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...
Dear Colleagues, With great pleasure, we commemorate another active season for Senate recruitments in the College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences. Please join me on Wednesday, October 8, from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m., in HMNSS 1500 at the CHASS Fall Welcome to help celebrate all of our staff and faculty hires. Open to all...
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...
Colleagues, On June 4, the White House issued a presidential proclamation restricting, in whole or in part, the entry of foreign nationals from 12 countries. A week prior, the Department of State issued a pause in the processing of student visa applications. Further limitations or disruptions to the entry into, transit through, and study within...
Aronne Chan is a recent graduate from the College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences with a bachelor’s degree in Theatre, Film, and Digital production with a concentration in filmmaking and a minor in marketing. Chan spent his undergraduate experience at UC Riverside as an active and consistent participant in the community, holding several positions...
By By Jeremy Gutierrez, Student Writer/CHASS Marketing and Communications |
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...
For 11 years, UC Riverside’s Department of Theatre, Film, and Digital Production has supported student filmmakers. On Jan. 15, the 2025 Smartphone Film Festival invited students to submit an original film that was recorded entirely on a smartphone. Taking place in INTS 1128 on Feb. 5, the screening of this year’s films, as well as...
By Jeremy Gutierrez, Student Writer/CHASS Marketing and Communications |
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...
CHASS Teaching Award The College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences invites nominations for the 2024-2025 CHASS Teaching Award. The award is made annually to recognize outstanding achievement in teaching by a faculty member of the College. Nominees must be Senate or Unit 18 instructional faculty (Academic Student Employees are not eligible) whose teaching is...
