Published: Nov. 27, 2023

The following was adapted from a presentation by Sonia DeLuca Fern谩ndez,听senior vice chancellor for diversity, equity and inclusion at 精品SM在线影片.听

As a college, in alignment with campus, we would like to adopt the shared equity leadership model for all contributors to our diversity, equity and inclusion efforts across the College of Engineering and Applied Science.

The shared equity leadership model听was developed by听Adrianna Kezar听and her colleagues at the University of Southern California and the American Council on Education. It is a framework for:

  • A critical mass of people who are committed to undertaking a personal journey toward critical consciousness
  • Who share equity-focused values and
  • Enact specific practices to promote more just and equitable outcomes.

To begin thinking about this concept, here are examples of how and why shared equity leadership works:

  • Makes equity and student success everyone鈥檚 work
  • Ties personal and organizational work
  • Changes culture; transformational, not transactional
  • Builds in structures and accountability
  • Builds authentic relationships, trust, and processes key to emotions that are part of racial equity work

Read 精品SM在线影片's FAQs on shared equity leadership


All-College Meeting Breakout Session

As an introduction to this concept, we鈥檇 like to gather your thoughts on the meaning of this definition through an activity in our Dec. 6 All-College Meeting, where we will have break-out sessions that discuss the following:

  1. What makes a 鈥渃ritical mass鈥 for DEI efforts to be effective?
  2. What is a 鈥減ersonal journey鈥 and what does that look like?
  3. What are 鈥渆quity-focused values鈥?
  4. What are examples of 鈥渟pecific practices鈥 to promote more just and equitable outcomes in CEAS?

For more, please check out the visual at right, which听demonstrates听the shift from "traditional accountability"听to shared equity leadership expanded accountability, along with an explanation of the ultimate goal of "critical consciousness.鈥