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Faculty Development Inititative

In September 2007 Stanford University launched a five-year effort to appoint the best scholars in the nation whose research focuses on the study of ethnicity and race. This endeavor, known as the Faculty Development Initiative (FDI), involves marshaling new university resources and leadership to recruit and hire the best younger as well as established scholars across disciplines.

FDI Overview

In its fifth year of operation, the Faculty Development Initiative (FDI) made unprecedented gains, inlcuding the appointment of the first women hired as part of this endeavor. Since 2008 FDI has produced 11 faculty hires in several departments in the School of Humanities and Sciences and in the School of Education. The Initiative is administered jointly through the Office of the Provost and CCSRE. Professor Al Camarillo (History) is leading the initiative as Special Assistant to the Provost for Faculty Diversity. Provost John Etchemendy has committed resources to create at least ten new faculty positions.

The Faculty Development Initiative continues in 2011-12 with a search for an assistant professor in the area of "Race, Ethnicity, and American Religions" in the Religious Studies Department as well as thematic searches in "indigenous studies" and "Asian American studies" in several social science and humanities departments.

New Faculty Hired Under the Auspices of the Faculty Development Initiative

2014-2015

Alvan A Ikoku, Assistant Professor of Comparative Literature and Medicine

2012-2013

Kathryn Gin Lum, Assistant Professor of Religious Studies

Ana Minian Andjel, Assistant Professor of History

2011-2012

Jennifer Brody

Jennifer Brody, Professor of Drama

Duana Fullwiley

Duana Fullwiley, Associate Professor of Anthropology

Angela Garcia

Angela Garcia, Assistant Professor of Anthropology

2010-2011

Corey Field

Corey Fields, Assistant Professor of Sociology

Vaughnn Raspberry

Vaughn Rasberry, Assistant Professor of English

2009-2010

H. Samy Alim, Associate Professor of Education (and by courtesy) Anthropology and Linguistics

José David Saldívar, Professor of Comparative Literature

2008-2009

Gary Segura, Professor of Political Science

Tomás Jiménez, Assistant Professor of Sociology

News Articles

“A New Era for Ethnic Studies: Stanford center brings in rising stars who can shake up their fields,” Stanford Magazine (September/October 2010)

“The Color of Change: The Faculty Diversity Initiative (FDI) Succeeds in Bringing Six New Scholars to Stanford” CCSRE Newsletter (Summer 2010)

“Stanford launches Faculty Development Initiative to recruit best scholars of ethnicity and race,” The Stanford Report (December 12, 2007)

Contact: Al Camarillo, Special Assistant to the Provost for Faculty Diversity. (650) 723-1966 or (650) 723-8527. camar@stanford.edu