Sharon Inkelas is the Deputy Compliance Officer and Special Faculty Advisor to the Chancellor on Campus Welfare at UC Berkeley. With over three decades of leadership and service at Berkeley, Sharon brings extensive expertise in faculty governance, compliance, and institutional equity.
Previously, she served as Associate Vice Provost for the Faculty from 2020 to 2023 and as Interim Vice Chancellor for Equity and Inclusion in the summer of 2021. She has chaired the Department of Linguistics, served on the Academic Senate Privilege and Tenure Committees, the Committee for the Protection of Human Subjects, and was a faculty lead for new chairs training. Since 2017, she has served on the Chancellor’s Cabinet as the SVSH Advisor, contributing to campuswide policy and cultural change initiatives.
Sharon joined the Berkeley faculty in 1992 and is recognized for her long-standing commitment to academic leadership, compliance, and fostering an inclusive university community.
