E-mail this pageAffirmative Action at SUNY Plattsburgh
Overview
The Office of Affirmative Action (OAA) is charged with assuring compliance with state and federal requirements for equal employment opportunity.
This charge entails:
- Assisting search committees
in conducting full affirmative action searches by:
- Advertising widely and appropriately;
- Evaluating credentials of candidates using fair and broad criteria;
- Keeping to legal procedures and interview questions;
- Monitoring requests for search waivers.
- Accepting and investigating complaints of discrimination, including:
- Sexual harassment;
- Bias in hiring, promotion, training, and other personnel actions and decisions;
- Bias in the classroom, including grading and assignments;
- Hostile environments at work and in the classroom based on sex, race, creed, sexual orientation, national origin, or age.
- Conducting training, education, and conversations about equal employment and affirmative action;
- Establishing, each year, the Affirmative Action Plan for Plattsburgh State, which involves:
- Analyzing workforce utilization by race, gender, disability, and veteran status;
- Identifying problem areas in process and procedures;
- Establishing goals if necessary.
- Working with the campus Affirmative Action Advisory Committe.
Office of Affirmative Action Resources
Plattsburgh State Office of Affirmative Action
Lynda J. Ames, Ph.D.
Affirmative Action Officer & Title IX Coordinator
101 Broad Street
Plattsburgh, NY 12901
Phone: (518) 564-3310
Fax: (518) 564-3318
E-mail: lynda.ames@plattsburgh.edu