The NCID has convened an advisory committee, comprised of University of Michigan leaders with unique experiences and areas of scholarly and professional expertise. The Advisory Committee will, among other things, play a critical role in informing NCID thinking and strategy for long-term social change through the strengthening and integrating of diversity research and scholarship and promoting its effective use in addressing contemporary issues.
Samer Ali, Associate Professor of Arabic and Islamic Culture; Director of the Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies (CMENAS); College of Literature, Science, and the Arts
Elizabeth Anderson, Arthur F. Thurnau Professor and John Dewey Distinguished University Professor of Philosophy and Women’s Studies; Chair, Department of Philosophy; College of Literature, Science, and the Arts
Ketra Armstrong, Professor of Sport Management; Associate Dean for Graduate Programs and Faculty Affairs, School of Kinesiology; Professor of Afroamerican and African Studies and Women's Studies; College of Literature, Science, and the Arts
Cleo Caldwell, Chair and Professor of Health Behavior and Health Education; Director, Center for Research on Ethnicity, Culture and Health; Co-Associate Director, Program for Research on Black Americans; School of Public Health
Liz Cole, Associate Dean for Social Sciences; Professor of Women's Studies, Psychology, and Afroamerican and African Studies; College of Literature, Science, and the Arts
Pat Coleman-Burns, Assistant Professor Emerita, School of Nursing
James DeVaney, Associate Vice Provost for Academic Innovation, Office of the Provost
Fiona Lee, Arthur F. Thurnau Professor of Psychology; Associate Dean of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Professional Development, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts
William Lopez, Research Fellow, National Center for Institutional Diversity and School of Public Health
Ellen Meader, Assistant Vice Provost for Equity, Inclusion, and Academic Affairs, Office of the Provost
Lester Monts, Arthur F. Thurnau Professor of Music, School of Music, Theatre & Dance; Special Advisor for the Confucius Institute
Stephanie Rowley, Associate Vice President for Research, Social Sciences, and Humanities; Professor of Psychology, College of Literature, Sciences, and the Arts; Professor of Education, School of Education; Chair, Combined Program in Education and Psychology
Carla O’Connor, Arthur F. Thurnau Professor of Education, School of Education; Director, Wolverine Pathways Program
Vasti Torres, Professor of Education, Center for the Study of Higher and Postsecondary Education, School of Education
Alford Young, Jr., Arthur F. Thurnau Professor of Sociology and Afroamerican and African Studies, College of Literature, Science and the Arts; Professor of Public Policy, Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy