Boyd, Lydia

UNC Service

I have served on the Financial Exigency and Program Change committee since 2021 and am currently running for re-appointment. From 2016 until 2023 I served as my department’s Diversity Liaison and have been actively involved in efforts to expand programming and guidelines that ensure diversity and inclusion at all levels on UNC's campus. I have also been involved in curriculum development at both the college and department levels. In 2017 I served on one of the sub-committees charged with developing the Ideas in Action curriculum.

Candidate Statement

My main objective in this position would be to bring transparency and equity to the "financial exigency and program change" process, and to ensure that faculty voices are involved in decision-making. My work on the 2017 college curriculum revision gave me insight into the ways different departments engage with and contribute to general education requirements and the undergraduate experience. As someone with a long engagement with diversity work on the campus, I would bring an understanding of the importance of recognizing and responding to structural inequalities as part of the decision-making process regarding programming changes.