The Office for Access and Equity promotes equal employment opportunity throughout the university’s recruitment, hiring, and personnel processes.

Our services include:

• Training and resources to help mitigate bias, maintain a welcoming and inclusive experience for applicants, and promote fair, consistent, and merit-based decisions.
• Oversight and review of key milestones in the recruitment and hiring process to ensure that our values of equal employment opportunity are consistently communicated and practiced. 
• Current and historical data on the university’s workforce demographics to provide transparency and help campus stakeholders identify patterns and trends.
• Reporting of aggregated employee data to fulfill federal and state compliance obligations including affirmative action for individuals with disabilities and veterans. 

To view the university’s updated Recruitment and Hiring Guidelines, please see the Search Process Toolkit page.

Contact Us

Phone: 217-333-0885, option #3
Fax: 217-244-9136
Email: accessandequity@illinois.edu

Our Staff:

• Heidi Johnson
  Director­, Workforce Equity
• Brandon Araujo
  Data Analyst
• Zaheeda Darvesh
  Data Analyst
• Kristen Frank
  Senior Compliance Coordinator
• Terra Larsen
  Process Manager
• Kari Peacock
  Process Manager­