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Evidence of Compliance: 

The Department of Recreation and Leisure Studies adheres to the strategic hiring protocols established by California State University, Long Beach’s Office of Faculty Affairs and Office of Equity and Diversity. All search processes follow guidelines designed to ensure equitable opportunity, inclusive recruitment practices, and diverse representation in applicant pools. Faculty searches include Equity Advocates and require anti-bias training for committee members prior to screening or interviews.

In addition to these university-level practices, the department engages in intentional strategies to broaden representation in its faculty, including:

• Posting job announcements on diverse academic and professional networks (e.g., NRPA, TALS, ATRA, HBCU/HSI consortiums)

• Writing inclusive position descriptions that value applied, community-engaged, and interdisciplinary scholarship

• Actively recruiting candidates from a range of academic institutions and backgrounds during national conferences

• Considering lived experience and service in diverse communities as part of candidate evaluation

As a result of these efforts, the department has maintained a faculty team that is diverse in race/ethnicity, gender, research interests, and educational background. Faculty degrees come from a variety of institutions including R1 universities, HSI institutions, land-grant institutions, and international programs. Demographic diversity is also evident across age and career stage.

Additional data on institutional diversity can be accessed through the CSULB Office of Institutional Research and the Faculty Affairs Hiring Guidelines.