Staff Support

We partner with Human Resource Management, University Governance, and other employee-serving units to ensure that the staff experience and campus climate are inclusive and equitable.

Staff Concern & Retention Pathway

Navigating a large organization can be confusing, please use this resource to help you find a resolution for concerns and mitigate staff attrition.

Note, it is appropriate to submit almost any incident to the Office of Civil Rights & Title IX as they can investigate a situation plus help you get the support you need from other campus resources.

As a reminder, as a University employee, you are a mandatory reporter. That means whether committed against you or someone else, you are required to report incidents of sexual misconduct, discrimination, harassment, dating/domestic violence, stalking, or retaliation.

Pathway for Staff Concerns

Supervisor or Department Director

If your concern is not specifically related to harassment or discrimination, you should reach out to your supervisor or your department's Director. They should assist you in resolving your concern or refer you to others on campus you can assist, such as the Ombuds Office or Employee Relations.

Equity Advisor

If your supervisor or departmental director is not helpful in addressing or resolving your concern, you should reach out to your Equity Advisor. They serve as a liaison between the Office of DEIB and your unit. The Equity Advisor is a point person to ensure that equitable practices and an inclusive climate are facilitated and maintained for all students, staff, and faculty on KU’s campuses.

Equity Advisors

Dean or Vice Provost

If your Equity Advisor is unresponsive to your concern, you should reach out to the Dean or Vice Provost who leads your unit. In that communication, you should copy the Office of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging, Human Resource Management, and Employee Relations.

List of Deans & Vice Provosts

Concerned about a student?

If you are a student, staff, faculty, or family member who has concerns about a specific student’s behaviors and/or well-being and do not know where to turn, Student Affairs Student Care Referral Team strives to develop, facilitate, and coordinate a university-wide program of care and support for students.

Submit a care referral.

DEIB RISE Toolbox

This DEIB Toolbox assists and supports unit and program-level planning, action, and continued education on cultivating diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging using the RISE framework.

Visit the DEIB RISE Toolbox

Educational Resources

Several resources available to KU faculty can make your classrooms, workplaces, and hiring committees more diverse, equitable, and inclusive. Learn more so you can make a difference.

Training Opportunities

There are many opportunities for training, including online and in-person offerings from the Office of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging.

Excellence in Diversity Hiring Handbook

The Excellence in Diversity Faculty Hiring Handbook recommends a number of proactive, process-oriented steps that a search committee should take to ensure its resulting applicant pool is as diverse as possible.

Pronoun Guide

WGSS Professor Katie Batza collaborated with DEIB and the Center for Sexuality & Gender Diversity to create resources which would promote gender inclusivity and awareness.

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