Chancellor's Advisory Committee

2008-2009 Committee Co-Chair:

Dr. Jessica Eldridge, Student Counseling Center - 951.827.5531, jessica.eldridge@ucr.edu
Michael Goerger, Philosophy Graduate Student, mgoer001@ucr.edu

Current Projects

Responding to the UC Mental Health Report as it relates to the needs of LGBT students
Creating Trans-inclusive campus resources and policies, including:

Securing trans health benefits for students
Increasing access to trans health care at Campus Health Center & Counseling Center
Creating unisex restrooms access
Developing a "Preferred name and Gender" system on campus
Developing policies and practices for employees "transitioning" at UCR

Building an LGBT-Inclusive UCR Medical School
Developing resources for Graduate Students and Post-Docs
Responding to the UC Staff Diversity Report
Addressing the impact of the hiring freeze and budget cuts on campus services for LGBT students, staff, and faculty

CAC Goals:

To make it possible for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender students, staff, and faculty to enjoy a positive personal and professional experience while members of the UCR community.
To provide a visible focus to the issues of discrimination and harassment of people on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity; and to provide education about these issues to the campus community.
To encourage full implementation of the University hiring policy barring discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity.
To recommend plans and policies that will reduce homophobia, biphobia, and transphobia on our campus and address the needs of our lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender communities.
To explore ways of expanding the curriculum to include opportunities for scholarly research and teaching on the areas of LGBT Studies and in other ways to support intellectual activities in these areas.

Committee Members - below is a list of current active members

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