Membership
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Committee
The mission of the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee is to raise awareness and facilitate discussion within the School of Education and wider community surrounding issues of diversity, equity and inclusion. The committee’s work encompasses many areas and issues related to diversity. The committee is comprised of faculty and staff from each department in the School of Education and at least one student. The associate dean for academic affairs serves as the ex-officio member.
Committee Members
- Suzanne Alenandre, Department of Teaching and Learning, Curriculum, Culture and Change doctoral student
- Ejana Bennett, Department of Teaching and Learning, Curriculum, Culture and Change doctoral student
- Sean Carlin (Marketing Chair), Office of Research and Faculty Development
- Richard Chapman, Partnership for People with Disabilities
- Jewell Davis, Student Services Center
- Serra De Arment, Department of Counseling and Special Education
- Luciana de Oliveira, Office of the Dean
- Tomika Ferguson, Office of the Dean, Department of Educational Leadership
- Rachel Gomez, Department of Teaching and Learning, iCubed Institute for Inclusion, Inquiry & Innovation
- June Jones, Student Services Center
- Stephanie Lau, RRTC Center on Transition Innovations
- Jenna Lenhardt, Office of Enrollment Management
- Meera Mehtaji (Co-Chair), Department of Counseling and Special Education
- David Naff, Metropolitan Educational Research Consortium (MERC)
- Korinthia Nicolai (Records Chair), Department of Foundations of Education doctoral student
- Ben Olsoe, International Educational Studies Center
- Emiola Oyefuga, Department of Educational Leadership
- Thea Racelis, Department of Teaching and Learning graduate student
- Cassandra Stanley (Co-Chair), Office of Strategic Engagement
- Naomi Wheeler, Department of Counseling and Special Education
- Jada Wright, Office of Enrollment Management
- Dana Yarbrough, Partnership for People with Disabilities
