Inclusive Excellence
As our mission statement reads: The Office of the Vice Provost for Teaching and Learning promotes students’ academic and future success through campus and community partnerships.
We commit and live this mission statement through our core values of inclusive excellence, respect, student-focused, enthusiasm and teamwork.
In our commitment to inclusive excellence and diversity, it is critical for OVPTL to undertake a systematic self-reflection with respect to how well we are achieving our inclusive excellence value, with a focus on anti-racism and support for our community at UCI while continuing our work on other ongoing diversity and inclusion efforts. The Inclusive Excellence Workgroup was created to facilitate OVPTL’s growth in this area through assessment, connection, and information sharing with all stakeholders
Resources
Find links to information and events on and off campus including language guides, HR practices, reading suggestions, events, videos, affinity groups, and more.
Share Your
IE Moment
Submission Form
Submit your inclusive excellence moment. It could be a story, a resource, an event, or anything else that highlights or inspires inclusive excellence.
IE Moments Archive
2022 Presentations
These Inclusive Excellence Moments were shared at a past OVPTL Townhall. See what you missed or revisit the information for a refresher.
Committee Annual Report
What does the workgroup do? Here you will find a brief overview as well as an extended version of our annual report.
Michelle Aviles Foley (she/her)
Corporate Relations Liaison
Inclusive Excellence is an ever evolving pursuit to understand and apply practices that create cohesion in our community. Through participating as an IE Council member, Michelle is able to continue to learn and share with the OVPTL.
One word to describe her as a member, it would be ‘Inquisitive.’
Outside of UCI and IE, Michelle loves warm summer days in the garden with her two furry friends, Max and Buddy.
Matthew Mahavongtrakul (he/him)
Program Director of Educational Development
Matt joined IE because he cares deeply about inclusion and has been a part of numerous inclusion groups and initiatives both at UCI and beyond. Inclusive excellence is something he strives for both academically and personally.
One word to describe him as a member would be ”.
In his free time, Matt loves developing healthy baking recipes and shooting film photography with my Nikon FM2N and even has a blog (Baking Priority) where he can organize his thoughts! He also has two kids and a partner who keep him very busy!
Theresa Duong (she/her)
Pedagogical Wellness Specialist
Theresa joined the IE Council because she is committed to promoting diversity, equity, inclusion, and wellbeing within OVPTL and broadly on our campus. The council provides a space for identifying systemic barriers and advocating for underrepresented groups in our organization. Her goal is to work with diverse partners in our community to foster a more inclusive culture within OVPTL.
One word to describe her as a member would be ”.
Theresa went to UCI for her B.A. in Public Health Policy (’15), her Ph.D. in Public Health (’22), and now she works here. Her free time is spent with her 3.5-year-old son, finding new places to eat and review because she’s been Yelp Elite for 5 years, and working off the food at Orangetheory.
Cristi Hutchison Nunez (she/her)
Director of Personnel
Cristi joined IE because Human Resources HR play an integral role in Inclusive Excellence and having an HR representative on the council as a resource is helpful.
One word to describe her as a member, it would be ‘Empathetic’.
Outside of UCI and IE, Cristi likes to spend her time traveling, meeting new people, and immersing herself in worldly cultures. She is O negative and is a universal blood donor.
Leeana Richardson (she/her)
Administrative Assistant
Leanna joined IE because she wanted to be a part of establishing a culture within DUE where we are thinking about and being proactive about IE within our departments and as a department as a whole!
One word to describe her as a member would be ‘___’.
Fun fact about Leanna is that she used to be a former Anteater Express driver!
David Skelton (he/him)
Scholarship Advisor and Writing Specialist
David joined IE because he wanted to contribute to something he thinks is important to the university and the larger world, especially in a time period when people try to devalue it.
One word to describe him as a member would be ‘Compassionate’.
David lived in Germany for a year with his entire family on a Fulbright, and plays guitar where he was recently featured on an open mic night on Justin Guitar’s YouTube channel.
Janella Lee-McGarraugh (she/they)
Writing Center Coordinator
Janella joined IE because diversity, equity and inclusivity have been concepts she has devoted her career to ensuring and creating within academic settings and in her own personal life.
One word to describe them as a member, it would be ‘Passionate.’
Outside of UCI and IE, Janella loves to stay home with her fur babies, play video games and board games with friends, and crochet.
Jeanette Reveles (she/her)
Marketing Specialist
Jeannette joined IE because she hopes to make a difference and do her part in fostering inclusivity.
One word to describe her as a member would be ‘Resourceful‘.
Jeannette loves to crochet, bake and do Pilates in her spare time.
Kevin M, Huie (he/him)
OVPTL Executive Director of Educational Equity and Excellence
One word to describe him as a member would be ‘Relator‘.
Inclusive Excellence
Training Opportunities & Resources
Find links to information and events on and off campus including language guides, HR practices, reading suggestions, events, videos, affinity groups, and more.
UCI Campus Resources
- UCI Training (UCLC)
- UC Ethical Values and Conduct (30 minutes)
- Doug Haynes – Office of Inclusive Excellence
- Exploring Anti-Black Racism Through Courses
- Inclusive Excellence Certificate Program
- UCI Black Thriving Initiative
- Disability Service Center
- UCI Advance Programs for Equity and Diversity
- LGBT Resource Center workshops
- UCI Diversity Affinity Groups
- What Matters to Me and Why Series
- UCI Great Big Read
- The Welcome Table with Sydney and Tatum
- Campus Groups – Events
Discussion Topics
- Help in student interactions
- Mobilize the whole university to promote Black student success, degree completion, and advancement in UCI’s academic programs
- Knowledge of systemic racism
- What it means to practice inclusion
- The Impact of Unconscious Bias in the Workplace
YouTube, Ted Talks, & Videos
- The 2%: Navigating UCI as a Black Student – Anteater TV
- Inclusion UCI – Spotlight Series
- Amplify Womxn of UCI: Hearing Our Stories
- How I’m fighting bias in algorithms (Joy Buolamwini)
- Race the House we Live in
- Marley Dias talks Institutional Racism
- Let’s get to the root of racial injustice, Megan Ming Francis
- 10 Steps Businesses Can Take To Improve Diversity And Inclusion In The Workforce