Douglas Haynes, Ph.D. (He/Him) Email & Phone Number

With 10+ years of experience as a leader and advocate for organizational change and innovation in higher education, I’ve dedicated my career to building environments of inclusive excellence for all people. As Vice Provost for Academic Personnel and Academic Programs in the University of California Office of the President, I provide vision and leadership in stewarding the career experience and success of nearly 75,000 academic appointees who advance the research, teaching and service of the leading public research university in the United States. In this role, I also have the privilege of overseeing a remarkable array of unparalleled systemwide programs. These include UC Press, UC California Digital Library, UC President’s Postdoctoral Fellowship Program, UC Sacramento Center and UC Washington, DC. Center. Previously, I served as the inaugural Vice Chancellor for Equity, Diversity and Inclusion, and Chief Diversity Officer at the University of California, Irvine. I led efforts to build and sustain support for key principles – expect equity, support diversity, practice inclusion and promote free speech. My experience in the field enabled me to develop a broad portfolio of skills in strategic planning, customizing interventions and engaging stakeholders to be agents for change. In my time at UCI, we made exceptional strides to promote inclusion and celebrate diversity. Major accomplishments include launching multiple enterprise-wide programs to sustain an inclusive campus climate, securing grants to support the success of a diverse student body and increasing female and minority representation in the professoriate and knowledge workforce. In the meantime, I have continued my career as a researcher and professor of history. I was a founding member of UCI’s Department of African American Studies in 1996, and I continue to educate students in that field today. My research focuses on medicine, science and technology in Europe and the U.S. in the 19th and 20th centuries. This work has led to the publication of two books, many peer journal articles and chapters. My passion for wellness led to the establishment of the UCI Center for Medical Humanities to advance the multi-disciplinary understanding of health, healing and well-being. I oversaw this program as the inaugural Senior Faculty Director. As a values-driven researcher, educator, and leader for institutionalized inclusive excellence, I am committed to fostering an environment that maximizes every student and faculty member’s capacity to be their best and most authentic selves.