We are the UCLA Faculty Association (UCLA FA), an independent body since 1979.
We represent UCLA faculty on employment and academic freedom issues and advocate for a vibrant and well-funded system of public higher education in California.
We coordinate research and advocacy efforts with faculty on other UC campuses through our affiliation with the Council of UC Faculty Associations (CUCFA).
We believe that expanding faculty power builds a better university for everyone.
The UCLA Faculty Association has presented UC President Drake with four demands to protect our community from deportations.
These four demands include: (1) a clear public statement rejecting any policies that facilitate discrimination or deportation based on national origin, religion, or political activities, (2) a public commitment to avoiding voluntary cooperation or information sharing with ICE, (3) a public commitment that UC will voluntarily uphold the practices endorsed by California‘s Immigrant Worker Protection Act (AB 450), and (4) a public commitment to not comply with the recent executive order that calls for universities to “monitor for and report activities by alien students and staff.”
What should you do if an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent comes to campus?
We have some guidelines to share.
Twenty-four professors of constitutional law released the memo “DEI Programs Are Lawful Under Federal Civil Rights Laws and Supreme Court Precedent.”
The authors of the memo include four of our colleagues at the UCLA School of Law. Listen to our colleague Ariela Gross interviewed on KPBS.
Executive actions are threatening higher education.
On February 19, we joined UAW 4811 for the nationwide “Hands Off Our Healthcare, Our Research, and Our Jobs” action.
The Trump administration attacks on higher education are summarized here by the AAUP and here, a live document supported by the work of UCLA scholars.
The UC is asking all of us to protect biomedical research by contacting our elected officials here.
Faculty deserve a voice in common calendar decisions.
The Council of UC Faculty Associations (CUCFA) has convened a working group to respond to the push for a “common calendar” (semester system) happening statewide, with results from a survey of faculty here. CUCFA will send a letter to UC President Drake and other administrators with the results of the survey in February.
A petition to request a special meeting of the UC-wide Academic Senate to discuss the issue is open for signatures here.
Graphic from Daily Bruin, June 8, 2018.
Hundreds of Los Angeles scientists rallied to Stand Up For Science.
On March 7, hundreds of faculty, postdocs, graduate students, and community members from UCLA, USC, and our entire community participated in the nationwide Stand Up For Science rallies. The rally was covered in the Los Angeles Times.
Faculty have significant concerns about Trellix.
On June 6, 2024, the UC-wide Academic Senate wrote President Drake expressing serious concerns about cybersecurity measures (including requiring the installation of the software Trellix). Concerns include how this could affect academic freedom, personal privacy, and computer performance, and also the effect of the UC’s proposal to withhold merit increases to leaders of departments who decide not to install the software.
At a meeting in February 2025, faculty requested that UC administrators produce a comprehensive report within two months responding to the substantive issues raised by faculty.
Meet our members
The UCLA Faculty Association is proud to have members in all disciplines and all fields on campus. Here are some interviews of our members so you can get to know us better!