Campus Directory of Faculty Allies for Diversity

Faculty allies for diversity in graduate education work with the Rackham Graduate School at the program level on issues of recruitment, admissions, retention and completion. The following faculties are also contacts on diversity issues for students within their own program.

Aerospace Engineering
Pierre Kabamba
Afroamerican and African Studies, Center for
Megan Sweeney
American Culture
Nadine Naber
Anthropology
Damani Partridge
Applied Physics
Roy Clarke
Asian Languages and Cultures
Christi Merrill
Astronomy
Eric Bell
Atmosphere, Oceanic and Space Sciences
Mary-Anne Carroll
Bioinformatics
Philip Andrews
Biological Chemistry
Anne Vojtek
Biomedical Engineering
Katharine Barald
Business Administration
David Wooten
Cell and Developmental Biology
Katharine Barald
Cellular and Molecular Biology
Malini Raghavan
Chemical Engineering
Phillip Savage
Chemistry
Mary Anne Carroll
John P. Wolfe
Civil and Environmental Engineering
Avery Demond
Gustavo Parra-Montesinos
Dimitrios Zekkos
Classical Arts and Archaeology
Margaret Root
Classical Studies
Arthur Verhoogt
Combined Program in Education and Psychology
Robert Jagers
Communication Studies
Derek Vaillant
Nicholas Valentino
Comparative Literature
Frieda Ekotto
Ruth Tsoffar
Computer Science and Engineering
Valeria Bertacco
Quentin Stout
Dentistry
Jan Hu
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
John Vandermeer
Economics
Melvin Stephens
Educational Studies
Carla O’Connor
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Tony England
English Language and Literature
Meg Sweeney
Environmental Health Sciences
Jerome Nriagu
Epidemiology
Allison Aiello
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Udo Becker
Germanic Languages and Literatures
Vanessa Agnew
Health Behavior and Health Education
Amy Schulz
Health Management and Policy
Jersey Liang
Higher Education
Patricia King
History
Matthew Countryman
History of Art
Ray Silverman
Human Genetics
David Burke
Immunology Program
Malini Raghavan
Industrial and Operations Engineering
Mariel Lavieri
Information
Mark W. Newman
Kinesiology
Mark S. Rosentraub
LS&A
Paula Trail
Linguistics
Marlyse Baptista
Macromolecular Science and Engineering
Robert Zand
Materials Science and Engineering
Anton Van der Ven
Mathematics
Trachette Jackson
Alejandro Uribe
Divakar Viswanath
Mechanical Engineering
Angela Violi
Medicinal Chemistry
Ronald Woodard
Microbiology and Immunology
Akira Ono
Molecular and Integrative Physiology
Santiago Schnell
Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology
Janine Maddock-Molecular
Lyle Simmons
Music Theatre and Dance, School of
Daniel Washington
Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering
Guy Meadows
Neuroscience Graduate Program
Jill Becker
Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences
Sara Pozzi
Nursing
Richard Redman
Pharmacology / PIBS
Lori Isom
Philosophy
Laura Ruetsche
Physics / Applied Physics
Roy Clarke
Political Science
Pam Brandwein
Nicholas Valentino
Psychology
Denise Sekaquaptewa
Rob Sellers
Public Policy
Mary Corcoran
Romance Languages and Literatures
Jarrod Hayes
Larry LaFontain-Stokes
Screen Arts and Cultures
Daniel Herbert
Slavic Languages and Literature
Sofya Khagi
Natural Resources, School of
Ivette Perfecto
Social Work
Lorraine Gutierrez
Sociology
Karin Martin
Statistics
Susan Murphy
Urban and Regional Planning Program
Martin Murray
Women’s Studies
Rosario Ceballo