Committee Purpose & Function
The UAS Chancellorʼs Advisory Committee on Equity & Cultural Safety* is established by the Chancellor to assist the broader university community in identifying and implementing actions that help our university fulfill its mission and to achieve the following goals:
- support initiatives and training that advance affirmative action goals in recruitment, hiring and retention so that faculty, staff, and administration reflect the populations we serve;
- work with faculty to incorporate decolonized histories, values, and perspectives in our curriculum, and to protect the cultural safety of members of our campus community
- assess and report on our progress in achieving these goals and make revised or additional recommendations
- make recommendations at least annually to the Chancellor about equity & cultural safety
Committee Membership (12 total)
Co-chairs (2017-18 academic year): Xh'unei Lance Twitchell (faculty) and Dax̱Kilatch Kolene James (staff).
- Faculty Co-chair appointed by Faculty Senate (1): X̱ʼunei Lance Twitchell
- Staff Co-chair appointed by Staff Council (1): Dax̱Kilatch Kolene James
- UAS Vice Chancellor of Enrollment Management (1): Joe Nelson
- Faculty Senate appointees (3, one from each campus):
- Juneau: Lora Vess
- Ketchikan: Brandon Chapman
- Sitka: Paul Bahna
- Staff Council appointees (3, one from each campus):
- Juneau: Kiwana Sutton
- Ketchikan: Gwenna Richardson
- Sitka: Crystal Duncan
- Student Government appointee (1)
- Juneau: Breanna Walker
- UAS Disabilities Services (1): Margie Thomson
- UAS Human Resources Director or designee (ex officio): Gail Cheney
Information and documentation regarding the University's policies on diversity can be found on the Human Resources' Diversity page.
* Formerly the UAS Diversity Action Committee