Dear CHASS Chairs, Directors, FAOs, and FEC Chair,

The new academic year brings much to celebrate and many challenges to consider. We will be taking a deep dive into our people and purpose at the State of the College, set for Wednesday, November 5, 2025. Today, I provide a short update on hiring priorities for the year.

Based on the current financial outlook relative to our mission of educational attainment and world-class research across the humanities, arts, and social sciences, I am pleased to announce the following recruitments of Senate faculty as well as career and limited-term staff. All recruitments have been vetted and authorized under the local conditions of the system-wide hiring freeze.

Senate Faculty

• Art, Open Field, Assistant Professor 

• Creative Writing, Open Field, Professor of Teaching, Open Rank

• Political Science, Open Field, Assistant Professor

• Political Science, Law & Society, Professor of Teaching, Associate or Full

• Sociology, Open Field, Professor of Teaching, Assistant Professor 

• Sociology, Law & Society, Professor of Teaching, Associate or Full 

• Theatre, Film, and Digital Production, Open Field, Assistant Professor 

Staff Career 

• CHASS Dean’s Office, Contacts & Grants Analyst 

• CHASS Dean’s Office, Research Administrator for the Social Sciences

• CHASS Facilities, Administrative Assistant

• CHASS Student Affairs, Student Success & Peer Advisor Coordinator 

• Financial and Administrative Officer 

• Hispanic Studies, Placement Test Coordinator

• Psychology, Administrative Assistant 

Staff Limited 

• IELCC, Limited Research Data Analyst

• Dance, Limited Theater Production Specialist 

• Global Studies, Limited Clerical Assistant 

• Psychology, Limited Laboratory Assistant

• Psychology, Limited Laboratory Manager

• Psychology, Limited Communications Manager

• Theatre Film & Digital Production, Limited Wardrobe Technician

• Theatre Film & Digital Production, Limited Film Equipment Room Manager

At this time, regrettably, the College is unable to support the many other worthy Senate hiring proposals submitted in June. However, pending anticipated updates to the PPFP Hiring Incentive guidelines, the College may be in the position to open additional Senate recruitments from the eligible pool. Other categories of instructional and research hires will be considered as needed and relative to the pressing need to educate the largest incoming class in UCR history. Finally, the work of the CHASS Staff Task Force continues, and I welcome proposals for additional investments in staff. 

The budget is tight, and we must slow our hiring. We nonetheless benefit from remarkable recent success in the recruitments that have grown CHASS faculty and staff since 2021. I invite you to join me on October 8 at 2pm in HMNSS 1500 to welcome the dozens of faculty and staff who have joined the College in the past year. 

Together, we remain steadfastly committed to the people and purpose of UCR.

Yours sincerely,

Daryle Williams
Professor and Dean
College of the Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences
University of California, Riverside