The Music Department’s “Know Your Rights” Committee is composed of a subset of faculty, graduate students, and undergraduate students and will meet at least once a term throughout the academic year. Diversity, equity, and inclusion have been an important part of the Music Department mission, and the department’s “Know Your Rights” Committee seeks to build on this foundation and identify specific areas of concern inside our program that need to be addressed and remediated. The committee will offer anti-racist recommendations and strategies to change various parts of the program, as well as address a number of areas of bias that require attention and possible remediation. These recommendations and strategies are made with the intent to create a vital, intellectually supportive environment that reflects the diverse, inclusive nature of the study of music.
Students may contact faculty members of the Music Department’s “Know Your Rights” Committee to discuss any concerns, issues, or recommendations that they feel need to be brought forward. Conversations will be confidential in accordance with the UC Davis policies on privacy and confidentiality.
Music Department’s “Know Your Rights” Committee 2025-2026 Members
- Prof. Kurt Rohde, chair
- Prof. Juan Diego Díaz
- Prof. Carol Hess
- Zoë A. Wallace, graduate student member
- Ana Maria Díaz-Pinto, graduate student member
- Logan Kim, undergraduate student member
UC Davis resources for students
- DEI @ UCD
- Diversity Courses: Dialogues on Diversity Series
- Strategic Vision for DEI at UCD
- LGBTQIA Resource Center
- Center for African Diaspora Student Success (CADSS)
- Center for Chicanx and Latinx Academic Student Success (CCLASS)
- Gender Recognition and Lived Name (GRLN) Resources
- Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Scholarly Communication
- What It Means to Be a Hispanic Serving Institution