AFAPC is an organization of faculty committed to making OSU a more inclusive environment, where people of color can better thrive and succeed personally and professionally. Established in the summer of 1999 as a formal coalition and currently over 60 members strong, AFAPC is led by the following STEERING COMMITTEE:

Juan Trujillo, Co-Chair		Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures
Candace Croney, Co-Chair		Department of Animal Sciences
Michael Anthony Ingram, Past Co-Chair		College of Education
Sandy Tsuneyoshi, Past Co-Chair		Asian Pacific American Education Office
Joseph Orosco		Department of Philosophy
Allison Davis-White Eyes		Indian Education Office
Oscar Montemayor		Educational Opportunities Program
Janet Nishihara		Educational Opportunities Program
Kurt Peters		Department of Ethnic Studies
Anne Gilles		Office of Affirmative Action
Robert Thompson		Department of Ethnic Studies

Recent concerns of AFAPC include:

• Campus Promotion and Tenure Process Review (with President's Commission on the Status of Women and the Faculty Senate Promotion and Tenure Committee)
• Recruitment and retention of faculty of color
• Tracking faculty of color who leave OSU and why
• Mentoring of young faculty and staff of color
• Salary parity for faculty and staff of color
• Accountability of deans, directors, and department chairs to the commitment and intent of the institutional and unit Diversity Action Plans
• Better recognition/acceptance of service for promotion & tenure
• The "other" minority: Issues for Muslim and Arab faculty & students
• Support and longevity of campus cultural centers
• Supporting the efforts of students as they seek to adjust to and improve the racial climate at OSU
• Critical Points for Diversity in the OSU Strategic Plan
• Coordinated and bi-directional activities and efforts with the President's Board of Visitors for Minority Affairs