Special Faculty Advisor to the Chancellor

In 2017, Berkeley created a new "SVSH Advisor Office," headed by the Special Faculty Advisor to the Chancellor. This office of two helps coordinate and communicate the work of campus-wide programs focused on preventing and responding to SVSH.

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About the Special Faculty Advisor Office

In 2016, the Chancellor's Senate/Administration Committee on Sexual Violence and Sexual Harassment recommended the appointment of a Special Faculty Advisor to the Chancellor on Sexual Violence/Sexual Harassment. This Cabinet-level position reports directly to the Chancellor. Sharon Inkelas was appointed in 2017 as the inaugural Special Faculty Advisor, heading an office of two, together with a Special Projects Analyst (currently Ava Blustein). This office is known informally as the "SVSH Advisor Office."

The original charge for the Special Faculty Advisor position was to serve as the faculty lead for the University’s efforts in providing a safe working, learning, and living environment for students, faculty, and staff that is free from gender-based discrimination. The Faculty Advisor office collaborates with a diverse network of campus and community partners to lead, coordinate, and support data-driven efforts on campus to prevent and respond to sexual violence and sexual harassment. The work of the Special Faculty Advisor includes co-chairing the Coordinated Community Review Team (CCRT). The SVSH Advisor Office maintains the svsh.berkeley.edu website and publishes the annual report on SVSH

The title of the Special Faculty Advisor changed, in late 2021, to Special Faculty Advisor to the Chancellor on Campus Welfare, reflecting the close connections that SVSH prevention and response efforts have to other issues of campus welfare and wellbeing. The efforts of the SVSH Advisor Office continue in the same way as before.

Contact the SVSH Advisor Office at svshadvisor@berkeley.edu if...

  • Your department is looking for a consultation*
  • You would like to learn more about sexual violence and harassment prevention or response efforts on UC Campus or get involved
  • You have questions about the Coordinated Community Review Team (CCRT)
  • You would like to know more about the SVSH Annual Report or other projects

*The SVSH Advisor Office is not a confidential resource; its members are Responsible Employees. Under the UC Policy on SVSH, Responsible Employees are obligated to notify the Office for the Prevention of Harassment and Discrimination at UC Berkeley about incidents of sexual assault, dating and relationship violence, stalking, sexual harassment, and invasions of sexual privacy. 

Contact the PATH to Care Center for confidential support. 24/7 urgent support Care Line: (510) 643-2005. For appointment: (510) 642-1988.

Get to know the SVSH Advisor Office

Meet the team and email them at svshadvisor@berkeley.edu if you have questions or would like to connect.