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href="/sites/default/files/inline-files/Chancellor%27s_Taskforce_Social_Justice_Research_at_UCBerkeley_Charge.pdf" data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="1e785ce0-085e-40b9-8219-db3915e30558" filename="Chancellor's_Taskforce_Social_Justice_Research_at_UCBerkeley_Charge.pdf"><strong>Task Force Charge</strong></a><br><a class="file file--mime-application-pdf file--application-pdf" href="/sites/default/files/inline-files/Social%20Justice%20Research%20Task%20Force%20Report%20August%202022.pdf" data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="3749e5ee-3428-4601-9269-9edec785701d" filename="Social Justice Research Task Force Report August 2022.pdf"><strong>Report from the Social Justice Research Task Force, August 2022</strong></a></p><p class="large"><strong>Membership</strong></p><ul><li style="border:none;"><strong>Leo Arriola,</strong> Associate Dean, Social Sciences; Associate Professor, Political Science; Director, Center for African Studies, Co-Chair, Faculty Representative</li><li><strong>Margaret Hunter</strong>, Senior Director, Centers for Educational Justice & Community Engagement, Co-Chair, Staff Representative</li><li><strong>Charisma Acey</strong>, Associate Professor, City and Regional Planning, College of Environmental Design, Faculty Representative</li><li><strong>Stephen Small</strong>, Professor, African-American Studies, Director, ISSI, Faculty Representative</li><li><strong>Joan Walker,</strong> Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering, College of Engineering & Global Metropolitan Studies, Social Science Matrix, Faculty Representative</li><li><strong>Michael Mascarenhas</strong>, Professor & Chair, Society & Environment Division, Environmental Science, Policy & Management, Rausser College of Natural Resources, Faculty Representative</li><li><strong>Hilary Hoynes</strong>, Professor, Goldman School of Public Policy and Economics, Faculty Representative</li><li><strong>Alberto Ledesma</strong>, Assistant Dean for Diversity, Inclusion, and Equity Division of Arts & Humanities, Staff Representative</li><li><strong>Rena Dorph</strong>, Director, Lawrence Hall of Science, Staff Representative</li><li><strong>Isabel Huerta</strong>, Communications Executive for the Office of the President, ASUC, Undergraduate Representative</li><li><strong>Florentine Novotny Rutaganira</strong>, Molecular & Cell Biology & Member Berkeley Postdoctoral Association Board, Postdoctoral Representative</li><li><strong>Maria Pettis</strong>, Ph.D. Student, Geography & President, Graduate Assembly, Grad Assembly Representative</li><li><strong>Carla Dartis</strong>, Executive Director, Movement Strategy, Community Representative</li></ul><p class="large"><strong>Oversight/Planning Committee - Office of Research</strong></p><ul><li><strong>Elizabeth Brashers</strong>, Chief of Staff</li><li><strong>Tiff Dressen</strong>, Project Policy Analyst</li><li><strong>Jordan Jacobs</strong>, Policy & Strategy Advisor</li><li><strong>Syreeta Shepherd</strong>, Executive Assistant to AVCR</li><li><strong>Linda Rugg</strong>, Associate Vice Chancellor for Research (<em>former member</em>)</li></ul></dd><dt>Chancellor's Advisory Committee for Life Sciences (CACLS)</dt><dd><p class="large"><a class="file file--mime-application-pdf file--application-pdf" href="/sites/default/files/inline-files/CACLS%20FTE%20vision%202019-2020%20Report.pdf" data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="94efa812-27ae-4cea-950a-4f3035c102bf" filename="CACLS FTE vision 2019-2020 Report.pdf"><strong>CACLS Vision for Hubs of Cluster Hires Across Biology: 2019-2020</strong></a><br><a class="file file--mime-application-pdf file--application-pdf" href="/sites/default/files/inline-files/CACLS%20Spring%202021%20Report.pdf" data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="cebe0da2-d302-4fd2-bba4-ac26532624fa" filename="CACLS Spring 2021 Report.pdf"><strong>CACLS Spring 2021 Report</strong></a> <br><a class="file file--mime-application-pdf file--application-pdf" href="/sites/default/files/inline-files/CACLS%20Spring%202022%20Report--State%20of%20Buildings%2C%20Physical%20Plant%2C%20Core%20Facilities%20and%20Research%20Admin.pdf" data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="85318445-20e2-4990-9303-f11caa14ae9b" filename="CACLS Spring 2022 Report--State of Buildings, Physical Plant, Core Facilities and Research Admin.pdf"><strong>CACLS Spring 2022 Report</strong></a><br><a href="/sites/default/files/inline-files/Letter%20from%20CACLS%20to%20Campus%20Leadership%20on%20Impact%20of%20UAW%20contract%20on%20Life%20Sciences%20faculty.pdf"><strong>Letter from CACLS to Campus Leadership on Impact of UAW contract on Life Sciences faculty--December 2023</strong></a></p><p class="large"><strong>Membership</strong></p><ul><li><strong>Eva Harris</strong>, Infectious Diseases and Vaccinology, School of Public Health, Co-Chair</li><li><strong>Rasmus Nielsen</strong>, Integrative Biology, Co-Chair</li><li><strong>Whendee Silver</strong>, ESPM/ES Ecosystem Ecology, Co-Chair</li><li><strong>Ben Blackman</strong>, Plant & Microbial Biology</li><li><strong>Stephanie Carlson</strong>, Environmental Science, Policy, and Management</li><li><strong>Chris Chang</strong>, Chemistry</li><li><strong>Steve Connoly</strong>, BioEngineering & EECS</li><li><strong>Marla Feller</strong>, Molecular & Cell Biology & Neurobiology</li><li><strong>Seth Finnegan</strong>, Integrative Biology</li><li><strong>Karsten Gronert</strong>, Vision Science, School of Optometry</li><li><strong>Susan Marqusee</strong>, Molecular & Cell Biology and QB3</li><li><strong>Anders Naar</strong>, Nutritional Science & Toxicology</li><li><strong>Michi Taga</strong>, Plan & Microbial Biology</li><li><strong>Russell Vance</strong>, MCB/Immunology and Pathogenesis</li></ul><p class="large"><strong>Staff - Office of Research</strong></p><ul><li><strong>Tiff Dressen</strong>, VCRO</li></ul></dd><dt>Chancellor's Advisory Committee for Math & Physical Sciences (CACMPS)</dt><dd><p class="large"><a class="file file--mime-application-pdf file--application-pdf" href="/sites/default/files/inline-files/CACMPS%20Winter%202020%20Report.pdf" data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="2efd6923-f04a-4ca3-9cfb-9a41df4433e6" filename="CACMPS Winter 2020 Report.pdf"><strong>CACMPS - A Collective Vision for Physical Sciences at Berkeley</strong></a></p><p class="large"><strong>Membership</strong></p><ul><li><strong>Sunčica Čanić</strong>, Mathematics, Chair</li><li><strong>Mina Aganagić</strong>, Mathematics</li><li><strong>Nitash Balsara</strong>, Chemistry</li><li><strong>Kristie Boering</strong>, Chemistry & EPS</li><li><strong>Naomi Ginsberg</strong>, Chemistry & Physics</li><li><strong>Dan Kasen</strong>, Physics & Astronomy</li><li><strong>Alessandra Lanzara</strong>, Physics</li><li><strong>Aaron Parsons</strong>, Astronomy</li><li><strong>Colette Patt</strong>, Assistant Dean, Division of Mathematical & Physical Sciences </li><li><strong>Fernando Perez</strong>, Statistics</li><li><strong>David Romps</strong>, EPS</li><li><strong>Ting Xu</strong>, Chemistry & Materials Science & Engineering</li><li><strong>Norman Yao</strong>, Physics</li></ul><p class="large"><strong>Staff - Office of Research</strong></p><ul><li><strong>Tiff Dressen</strong>, VCR</li></ul></dd></dl><p> </p><p><strong>Archive of Past Initiatives</strong></p><dl class="ckeditor-accordion"><dt>Signature Initiatives (2018 - 2019)</dt><dd><p><a href="/signature-initiatives"><strong>Signature Initiatives</strong></a><strong>: </strong>After significant campus engagement and consensus building in spring 2018, six topics were identified as part of the campus’ <a href="https://strategicplan.berkeley.edu/" title="Strategic Plan">Strategic Plan</a>. 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