The University provides supportive or protective measures, as appropriate and reasonably available, to all undergraduate students, graduate students, staff, faculty, and other academic appointees who experience discrimination or harassment on the basis of a Protected Category. According to the UC Anti-Discrimination Policy(link is external), a Protected Category is:
An identity protected by federal or state law, including the following: race, religion, color, citizenship, national or ethnic origin, ancestry, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, lactation or related medical conditions1), gender, gender identity, gender expression, gender transition, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability (including having a history of a disability or being regarded as being disabled), medical condition (cancer-related or genetic characteristics), predisposing genetic information (including family medical history), marital status, age (at least 40 years of age in employment context), or veteran or military status.
The Office for the Prevention of Harassment and Discrimination(link is external) (OPHD) can assist students and employees with supportive measures, whether or not the student or employee chooses to participate in a formal investigation or an alternative resolution. You may contact OPHD in any of the following ways:
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Reporting webform: https://uctitleix.i-sight.com/portal/Berkeley(link is external)(link is external)
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Email: ask_ophd@berkeley.edu(link sends e-mail)(link sends e-mail)
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Phone: 510-643-7985
For more information, please visit the Supportive Measures page(link is external) of the OPHD website.
Students are entitled to request reasonable supportive measures without the need to disclose everything that happened in detail to their instructor.
If, as an instructor, a student asks you for flexibility because of an incident of discrimination or harassment, please remember that as a Responsible Employee, you must notify OPHD of what you learned. You are also encouraged to consult with OPHD about requests for flexibility due to experiences of harassment and disrimination.
1 Pregnancy-related medical conditions include but are not limited to: Pregnancy-related fatigue, dehydration (or the need for increased water intake), nausea (or morning sickness), increased body temperature, anemia, and bladder dysfunction; gestational diabetes; preeclampsia; hyperemesis gravidarum (i.e., severe nausea and vomiting); pregnancy-induced hypertension (high blood pressure); infertility; recovery from childbirth, miscarriage, or abortion; ectopic pregnancy; prenatal or postpartum depression; and lactation conditions such as swelling or leaking of breast tissue or mastitis.