires in new lines
Seek to recruit
applicants from
underrepresented
groups and women
for new positions,
and/or applicants
who specialize in
the study of
underrepresented
groups and women
Seek new positions
in US Women’s
History and
Latino/Southwest
Borderlands
history; follow
traditional
department
procedure
(described below)
to insure diverse
applicant pool
The measurement
or assessment will
depend on whether
the department is
granted these lines.
Successfully filling
these positions will
be the measure of
filling this goal
Continue to seek to
diversify the faculty
through
replacements in
existing fields and
lines
Continue to seek to
recruit diverse
pools of candidates
for all searches.
In all searches,
including for
replacements in
existing lines
employ traditional
department
practices of widely
advertizing in
national media;
Each search
At the end of each
committee chair
search
will report how the
job was advertized
and will complete
Affirmative Action
office reports on the
search
Responsible Person(s)
Expected
Outcome
Chair
Two new lines
filled with faculty
offering courses on
gender and
ethnicity in the US
context
Search committee
chair
Faculty culture that
welcomes and
respects diversity
Seek to diversify
the department’s
student body
working to insure
that as far as
possible, the short
list contains a wide
representation of
people from
different cultural
groups and women;
working with
Dean’s office to
place ads in listings
that reach out to
faculty from
underrepresented
groups, and women
Seek to recruit
a) The best way to
increased numbers attract students to
of students from
become history
underrepresented
majors is to offer an
groups, and women. appealing slate of
courses with the
potential to interest
students in the
history of diverse
world cultures. In
order to enhance the
a) Chair will work
Annually at end of
with undergraduate fall semester.
and graduate
advisors to track
numbers of
identifiable
minority and female
majors and graduate
students.
Chair,
undergraduate
advisor, graduate
advisor
A welcoming and
stimulating
departmental
environment
department’s
offerings, seek to
hire additional
faculty in US
Women’s history
and
Latino/Southwest
borderlands history
while maintaining
lines with
responsibility for
diverse world
cultures.
b) Participate in
University
sponsored
recruiting events, in
particular those that
target traditionally
disadvantaged
groups, students of
color, and women
students.
b) At recruiting
b) Chair will
functions highlight prepare flyer on
departmental course such course
offerings on diverse offerings
cultures.
III. If applicable, how will your unit increase curricular and programmatic diversity, and cultivate inclusive pedagogy?
Initiative and related
Goal
Expand curricular
opportunities for
students to engage
in the study of
diverse cultures
Strategies
Tactics/Action
Assessment /
Measurement
a) Add faculty with
specializations that
can contribute to
more diverse
curriculum in US
field.
a) Add faculty lines
in US Women’s
History and
Latino/Southwest
Borderlands history
in order to expand
our offerings on
subjects of gender
and ethnicity in the
US context.
a) Assessment of
this goal will
depend on whether
the department
receives and retains
these lines.
a) Chair will report Chair
annually on the
status of these lines
and once they are
filled will report the
course offerings
created by faculty
in them. These will
be added to the
flyer of offerings on
diverse cultures
b) Maintain and fill
faculty lines that
enable the
department to
introduce students
to diverse world
cultures.
b) Continue to offer
courses on diverse
global cultures by
maintaining and
filling lines in nonUS fields.
b) track number of
courses cross listed
or included in area
studies curriculae
b) Annual
c) seek to cross list
more courses with
WGS, PAS, SCHG
and other
Reporting
Schedule
Responsible Person(s)
b) Chair and office
staff
Expected
Outcome
Expanded number
of courses explicitly
addressing issues of
gender and
ethnicity in the US
context; maintained
curriculum
introducing students
to diverse world
cultures.
appropriate
departments
Initiate students
into their own
research on diverse
US and world
cultures
Expand
opportunities for
student research
and engagement in
the local
community
d) work to increase
departmental
involvement in area
studies programs
a) Create a
department
culminating
experience in which
students conduct
individual research
through capstone
courses or thesis
projects.
b) Expand
internship
opportunities in
local institutions, in
particular those that
enable students to
encounter the
history of diverse
cultures in our
Measurement of
this goal will be a
tracking of the
number of students
engaged in
internships or in
independent
research projects
Annual
Undergraduate
advisor, public
history director,
Chair and office
staff
Increased number
of student research
projects and
internships
community
IV. How will your unit improve the satisfaction, retention and graduation rates of students from under-represented groups?
Initiative and related
Goal
Enhance student
satisfaction
Strategies
Create welcoming
and stimulating
departmental
culture
Tactics/Action
a) Improve
communication
about department
and history related
events updated web
page and student
face book pages, or
appropriate new
technology as it
arises
b) Host monthly
brown-bag lunch
discussion between
faculty and students
on connection
between historical
events and
contemporary
issues
c) Expand
Assessment /
Measurement
Reporting
Schedule
As departmental
Annual
culture is not
measureable, this
goal will be
assessed through an
annual accounting
of communitybuilding events
sponsored by the
department
Responsible Person(s)
Chair with
assistance of Phi
Alpha Theta
advisor,
undergraduate
advisor and office
staff
Expected
Outcome
Student engagement
in departmental
community
opportunities for
informal student
engagement in
history through film
series and other
events sponsored by
Phi Alpha Theta
Retain students
from
underrepresented
groups, and women
a) Seek to increase
course offerings on
diverse US and
world cultures
d) In each case seek
to schedule events
and topics with eye
toward emphasizing
the history of
diverse world and
US cultures
a) Add faculty lines
in US Women’s
History and
Latino/Southwest
Borderlands history
in order to expand
our offerings on
subjects of gender
and ethnicity in the
US context.
To the extent
possible track
numbers of
continuing majors
and graduate
students from
underrepresented
groups, and women
Annual
Chair,
undergraduate
advisor, graduate
advisor
Stimulating
intellectual
environment that
retains student
interest
b) maintain existing
lines in non-US
fields
b) Increase
opportunities for
student research
and community
engagement
c) Create a
department
culminating
experience in which
students conduct
individual research
through capstone
courses or thesis
projects.
d) Expand
internship
opportunities in
local institutions, in
particular those that
enable students to
encounter the
history of diverse
cultures in our
community
Seek to increase the Enhance student
number of
advising and
graduates from
mentoring
underrepresented
groups, and women
Set up corps of
volunteer mentors
among faculty in
the department to
whom
undergraduate
advisor can refer
students for
additional advising
and mentoring
Adjust questions on Annual
exit surveys to
assess mentoring
opportunities and
results
Undergraduate
committee; chair
Enhanced student
flow through the
major toward
graduation
V. How will your unit create or maintain a welcoming environment in which diversity, social justice and provision of academic
opportunity are intrinsic values?
Initiative and related
Goal
Strategies
Create an inclusive
and welcoming
departmental
culture
Enhance
community building
activities that
engage students and
faculty in shared
exploration of
historical subjects
and their relevance
to contemporary
events
Tactics/Action
a) Improve
communication
about department
and history related
events through
current technology
such as updated
web page and
student face book
pages, or
appropriate new
technology as it
arises
b) Host monthly
brown-bag lunch
discussion between
faculty and students
on historical topics
related to
contemporary
Assessment /
Measurement
Reporting
Schedule
As departmental
Annual
culture is not
measureable, this
goal will be
assessed through an
annual accounting
of community
building events
sponsored by the
department
Responsible Person(s)
Chair, office staff,
with support from
Phi Alpha Theta
advisor and
undergraduate
advisor
Expected
Outcome
Stronger sense of
community and
shared exploration
of the history of
diverse cultures
events
c) Expand
opportunities for
informal student
engagement in
history through film
series and other
events sponsored by
Phi Alpha Theta
Create a curriculum
that introduces
students to the
history of diverse
cultures and the
history of efforts to
achieve social
justice
a) Expand course
offerings on gender
and ethnicity in US
context and on
diverse world
cultures
d) In each case seek
to schedule events
and topics with eye
toward emphasizing
the history of
diverse world and
US cultures
a) Add faculty lines
in US Women’s
History and
Latino/Southwest
Borderlands history
in order to expand
our offerings on
subjects of gender,
a) Assessment of
this goal will
depend on whether
the department
receives and retains
these lines.
Chair will report on
status of this goal
annually until it is
achieved
Chair
A set of courses
that promotes and
understanding of
the history of
diverse world
cultures and the
history of efforts to
achieve social
and ethnicity in the
US context.
justice
b) Continue to offer
courses on diverse
global cultures by
maintaining lines in
non-US fields.
c) Seek to cross list
more courses with
WGS, PAS, SCHG
and other
appropriate
departments
b) Track number of
courses cross listed
or included in area
studies curriculae
b) Annual
c) Track number of
students in
individual research
projects and
internships
c) Annual
d) Increase
departmental
involvement in area
studies programs
b) Expand student
opportunities for
individual research
and community
engagement, in
e) Create a
department
culminating
experience in which
students conduct
particular in ways
that explore the
connection between
historical events
and the importance
of diversity and
social justice
individual research
through capstone
courses or thesis
projects.
f) Expand
internship
opportunities in
local institutions, in
particular those that
enable students to
encounter the
history of diverse
cultures in our
community
VI. How will your unit ensure that its administrators, faculty, and staff take advantage of diversity education opportunities provided
by UofL?
Initiative and related
Goal
Increase faculty
awareness of
diversity education
opportunities
Strategies
Improve two-way
communication
about diversity
education
opportunities
Tactics/Action
a) Circulating email
notices and post
flyers in department
about opportunities
b) Make
announcements at
department
meetings promoting
value of diversity
educational
opportunities
Solicit suggestions
for diversity
education
opportunities and
forward them back
to the diversity
office
Assessment /
Measurement
Assess faculty
awareness of
opportunities and
suggestions for
programs.
Reporting
Schedule
Annual
Responsible Person(s)
Chair
Expected
Outcome
Enhanced faculty
awareness of and
utilization of
diversity education
opportunities
Encourage graduate
students, term
appointees and parttime faculty to
participate