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By providing valuable dollars that invest in early-career scholars, we are lowering the risk of engaging in transformational research about the human condition.

Another early Fellow, Doug Haynes today serves as vice provost for academic personnel and programs, holding responsibility of UC’s 74,000 academic personnel.  

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A goal of the President’s Postdoctoral Fellowship Program is to help the UC System faculty look more like the population of California served by the system.

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PPFP really is a very powerful engine for transforming the professoriate of the future.



A long-standing program to diversify academic faculty in California is becoming a model for inclusive hiring nationwide.

President's Postdoctoral Fellowship Program HSI Humanities Initiative

Mark A. Lawson directs the University of California President’s Postdoctoral Fellowship Program, which promotes advancement of diverse faculty across the UC system. He was also a fellow himself. 

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Proof of Concept at the University of California

Artists as Catalysts

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Beyond Incarceration

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Civic Engagement

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Evolving Higher Education

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Expanding Public Knowledge

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Monuments and Memory

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Multivocality

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Power of the Word

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Public Places‚ Public Stories

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Puerto Rico and Its Diaspora

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University Everywhere

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