Dear CHASS Faculty and Staff: CHASS has entered into a formal HR Partnership Agreement with UCR’s Central Human Resources Division, integrating College HR services and staffing into Central HR. This partnership has been several years in the making and follows the important collaborative work to elevate staff and staffing that began with the UC Riverside...

Dear CHASS Faculty and Staff: Through a formal IT Partnership Agreement developed over the past several months, CHASS has entered into a service partnership with Information Technology Solutions (ITS). Effective July 1, CHASS instructional technology and multimedia services and staffing have been integrated into central ITS, and IT services and support for CHASS are now...

Dear CHASS Faculty, Early this morning, Provost Watkins shared a wonderful opportunity to submit nominations for a pair of endowed chairs, sponsored by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, that rotate throughout the University of California. It’s now UCR’s turn. Each chair will hold a five-year term (July 1, 2026, through June 30...

Colleagues, With great pleasure, I announce that Juliann Emmons Allison, Professor in the Department of Society, Environment, and Health Equity (SEHE), will begin a new role as the Associate Dean for the Social Sciences, effective July 1, 2026. In this portfolio, Juliann will join the College’s senior leadership team. Her specific role includes primary responsibility...

Colleagues, I take this opportunity to announce the appointments, reappointments, and extensions of various chairs and directors across the College, effective July 1, 2025, unless noted otherwise. I also offer heartfelt thanks to our outgoing unit heads for their dedication to our academic mission, teaching, research, and service. The leadership appointments below have been reviewed...

CHASS faculty and staff, Following recent retirements, I am pleased to announce interim appointments to two key staff positions within the College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences (CHASS). Interim Chief Information Officer Ray Holguin will serve as Interim Chief Information Officer (CIO) for CHASS following the retirement of James Lin. Ray is a proud...

After a pause on new appointments of various named, term, and endowed chairs, I am pleased to solicit applications for multiple opportunities to recognize and to support faculty excellence across the humanities, arts, and social sciences. New multiyear chair appointments may begin January 1, 2026, July 1, 2026, January 1, 2027, or July 1, 2027...

Dear CHASS faculty and staff: In today’s edition of Inside UCR you will find our Campus response to systemwide hiring freeze. I invite you to review the terms that will guide our hiring procedures for the foreseeable future. There is much relief in the clarity that most permanent staff and faculty recruitments that are in...