The Department of Slavic and East European Languages and Cultures is committed to fair treatment, access, opportunity, and advancement of all students, faculty, and staff. We strive to produce, maintain, and improve learning, teaching, and working environments in which every individual feels welcome, respected, supported, and invited to participate. We embrace a broad definition of diversity to include race, ethnicity, sex, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, religion, ability status, socioeconomic status, immigration status, and other forms of difference. As guardians of academic freedom and intellectual diversity, we also promote diversity in ideas, perspectives, values, and expressions.

Each person has a valuable contribution to make to our common goals in teaching, research, and service. To benefit from the richness and diversity of our communities, we must redress historical barriers that have kept marginalized populations from contributing and enriching our educational and research missions.