Diversity screening limiting applicants at UC
https://www.ams.org/journals/notices/201911/rnoti-p1778.pdf
Well written article. I recently was asked to review a promotion package (name and university withheld).
One of the sections in the CV was
“Evidence of incorporating diversity, equity, inclusion and/or social justice (DEISJ) in scholarship, research, and creative artistry”. I had never seen this before in promotion packages and besides the fact that those terms are not well defined, it leaves the candidate searching for something to state in this nebulous section that certainly could be perceived as a requirement. The candidate mentioned something about a “non-binary” student which makes one wonder “how does the faculty member know and is there a student questionnaire involved - which would seem to be an invasion of privacy. Anyway a section like that really has now place in such a package. As Dr. Thompson (UC Davis mathematician) notes, these sorts of politically-charged assessments and perceived requirements can cut both ways. Anyway I pretty much ignored that section in my review.