The 2019 cohort consists of scholars from five countries and across fields in the social sciences, humanities, and physical sciences
The Diversity Scholars Network is a scholarly community committed to advancing understandings of historical and contemporary social issues related to identity, difference, culture, representation, power, oppression, and inequality — as they occur and affect individuals, groups, communities, and institutions. The following individuals join an international community of over 1,000 diversity scholars in order to:
Welcome, new members!
Ximena Zúñiga
Professor of Education
University of Massachusetts Amherst
Xing Zhang
Postdoctoral Fellow
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Eboni M. Zamani-Gallaher
Professor of Higher Education, Associate Dean of the Graduate College, and Director of the Office for Community College Research and Leadership
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Najah Zaaeed
Assistant Teaching Professor in Food Studies and Nutrition
Syracuse University
Hyung Chol (Brandon) Yoo
Associate Professor of Psychology
Arizona State University
Tiffany Yip
Professor of Psychology
Fordham University
Varaxy Yi
Assistant Professor of Educational Leadership
California State University, Fresno
Christina Yao
Assistant Professor of Educational Administration
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Soua Xiong
Assistant Professor of Student Affairs and College Counseling
California State University, Fresno
Camilla Würfel-Delsid
Professor/Instructor in the Center for Human Services
University of California, Davis
Akilah Wise
Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Rollins School of Public Health
Emory University
Camille Wilson
Professor of Education
University of Michigan
Apryl Williams
Assistant Professor of Sociology
Susquehanna University
Kidada Williams
Associate Professor of History
Wayne State University
Craig Wilkins
Lecturer in the College of Architecture and Urban Planning
University of Michigan
Rebecca White
Associate Professor of Family & Human Development
Arizona State University
Lorey Wheeler
Research Assistant Professor in the Nebraska Center for Research on Children, Youth, Families and Schools
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Callie Watkins Liu
Assistant Professor of Sociology
Stonehill College
Myra Washington
Associate Professor of Communication
University of New Mexico
Lucretia Ward
Professor of Psychology
University of Michigan
Jessica Walker
LSA Collegiate Fellow in the Department of American Culture
University of Michigan
Vanessa Volpe
Assistant Professor of Psychology
Ursinus College
Lynn Videka
Carol T. Mowbray Collegiate Professor of Social Work
University of Michigan
Kristan Venegas
Professor of Education, Teaching, Practice, and Research
University of Southern California
Nicholas Vargas
Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology and Center for Latin American Studies
University of Florida
Phitsamay Uy
Associate Professor of Education
University of Massachusetts Lowell
Makeda Turner
Assistant Director of Academic Programming & Student Development
University of Michigan
Barbara Trish
Professor in the Department of Political Science and Director of the Rosenfield Program
Grinnell College
Sophie Trawalter
Associate Professor of Public Policy and Psychology
University of Virginia
Rosa Toro
Assistant Professor of Psychology
California State University, Fresno
Fernando Tormos-Aponte
Scholars Strategy Network Postdoctoral Fellow
University of Missouri-Saint Louis
Theresa Tinkle
Professor of English and Arthur F. Thurnau Professor
University of Michigan Ann Arbor
Idia Thurston
Assistant Professor of Psychology
University of Memphis
William Thomson
Research Fellow in the Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning
University of Michigan
Maria Thomas
Director of Community Benefit and Community Health Needs Assessment & Child Advocacy Director
University of Michigan
James Thomas
Assistant Professor of Sociology
University of Mississippi
Tenisha Tevis
Assistant Professor in the Department of Adult and Higher Education
Oregon State University
Judy Tan
Assistant Professor of Medicine
University of California, San Francisco
Thandi Sulé
Associate Professor of Higher Education
Oakland University
Carola Suárez-Orozco
Professor of Human Development and Psychology
University of California, Los Angeles
SaraEllen Strongman
Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Afroamerican and African Studies
University of Michigan
Ashley Stone
Assistant Professor of Higher Education Administration
The George Washington University
Carmen Stokes
Associate Professor in the School of Nursing
University of Michigan-Flint
Dafina-Lazarus Stewart
Professor & Co-Coordinator of Student Affairs in Higher Education
Colorado State University
Ruth Staus
Professor of Nursing, Global Health, and Social Medicine
Metropolitan State University
Beth Sondel
Research Assistant Professor of Education
University of Pittsburgh
Ana Soltero Lopez
Assistant Professor of Education
California State University, Fresno
Sara Soderstrom
Assistant Professor in Organizational Studies & Program in the Environment
University of Michigan
Jeremy Snipes
Assistant Professor of Education
Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville
Monica Smith
Vice President for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion/Chief Diversity Officer
Augustana College
Shailen Singh
Assistant Professor
Texas State University
Jameliah Shorter-Bourhanou
Postdoctoral Teaching Fellow in the Department of Philosophy
College of the Holy Cross
Ian Shin
Assistant Professor of American Culture and History
University of Michigan
Leslie Jo (LJ) Shelton
Assistant Professor of Higher Education
University of Arkansas
Jama Shelton
Assistant Professor of Social Work
Hunter College
Jae Sevelius
Associate Professor of Medicine
University of California, San Francisco
Eleanor Seaton
Associate Professor in the T. Denny Sanford School of Social and Family Dynamics
Arizona State University
Louise Seamster
Postdoctoral Teaching Associate in the Department of Sociology
University of Tennessee-Knoxville
Judith Scott
Assistant Professor of Social Work
Boston University
Amy Schulz
Professor in the Department of Health Behavior and Health Education
University of Michigan
Katie Schultz
Assistant Professor in the School of Social Work
University of Michigan
Arthur Scarritt
Professor and Chair in the Department of Sociology
Boise State University
Edda Santiago-Rodríguez
Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Medicine
University of California, San Francisco
Muniba Saleem
Assistant Professor of Communication Studies
University of Michigan
Stephen Rush
Professor in the School of Music, Theatre & Dance
University of Michigan
Ericka Roland
Postdoctoral Research Scholar in Higher Education Leadership
University of Texas at Austin
Noralis Rodríguez-Coss
Assistant Professor of Women's & Gender Studies
Gonzaga University
Jessica Robles
Senior Research Associate at the Research Triangle Institute Center for Evaluation and the Study of Educational Equity
Brandon Robinson
UC Chancellor's Postdoctoral Fellow
University of California, Riverside
Shawn Robinson
Senior Research Associate in Wisconsin's Equity and Inclusion Laboratory
University of Wisconsin Madison
Debra Roberts
Associate Professor of Psychology
Howard University
Deshunna Ricks
Adjunct Instructor in the School of Education and School of Humanities, Religion, and Social Science
Fresno Pacific University
Jennifer Richeson
Philip R. Allen Professor of Psychology
Yale University
Kristen Renn
Professor of Higher, Adult, & Lifelong Education and Associate Dean of Undergraduate Studies for Student Success Research
Michigan State University
Michael Reisch
Distinguished Professor of Social Justice in the School of Social Work
University of Maryland
Victor Ray
Assistant Professor of Sociology
The University of Tennessee Knoxville
Lissa Ramirez-Stapleton
Assistant Professor of Deaf Studies
California State University, Northridge
Marla Ramirez
2018-19 Postdoctoral Fellow at the Mahindra Humanities Center
Harvard University
Assistant Professor of Sociology & Sexuality Studies
San Francisco State University
Raquel Rall
Assistant Professor of Higher Education
University of California, Riverside
Susan Radzilowski
Adjunct Lecturer in the School of Social Work
University of Michigan
Rebecca Quintana
Learning Experience Designer in the Office of Academic Innovation and Lecturer in the School of Education
University of Michigan
Ava Purkiss
Assistant Professor of American Culture and Women's Studies
University of Michigan
Sonia Pranger
Assistant Professor of Social Work
Fresno Pacific University
Alisse Portnoy
Associate Professor of English
University of Michigan
Ana Paula Pimentel Walker
Assistant Professor in Urban Planning
University of Michigan
David Pilgrim
Vice President for Diversity and Inclusion Office
Ferris State University
Tasha Philpot
Professor of Government
University of Texas at Austin
Sabita Persaud
Associate Professor in the School of Nursing
Notre Dame of Maryland University
Laura Perna
Professor of Education
University of Pennsylvania
Norma Perez-Brena
Assistant Professor of Family and Consumer Sciences
Texas State University
Davis Pérez
Associate Professor in the Department of Educational Leadership
Miami University
Cristina Pérez
National Center for Institutional Diversity Postdoctoral Fellow
University of Michigan
Edlyn Peña
Associate Professor of Higher Education Leadership
California Lutheran University
Nynikka Palmer
Assistant Professor of Medicine
University of California, San Francisco
Daphna Oyserman
Professor in the Department of Psychology
University of Southern California
Natassia Ott
Education Research Analyst
RTI International
Robert Ortega
Associate Professor of Social Work
University of Michigan
Adaurennaya Onyewuenyi
Assistant Professor of Psychology
The College of New Jersey
Pamela Oliver
Professor in the Department of Sociology
University of Wisconsin, Madison
Samuel Museus
Professor of Education Studies
University of California, San Diego
Dana Murphy
LSA Collegiate Fellow in the Department of English Language and Literature
University of Michigan
Erik Mueggler
Professor of Anthropology
University of Michigan
Otrude Moyo
Associate Professor of Social Work
University of Michigan-Flint
Eva Moya
Associate Professor of Social Work
Univerity of Texas at El Paso
Dawne Mouzon
Associate Professor in the Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Anna Mountford-Zimdars
Associate Professor in Higher Education
University of Exeter
Daniel Mosquera
Professor of Hispanic and Latin American & Caribbean Studies
Union College
Meghan Morris
Assistant Professor of Epidemiology
University of California, San Francisco
Munyane Mophosho
Lecturer in Speech-Language Pathology
University of the Witwatersrand
Lester Monts
Arthur F. Thurnau Professor of Music
University of Michigan
Beronda Montgomery
MSU Foundation Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Michigan State University
Donald Mitchell
Professor of Education
Bellarmine University
Amy Milligan
Batten Endowed Assistant Professor of Jewish Studies and Women's Studies
Old Dominion University
Brilliant Mhlanga
Senior Lecturer in Humanities
University of Hertfordshire
Lisa Meeks
Assistant Professor of Family Medicine
University of Michigan
Barbra Meek
Professor Anthropology and Linguistics
University of Michigan
Darris Means
Assistant Professor of College Student Affairs Administration
University of Georgia
Ellen Meader
Assistant Vice Provost for Equity, Inclusion, and Academic Affairs
University of Michigan
Katherine McKnight
Senior Education Researcher
RTI International
Dennis McCunney
Director of Intercultural Affairs
East Carolina University
Sarah Mayorga-Gallo
Assistant Professor of Sociology
University of Massachusetts Boston
Aresha Martinez-Cardoso
Provost's Postdoctoral Fellow and Instructor in the Department of Public Health
University of Chicago
Arvind-Pal Mandair
Associate Professor in the Department of Asian Studies
University of Michigan
Kate Lupton
Associate Professor of Medicine
University of California, San Francisco
David Luke
Director of the Intercultural Center
University of Michigan-Flint
Fantasy Lozada
Assistant Professor of Psychology
Virginia Commonwealth University
Karla Loya
Assistant Professor of Educational Leadership
University of Hartford
Antoine Lovell
Adjunct Professor of Social Work
Tulane University
Mayra Lopez-Humphreys
Associate Professor in the Department of Social Work and Director of the BSW Program
The College of Staten Island
Kizzy Lopez
Assistant Professor of Social Work
Fresno Pacific University
Steven Lonn
Director of Enrollment Research and Data Management
University of Michigan
Wei Li
Professor of Asian American Studies and Geography
Arizona State University
Jeremy Levine
Assistant Professor of Organizational Studies and Sociology (by courtesy)
University of Michigan
Raul Leon
Associate Professor in the Department of Leadership and Counseling
Eastern Michigan University
Leece Lee-Oliver
Assistant Professor of Women's Studies and Director of American Indian Studies
California State University, Fresno
Richard Lee
Professor of Psychology
University of Minnesota
Hye-ryeon Lee
Professor of Communicology
University of Hawaii at Manoa
Joo Young Lee
National Center for Institutional Diversity Postdoctoral Fellow
University of Michigan
Fiona Lee
Professor of Sociology
University of Michigan
Evyn Lê Espiritu
Postdoctoral Teaching Fellow of Asian American and Asian Diaspora Studies
College of the Holy Cross
Tony Laing
Director of the Men of Color Initiative and Lecturer in African American Studies
University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh
Teresa LaFromboise
Professor in the Graduate School of Education
Stanford University
Scott Kurashige
Professor of American and Ethnic Studies and Senior Advisor for Faculty Diversity and Initiatives
University of Washington Bothell
Petra Kuppers
Professor of English and Women’s Studies
University of Michigan
Charis Kubrin
Professor of Criminology, Law & Society
University of California, Irvine
Nora Krinitsky
Michigan-Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow
University of Michigan
Heather Knauer
Postdoctoral Fellow in the School of Social Work
University of Michigan
Nolan Kline
Assistant Professor of Anthropology
Rollins College
Debi Khasnabis
Clinical Associate Professor of Educational Studies
University of Michigan
Nancy Khalil
Assistant Professor of Arab and Muslim American Studies
University of Michigan
Shawn Jones
Assistant Professor of Psychology
Virginia Commonwealth University
Jalin Johnson
Assistant Professor Business and Organizational Leadership
Brandman University
Oscar Jimenez-Castellanos
Associate Professor & Founding Director of Latinx Education Research Center
Santa Clara University
Raevin Jimenez
LSA Collegiate Fellow in the Department of History
University of Michigan
Masahito Jimbo
Professor of Family Medicine and Urology
University of Michigan
Lenette Jones
Assistant Professor in the Department of Health Behavior and Biological Sciences
University of Michigan
Shirley Jackson
Chair and Professor of Black Studies
Portland State University
Elena Izaksonas
Assistant Professor of Social Work
Metropolitan State University
Marita Inglehart
Professor of Dentistry & Adjunct Professor of Psychology
University of Michigan
Virginia Huynh
Associate Professor of Child and Adolescent Development
California State University, Northridge
Diane Hughes
Professor of Applied Psychology and Director of the Center for Research on Culture, Development, and Education
New York University
Lesli Hoey
Assistant Professor of Urban and Regional Planning
University of Michigan
Justin Hodge
Clinical Assistant Professor of Social Work
University of Michigan
Michael Hicks
Assistant Professor of Education
Centenary College of Louisiana
Cristina Herrera
Professor and Chair of Chicano and Latin American Studies
California State University, Fresno
Maciel Hernández
Assistant Professor of Psychology
Portland State University
Kasey Henricks
Assistant Professor of Sociology
University of Tennessee
Jaclynn Hawkins
Assistant Professor of Social Work
University of Michigan
Yvette Harris
Professor of Psychology
Miami University
Lauren Hammond
Assistant Professor of History
Augustana College
Gordon Hall
Professor of Psychology
University of Oregon
Blake Gutt
Postdoctoral Scholar in the Michigan Society of Fellows and Assistant Professor in the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures
University of Michigan
Maria Guajardo
Deputy Vice President
Soka University
Charity Griffin
Assistant Professor of Psychology
Winston-Salem State University
Aaron Griffen
Director of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
Denver School of Science and Technology Public Schools
Alessandra González
Senior Research Associate in the Department of Economics
University of Chicago
Elsa Gonzalez
Assistant Professor of Higher Education
University of Houston
Juan Gonzalez
Associate Professor in the Department of Educational Leadership
California State University, Fresno
Leslie Gonzales
Associate Professor in the Department of Education Administration
Michigan State University
Laura Gonzales
Assistant Professor of English
The University of Texas at El Paso
Jennifer Gómez
Postdoctoral Fellow in Psychology
Wayne State University
Simona Goldin
Director of Instructional Design for Seminars and Special Programs
University of Michigan
Edie Goldenberg
Professor of Political Science and Public Policy
University of Michigan
Fatma Göçek
Professor of Sociology and Women's Studies
University of Michigan
Kathleen Gillon
Assistant Professor of Higher Education
University of Maine
Maia Gil'Adi
Assistant Professor of English and Latinx Literature
University of Massachusetts Lowell
Gyasmine George-Williams
Assistant Professor of Education
University of La Verne
Chrystal George Mwangi
Assistant Professor of Higher Education
University of Massachusetts Amherst
Luz Garcini
Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Psychology
Rice University
Claudia Garcia-Louis
Assistant Professor of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies
University of Texas at San Antonio
Michael Galaty
Professor of Anthropology and Director of the Museum of Anthropological Archaeology
University of Michigan
Terri Friedline
Associate Professor of Social Work
University of Michigan
Kimberly Freeman
Associate Dean of the Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences and Chief Diversity Officer
University of Southern California
Elena Foulis
Senior Lecturer in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese
The Ohio State University
Katherine Fobear
Assistant Professor of Women's Studies
California State University, Fresno
Tiffany Flowers
Assistant Professor of Education
Georgia State University
Paul Fleming
Assistant Professor of Health Behavior & Health Education
University of Michigan
Sasha Fleary
Evans Family Assistant Professor of Child Study and Human Development
Tufts University
Frank Fernandez
Assistant Professor of Higher Education
University of Houston
Jacob Faber
Assistant Professor of Sociology and Public Service
New York University
Alexander Erolin
Assistant Professor of Business
The College of Idaho
Katrina Ellis
Assistant Professor of Social Work
University of Michigan
James Ellis
Assistant Research Scientist in the School of Social Work
University of Michigan
Ron Eglash
Professor in the School of Information
University of Michigan
Jessica Edwards
Assistant Professor of English
University of Delaware
Angela Ebreo
Associate Research Scientist in the Diversity Research & Policy Program
University of Michigan
Allison Earl
Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology
University of Michigan
Antonie Dvorakova
Senior Researcher in the Olomouc University Social Health Institute
Palacky University
Myles Durkee
Assistant Professor of Psychology
University of Michigan
Maria Dixon
Associate Professor Organizational Communication and Senior Advisor to the Provost
Southern Methodist University
Lori Delale-O'Connor
Assistant Professor of Education
University of Pittsburgh
Anne Curzan
Professor of English, Linguistics, and Education
University of Michigan
Michael Cunningham
Professor of Psychology
Tulane University
Clare Corbould
Associate Professor of History
Deakin University
Shauna Cooper
Associate Professor of Psychology
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Blanche Cook
Assistant Professor in the School of Law
Wayne State University
Terri Conley
Associate Professor of Psychology
University of Michigan
Anne Cong-Huyen
Associate Digital Pedagogy Librarian
University of Michigan
Melissa Colón
Postdoctoral Scholar in the Department of Child Study and Human Development
Tufts University
Lisa Coleman
Senior Vice President of Global Inclusion and Strategic Innovation and Chief Diversity Officer
New York University
Kevin Cokley
Professor of Educational Psychology and African & African Diaspora Studies
University of Texas at Austin
Ryon Cobb
Assistant Professor of Social Work
University of Texas at Arlington
Javier Clavere
Chair of the Department of Music
Berea College
Yolaine Civil
Clinical Instructor of Pediatrics and Communicable Diseases
Michigan Medicine
Jesus Cisneros
Assistant Professor of Educational Leadership
University of Texas at El Paso
Devika Choudhuri
Professor of Counseling
Eastern Michigan University
Barry Checkoway
Professor of Social Work
University of Michigan
Celina Chatman Nelson
Associate Dean of Academic Diversity and Inclusion
Columbia University
Doris Chang
Associate Professor of Psychology and Director of Clinical Training
The New School
Jaime Chahin
Professor of Education and Dean of the College of Applied Arts
Texas State University
David Chae
Human Sciences Associate Professor
Auburn University
Adriana Cervantes-González
Lecturer of Curriculum and Instruction
California State University, Fresno
José Causadias
Assistant Professor in the Sanford School of Social and Family Dynamics
Arizona State University
Andrés Castro Samayoa
Assistant Professor of Higher Education
Boston College
Christi-Anne Castro
Associate Professor of Musicology
University of Michigan
Juan Casas
Associate Professor of Psychology
University of Nebraska at Omaha
Santiba Campbell
Assistant Professor of Psychology
Bennett College
Marlene Camacho-Rivera
Assistant Medical Professor
City University of New York
Christy Byrd
Assistant Professor of Learning Sciences
North Carolina State University
Janice Byrd
Assistant Professor of Counselor Education and Supervision
Kent State University
Sheretta Butler-Barnes
Associate Professor of Social Work
Washington University in St. Louis
Brian Burt
Assistant Professor of Higher Education
Iowa State University
Anthony Burrow
Associate Professor of Human Development
Cornell University
Jade Burns
Research Fellow in the School of Nursing and Department of Health Behavior and Biological Sciences
University of Michigan
Kathleen Burlew
Professor Emeritus of Psychology
University of Cincinnati
Nate Brown
Professor of Mathematics
Pennsylvania State University
Robin Brewer
Presidential Postdoctoral Fellow
University of Michigan
Ethriam Brammer
Assistant Dean in the Rackham Graduate School
University of Michigan
Ginny Boss
Assistant Professor of Leadership Studies
Kennesaw State University
Alana Biggers
Assistant Professor of Medicine
University of Illinois-Chicago
Odessa Benson
Assistant Professor in the School of Social Work and Detroit School of Urban Studies
University of Michigan
Audrey Bennett
Professor of Art and Design
University of Michigan
Ramona Beltran
Associate Professor of Social Work
University of Denver
Shawn Bediako
Associate Professor of Psychology
University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Magdalena Barrera
Associate Professor of Chicana and Chicano Studies
San Jose State University
Annahita Ball
Assistant Professor in the School of Social Work
University at Buffalo, The State University of New York
Darlyne Bailey
Professor in the Graduate School of Social Work and Social Research and Dean Emeritus
Bryn Mawr College
Germine Awad
Associate Professor of Educational Psychology
University of Texas at Austin
Barbara Auris
Associate Professor of ESL
Montgomery County Community College
Maria Arquero de Alarcon
Associate Professor in Architecture and Urban & Regional Planning
University of Michigan
Pamela Aronson
Professor of Sociology
University of Michigan-Dearborn
Riana Anderson
Assistant Professor of Public Health
University of Michigan
Samira Ali
Assistant Professor of Social Work
University of Houston
Adam Alexander
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Oklahoma Tobacco Research Center
Stephen Aguilar
Assistant Professor of Education
University of Southern California
Tahereh Aghdasifar
Visiting Assistant Professor in the Department of Women's and Gender Studies
Loyola Marymount University
Omolade Adunbi
Associate Professor in the Department of Afroamerican and African Studies
University of Michigan
Robert Adams
Associate Professor of Architecture and Art & Design
University of Michigan