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Final Report Moreno Recommendations Implementation Committee University of California, Los Angeles January 4, 2021 Contents I) Executive Summary................................................................................................................ 6 II) California Attorney General Kamala Harris and UCLA Chancellor Block Agreement ............. 8 A) Background and Context: Dr. Christian Head Discrimination Case .......................................... 9 III) Moreno Committee Investigation ............................................................................................ 9 IV) Moreno Report Recommendations and Implementation Committee ...................................... 10 V) Campus Immediate Response to Moreno Recommendations: Status Updates ........................ 11 A) Recommendation: Chancellor’s Policy Statement ........................................................................... 11 B) Recommendation: Creation of Discrimination Officer Position(s) ......................................... 12 C) Recommendation: UCLA Procedures for Responding to Reports of Incidents of Bias or Discrimination ............................................................................................................................................................... 13 D) Recommendation: Creation of Campus Diversity Gateway ........................................................ 13 i) Equity, Diversity and Inclusion ................................................................................................................. 13 ii) Equity and Diversity Inclusion David Geffen School of Medicine (EDI DGSOM) ............ 14 E) Recommendation: Further Review of Diversity Efforts in Admissions and Hiring ....... 14 F) Recommendation: Implementation of Recommendations ......................................................... 14 G) Recommendation: Implementation of Recommendations ......................................................... 15 VI) Moreno Report Implementation Committee: Related Initiatives ............................................ 16 A) Vice Chancellor for Equity, Diversity and Inclusion ....................................................................... 16 B) Equity Advisors ................................................................................................................................................. 16 C) Faculty Salary Equity Study ........................................................................................................................ 17 D) Diversity Statement Requirements for Regular Rank Faculty Searches.............................. 17 E) Campus Climate Study ................................................................................................................................... 18 VII) Moreno Report Implementation Committee Recommendations ............................................. 18 A) Investigate Racial and Ethnic Discrimination, Mandate Anti-Discrimination Training and Enforce Accountability .............................................................................................................................................. 19 i) Discrimination investigations ................................................................................................................... 21 ii) DPO capacity and independence .............................................................................................................. 22 iii) Recent examples of incidents .................................................................................................................... 23 iv) Mandate Anti-Discrimination Training and Documentation .................................................... 25 B) Achieve Equity, Diversity and Inclusion in Recruitment, Retention, and Compensation of Faculty of Color.............................................................................................................................................................. 25 i) Faculty of Color Equity, Status and Experiences ............................................................................. 26 ii) Faculty Demographic Diversity ................................................................................................................ 26 iii) David Geffen School of Medicine Faculty Race-Ethnicity Demographics ........................... 28 iv) Racial Climate, Bias, Harassment and Discrimination: Timeline and Testimonies ....... 28 C) Establish a faculty advisory committee to the Chancellor on campus Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion ............................................................................................................................................................................ 31 D) Assess on a regular basis campus EDI to determine status, progress and challenges . 32 E) Improve Collaboration, Communication and Coordination between Campus Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Offices, Programs and Initiatives ...................................................................... 32 F) Increase UCLA Faculty/Academic Senate Commitment, Engagement and Leadership:35 VIII) Summary and Conclusions ................................................................................................... 37 FIGURE 1: Status of Moreno Report Recommendations - Visual Summary 2013 - Present ............................ 12 FIGURE 2: Moreno Report Implementation Committee Recommendations ........................................................... 20 FIGURE 3: Faculty Gender/Race/Ethnicity Demographics (2017) .............................................................................. 27 FIGURE 4: UCLA Public Settlements Since 2013 ....................................................................................... Appendix 9A FIGURE 5: 2017 Diversity Across Divisions by Percentage (FTE)...................................................... Appendix 9B FIGURE 6: DGSOM Race/Ethnicity Demographics .................................................................................... Appendix 9C FIGURE 7: UCLA Racial Incidents in Media Coverage Timeline 2013-2020................................. Appendix 9D Moreno Recommendations Implementation Committee Members: Past and Present Walter Allen, PhD, Allan Murray Cartter Professor of Higher Education Distinguished Professor Education, Sociology and African American Studies Maria Ines Boechat, MD Professor Emerita of Radiology and Pediatrics Mitchell Chang, PhD Professor of Education and Asian American Studies Lorrie Frasure, PhD Associate Professor of Political Science and African American Studies Vice Chair for Graduate Studies in Political Science Acting Director, Ralph J. Bunche Center for African American Studies Mishuana Goeman, PhD (Tonawanda Band of Seneca) Professor of Gender Studies and American Indian Studies Interdepartmental Program Special Advisor to the Chancellor on Native American and Indigenous Affairs Laura Gómez, JD, PhD Professor of Law Faculty Director, Critical Race Studies Program Cheryl Harris, JD Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Professor in Civil Rights and Civil Liberties Tyrone Howard, PhD Professor of Education Pritzker Family Endowed Chair in Education to Strengthen Families Director, Black Male Institute Lillie Hsu, JD Co-Director, Policy and Training Coordinator Discrimination Prevention Office Sylvia Hurtado, PhD Professor of Education Co-Chair, Hispanic Serving Institution Task Force Josephine Isabel-Jones, MD Professor Emerita of Pediatrics Tracy Johnson, PhD Dean, Division of Life Sciences Keith and Cecilia Terasaki Presidential Endowed Chair in the Life Sciences Howard Hughes Medical Institute Professor Professor, Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology Dion-Cherie Raymond, JD Co-Director, Investigations Coordinator Discrimination Prevention Office M. Belinda Tucker, PhD Professor Emerita of Psychiatry & Biobehavioral Sciences 4 Special Liaison for Faculty Development, Vice Chancellor of Academic Affairs Scott Waugh, PhD Professor Emeritus and Former Executive Vice Chancellor & Provost Research Assistants Azeb Tadesse, Doctoral Candidate Chantal Jones, Doctoral Candidate Gadise Regassa, Doctoral Candidate Higher Education and Organizational Change Graduate School of Education and Information Studies Denise Ortiz, Manager, Professor Tracy Johnson Lab Department of Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology Funding Sources Vice Chancellor, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion - 0.5 GSRA Summer 2020, Fall 2020 Walter Allen - Graduate School of Education and Information Studies, Cartter Chair, 0.25 FTE Tracy Johnson - Life Sciences, Chair/Lab Funds, 0.5 GSRA Summer 2020, Fall 2020 UCLA Grad School/Graduate School of Education and Information Studies - Two 0.5 GSRAs Summer 2020 Ralph J. Bunche Center for African American Studies - Two 0.5 GSRAs, Fall 2020 Acknowledgements Lynn K Gordon, MD, PhD Vernon O. Underwood Family Professor of Ophthalmology Senior Associate Dean, Equity and Diversity Inclusion David Geffen School of Medicine Keith Norris, MD, PhD Professor of Internal Medicine and Health Services Research Vice Chair for Equity and Diversity Inclusion Department of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine Isadora Avendaño Assistant to the Dean Equity and Diversity Inclusion David Geffen School of Medicine Randi Kusumi Executive Assistant to the Vice Chancellor Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Johnathan Perkins, JD Research Fellow Special Assistant to the Vice Chancellor for Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Eboni Shaw Management Service Officer I and Student