Welcoming 120 Scholars to the Diversity Scholars Network

Jonathan Edward Schroeder
William A. Kern Professor of Communications
Rochester Institute of Technology

Isabella Alcañiz
Associate Professor in the Department of Government and Politics
University of Maryland

Donte L. Bernard
Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychological Sciences
University of Missouri

Carmen C. Monico
Associate Professor in the Department of Social Work & Sociology
North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University

Roland L. Leak
Associate Professor of Business
North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University

Paulette Vincent-Ruz
Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Chemistry Education
University of Michigan

Wen Guo
Assistant Professor of Arts Administration
Elon University

Quanisha D. Charles
Assistant Professor in the Department of English
Jefferson Community & Technical College

Brian S. Holzman
Research Scientist in the Houston Education Research Consortium
Rice University

Guillermo Ortega
Assistant Professor of Education
Idaho State University

Stephanie Bondi
Associate Professor in the Department of Educational Administration
University of Nebraska, Lincoln

Amanda Lyn Mollet
Assistant Professor in the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies
University of Kansas

Kathryn Nicole Hosbein
Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Chemistry Education
University of Michigan

Paul Johnathan Nelson
Independent Researcher of Medicine
Paul Luther LLC

Devika Dibya Choudhuri
Professor of Education
Eastern Michigan University

Terrell D. Brown
Associate Professor of Social Work
Florida A&M University

Gudrun Nyunt
Assistant Professor in the Department of Counseling and Higher Education
Northern Illinois University

Kirsten R. Brown
Lecturer of Research Design and Methods of Education
Edgewood College

Alasambom Nyingchuo
Assistant Professor in the Department of Theatre and Film Studies 
The University of Bamenda

Quenette Leatrice Walton
Assistant Professor of Social Work
University of Houston

Patsy R. Smith
Associate Professor in the Earl Ziegler College of Nursing
The University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center

Ernesto Castaneda
Associate Professor of Social and Behavioral Sciences
American University

David Chison Oh
Associate Professor in the Department of Media Studies 
Ramapo College of New Jersey

Melanie A. Killen
Professor of Human Development and Quantitative Methodology
University of Maryland

Chana Miriam Etengoff
Assistant Professor of Social and Behavioral Sciences
Adelphi University

Marvin Allan Solberg
Postdoctoral Research Associate of Nursing
University of Illinois Chicago

Marita C. Gilbert
Associate Dean of Diversity and Campus Inclusion in the College of Osteopathic Medicine
Michigan State University

Elan C. Hope
Associate Professor in the College of Humanities and Social Sciences
North Carolina State University

Trina R. Shanks
Harold R. Johnson Collegiate Professor of Social Work in the Institute for Social Research
University of Michigan

Kentaro Toyama
W. K. Kellogg Professor of Community Information
University of Michigan

Mohammad Hosseini
Postdoctoral Researcher of Health and Biomedical Informatics
Northwestern University

A. Lamont Williams
Assistant Professor of Kinesiology
San Jose State University

Ebony Elizabeth Thomas
Associate Professor in the Joint Program in English and Education
University of Michigan

Joya N. Hampton-Anderson
Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Emory University School of Medicine

Amanda L. Folk
Head of Teaching & Learning in University Libraries
The Ohio State University

Angela Clark-Taylor
Executive Director of the Flora Stone Mather Center for Women of Education
Case Western Reserve University

Maria Dolores Resendiz
Associate Professor in the Department of Communication Disorders
Texas State University

Shanika Lavi Wilson
Assistant Professor of Social Work
North Carolina Central University

Tracey Overbey
Assistant Professor of Information
The Ohio State University

Yeonjung Jane Lee
Assistant Professor in the Department of Social Work
The University of Hawaiʻi, Mānoa

Jerell Hill
Dean of Education
Pacific Oaks College

Kathryn Hacker
Research Scientist in the Epidemiology Department
University of Michigan

Cindy Finelli
Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
University of Michigan

Charlotte Karem Albrecht
Assistant Professor of American Studies and Women's & Gender Studies
University of Michigan

Michael Vicente Stanton
Assistant Professor in the Department of Public Health
California State University, East Bay

Princess H. Williams
Assistant Professor in the Political Science Department
Amherst College

Isaac Wingfield
Lecturer of Art & Design
University of Michigan

Myeshia N. Price
Senior Research Scientist of Social and Behavioral Sciences
The Trevor Project

Josephine M. Kim
Senior Lecturer on Education in the Graduate School of Education
Harvard University

Derek M. Novacek
Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioural Sciences
University of California, Los Angeles

Michael Williams
Faculty Lecturer in the Department of Human Relations
The University of Oklahoma

Andrea M. Headley
Assistant Professor of Public Policy and Administration
Georgetown University

Kristina Shull
Assistant Professor in the Department of History
University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Jodi L. Linley
Associate Professor in the Department of Educational Policy and Leadership Studies
University of Iowa

Hilary Lustick
Assistant Professor in the College of Fine Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences
University of Massachusetts, Lowell

Prentiss Dantzler
Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology
University of Toronto

Nicolette A. Harris
Assistant Professor in the Department of Interdisciplinary Health Sciences
A.T. Still University

Wunpini Fatimata Mohammed
Assistant Professor in the Grady College of Journalism & Mass Communication
University of Georgia

Tia Sheree Gaynor
Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science
University of Cincinnati

Sydney Davis Richardson
Department Chair in the Department of Leadership Studies & Adult Education, and School Administration
North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University

Ceema Samimi
Assistant Professor of Social Work
University of Minnesota

Elizabeth R. Cole
Professor in the Department of Psychology
University of Michigan

Mario I. Suárez
Assistant Professor in the College of Education and Human Services
Utah State University

Monica D. Brooks
Professor in the History Department
Georgia Highlands College

Hiawatha Smith
Assistant Professor in the Teacher Education Department
University of Wisconsin–River Falls

Wilson Kwamogi Okello
Assistant Professor in the Watson College of Education
University of North Carolina at Wilmington

Tyler G. James
Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Department of Family Medicine
University of Michigan

Antar A. Tichavakunda
Assistant Professor of Education
University of Cincinnati

Ayanna R. Cummings
Postdoctoral Research Fellow of Social and Behavioral Sciences
Georgia Institute of Technology

Diane Forbes Berthoud
Chief Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Officer and Vice President
University of Maryland, Baltimore

Jacquelyn Wiersma-Mosley
Professor in the Bumpers College School of Human Environmental Sciences
University of Arkansas

Michelle Zuñiga
Assistant Professor in the Department of Geography & Earth Sciences
University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Orkideh Mohajeri
Assistant Professor in the Department of Educational Foundations & Policy Studies
West Chester University of Pennsylvania

Ansley Booker
Director of Diversity and Inclusion Initiatives in the Educational Opportunity Center
Mercer University

Tarah Williams
Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science
Allegheny College

Melissa E. Abeyta
Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology
University of Texas at Rio Grande Valley

Aurora Santiaggo Ortiz
Lyman T. Johnson Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Department of Information Sciences
University of Kentucky

Tania D. Mitchell
Associate Professor in the Department of Organizational Leadership, Policy, and Development
University of Minnesota

Cirleen DeBlaere
Associate Professor in the College of Education & Human Development
Georgia State University

Buffie Longmire-Avital
Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology
Elon University

Leigh Ann Wilson
Associate Professor in the Department of History and Communications
University of Massachusetts Global

Laura-Ann Jacobs
Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Stepping uP Against Racism and Xenophobia (SPARX) and Anti-Racism Collaborative
University of Michigan

Teniell L. Trolian
Assistant Professor in the Department of Educational Policy & Leadership
University at Albany, State University of New York

Dione M. King
Associate Professor in the Department of Social Work
University of Alabama at Birmingham

Lenny A. Urena Valerio
Associate Director for Program Development in the Latin American & Iberian Institute
University of New Mexico

Sarita Jayanty Mizin
Assistant Professor in the Department of English
University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire

Courtnee Erin Melton-Fant
Assistant Professor in the School of Public Health
University of Memphis

Katherine S. Cho
Assistant Professor in the Department of Educational Leadership
Miami University

Lakeya Omogun
Assistant Professor of Education
University of Washington

Liane Indira Hypolite
Assistant Professor in the College of Education and Integrative Studies
California State Polytechnic University, Pomona

Maurice Shirley
Assistant Professor in the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies
Indiana University

Ebony Perez
Chair in the Undergraduate Social Work Department
Saint Leo University

Andrea Negrete
Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology 
Wesleyan University

Jun Ai
Assistant Professor of Education
University of Northern Iowa

Tiffany Nicole Florvil
Associate Professor in the Department of History
University of New Mexico

Jonathan C. Reimer
Lecturer in Performance Studies
University of California, San Diego

Nancy Fleischer
Associate Professor of Public Health
University of Michigan

Shena Sanchez
Assistant Professor in the Department of Educational Studies in Psychology, Research Methodology, and Counseling
University of Alabama

Amy Elizabeth Jones Haug
Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Department of Education Policy and Social Analysis
Teachers College, Columbia University

Jason K. Wallace
Assistant Professor of Education
University of Southern Mississippi

Aneesa Aruna Baboolal
Assistant Professor in the Department of Crime and Justice Studies
University of Massachusetts Dartmouth

Melody Harvey
Assistant Professor in the Department of Consumer Science
University of Wisconsin–Madison

Jioni A. Lewis
Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology
University of Maryland, College Park

Jesse Randall Ford
Assistant Professor in the Department of Teacher Education and Higher Education
University of North Carolina at Greensboro

Roman Liera
Assistant Professor in the Department of Educational Leadership
Montclair State University

Maria A. Militzer
Paul B. Cornely Postdoctoral Scholar in the Center for Research on Ethnicity, Culture, and Health
University of Michigan

Jennifer D. Turner
Associate Professor in the Department of Teaching and Learning, Policy and Leadership
University of Maryland

Tonya Kneff-Chang
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Educational Foundations and Policy in the Community-Based Research on Equity, Activism, and Transformative Education (CREATE) Center
University of Michigan

Rahwa Haile
Associate Professor in the Department of Public Health
State University of New York College at Old Westbury

Hatice Karahan
Visiting Scholar in the Davis Center for Russian and Erasian Studies of Social and Behavioral Sciences
Harvard University

Cristina Alcalde
Vice President for Institutional Diversity and Inclusion
Miami University

Mabel Eunice Hernandez
Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Department of Neurology
University of Southern California

Nancy Acevedo
Associate Professor in the College of Education Doctoral Studies Program
California State University, San Bernardino

Ezella McPherson
Independent Research Scholar of Education
Dr. McPherson Coaching, LLC/ Detroit Regional Chamber

Tawanna R. Dillahunt
Associate Professor of Information
University of Michigan

Vanessa Fonseca-Chávez
Associate Dean of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in the College of Integrative Sciences and Arts
Arizona State University

Boris Ricks
Associate Professor in the Political Science Department
California State University, Northridge

Rebecca M. Bratspies
Professor of Law
City University of New York

Jason A. Laker
Professor of Higher Education, Student Affairs, and Community Development
San José State University