Diversity Committees

A list of diversity leadership within each college and major division as of April 2008. Print version (pdf 104 K)

Divisions:
Office of the President

• Diversity Officers: Marcella David, Special Assistant to the President for Equal Opportunity & Diversity and Associate Provost for Diversity; Jennifer Modestou, Director of the Office of Equal Opportunity and Diversity; Nancy Humbles, Director of the Center for Diversity & Enrichment
• Diversity Committee: Charter Committee on Diversity
• Diane Hauser, Co-chair, Staff, Academic Advising Center
• Nicole Nisly, Co-chair, Faculty, Internal Medicine
• Alejandro Alonso, Student
• Si-Chi Chin, Student
• Carole Collier, Staff, Student Disability Service
• Peter Gray, Staff, Student Services and Compliance
• Frederick Houwen, Student
• Michel Laronde, Faculty, French-Italian
• Diana Leventry, Staff, Staff Relations, UIHC
• Katina Lillios, Faculty, Anthropology
• Kevin McGurk, Student
• Tarrell Portman, Faculty, Couseling and Human Development
  

Administrative Liaison

• Marcella David, Special Assistant to the President for Equal Opportunity & Diversity and Associate Provost for Diversity
• Marc Mills, General Counsel
• Belinda Marner, Assistant Vice President for Student Services, Office of the Vice President for Student Services
• Sue Buckley, Associate Vice President for Human Resources, Central Human Resources
• Ann Ricketts, Director, Office of Research Development, Vice President for Research
  
• Diversity Offices: 
• Special Assistant to the President for Equal Opportunity & Diversity and Associate Provost for Diversity
• Equal Opportunity and Diversity
• Center for Diversity & Enrichment
  
  

• Diversity Councils:
  • African American Council
  • Council on Disability Awareness
  • Council on the Status of Latinos
  • Council on the Status of Women
  • Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Staff and Faculty Association
  • Native American Council

Office of University Relations
(none)

Office of Executive Vice President and Provost

• Diversity Officer: Marcella David, Special Assistant to the President for Equal Opportunity & Diversity and Associate Provost for Diversity
• Diversity Committee: Collegiate Diversity Group
  
  
  • Marcella David, Special Assistant to the President for Equal Opportunity & Diversity and Associate Provost for Diversity
  • Charles Whiteman, Senior Associate Dean, Tippie College of Business
  • Marlys Boote, Assistant Director, Division of Continuing Education
  • Yvonne Chalkley, Associate Dean, College of Dentistry
  • David Bills, Associate Dean, College of Education
  • Alec Scranton, Associate Dean, College of Engineering
  • John Keller, Associate Provost and Dean, Graduate College
  • Collins Byrd, Assistant Dean of Admissions, College of Law
  • Benita Wolff, Associate Dean, Carver College of Medicine
  • Deb McFall-Wallerich, Human Resources Administrator, College of Nursing
  • Mike Kelly, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, College of Pharmacy
  • Susan Marks, Human Resources and Diversity Programs Coordinator, University Libraries
  • Raul Curto, Executive Associate Dean, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
  • Joe Coulter, Associate Dean for Diversity, College of Public Health
  Liaisons
  • Marc Mills, General Counsel
  • Susan Johnson, Associate Provost for Faculty
  • Diane Hauser, Charter Committee on Diversity co-chair
  • Nicole Nisly, Charter Committee on Diversity co-chair
  • Tom Rocklin, Vice Provost and Dean of the University College

Office of Admissions

• Diversity Officer: Valerie Garr, Director of Diversity Resources and Outreach

Office of Senior Vice President for Finance and Operations
(none)


Central Human Resources

• Diversity Officer: Judie Hermsen, Senior Assistant Director

Office of Vice President for Research
(none)

Office of Vice President for Student Services

• Diversity Officer: Phillip E. Jones, The Vice President for Student Services
• Diversity Committee:  Student Services  Director's meetings twice per month
• Diversity Offices:
  • Afro-American Cultural Center
  • Asian Pacific American Cultural Center
  • Latino Native American Cultural Center
  • Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Resource Center

General Counsel
(none)

University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics

• Diversity Committee: UI Health Care Diversity Steering Committee
  This committee is a joint venture between the College and the Hospital.

University Libraries

• Diversity Officer: Susan Marks, Director, Human Resources and Diversity Programs.
• Staff Diversity Committee:
  • Sara Baird
  • Erin Fleck
  • Donna Hirst
  • Lisa McDaniels
  • Rob Van Rennes
    
  Ex-Officio
  • Susan Marks, Director, Human Resources and Diversity Programs
  • Carlette Washington-Hoagland, Coordinator, Assessment and Staff Development
  • Gabriel Duque, Residency Program Reference and Instruction Librarian

Colleges:
Henry B. Tippie College of Business

• Diversity Officer: Charles H. Whiteman, Senior Associate Dean
• Diversity Committee:
  • Terry Boles, Associate Professor, Management and Organizations
  • Emily Gander, Graduate Student
  • Paul Hribar, Associate Professor, Accounting
  • Jennifer Oh, Undergraduate Student
  • Damien Parks, Professional Staff, Undergraduate Program Office
  • Elena Patorino, Assistant Professor, Economics
  • Gary Russell, Professor, Marketing
  • Jay Sa-Aadu, Professor, Finance
  • Padmini Srinivasan, Professor, Management Sciences
  • Charles Whiteman, Senior Associate Dean
  • Dawn Wood, Professional Staff, MBA-PM Program
  • Preston Young, Undergraduate Student
• Diversity Web page

College of Dentistry

• Diversity Officer: Dr. Yvonne Chalkley, Associate Dean
• Student Diversity Organizations:
  • The Student Hispanic Dental Association
  • The Student National Dental Association

College of Education

• Diversity Officers: John Achrazoglou, Committee Chair, Staff, Education Technology Center; David Bills, Associate Dean of the College of Education
• Diversity Committee Active Members:
  • John Achrazoglou, (Committee Chair), Staff, Education Technology Center
  • Christine Annicella, Staff, Human Resources, College of Education
  • Clare Baldus, Staff, Belin Blank Center
  • David Bills, Associate Dean, College of Education
  • Judy Brewer, Staff, Dean’s Office
  • William Coghill-Behrends, Staff, Educational Placement Office
  • Carolyn Colvin, Faculty, Teaching and Learning
  • Peter Franke, Staff, ITS
  • Malik S. Henfield, Faculty, Counseling, Rehabiliatation and Student Development
  • Tina Hoffman, Graduate Student, Psychological and Quantitative Foundations
  • Noel Holman, Graduate Student, Counseling, Rehabiliatation and Student Development
  • Junior Jimenez, Undergraduate Student, College of Education
  • Kate Kauper, Graduate Student, Educational Policy and Leadership Studies
  • Julie Kearney, Staff, Center for Evaluation and Assessment
  • Casey Koschmeder, Undergraduate Student, College of Education
  • Susan Lagos-Lavanz (Past Committee Chair), Faculty, Educational Policy and Leadership Studies
  • Debra Mishak (Johnson), Faculty, Counseling, Rehabiliatation and Student Development
  • Valerie Nyberg, Graduate Student, Teaching and Learning
  • Gerald Portman, Staff, College of Education
  • Marsha Saddler, Graduate Student,  Educational Policy and Leadership Studies
  • Mark Salisbury, Graduate Student, Counseling, Rehabiliatation and Student Development
  • Amy Shoultz, Faculty, Teaching and Learning
  • Heather Spangler, Staff, Dean’s Office
  • Ren Stinson (Diversity Committee Graduate Assistant), Graduate Student, Psychological and Quantitative Foundations
  • Orville Townsend, Community Representative, Vocational Rehabilitation
  • Paul Umbach, Faculty, Higher Education Program
  • Amy Vander Sanden, Staff, Educational Policy and Leadership Studies
  • Walter Vispoel, Faculty, Psychological and Quantitative Foundations
  • Rachel Williams, Faculty, Teaching and Learning
• Diversity Web page

College of Engineering

• Diversity Officer: Tonya Peeples, Director, Ethnic Inclusion Effort for Iowa Engineering
• Diversity Committee:
  • Office of Ethnic Inclusion Effort for Iowa Engineering
  • Faculty Committee
  • Staff Committee
  • Student Committee
    

College of Law

• Diversity Committee: Pending
• Student Diversity Organizations:
  • Black Law Students Association
  • ALIANZA
  • Native American Law Students Association
  • Asian American Law Students Association
  • OUTlaws
  • Organization of Women Law Students and Staff

College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

• Diversity Officer: Raul Curto, Executive Associate Dean
• Collegiate Diversity Committees:
  • The chair of Faculty Assembly for 2005-06 is Professor Jae-On Kim, Sociology.
  • School of Art and Art History
  • Department of Chemistry
  • Department of Classics
  • Department of French and Italian
  • Department of Geography
  • Department of History
  • Department of Journalism and Mass Communication
  • Department of Mathematics: The Committee for Minority Student Recruitment and Development
    
    
    • Dan Anderson, Director of Graduate Program
    • Richard Baker, Associate Professor
    • Raul Curto, Executive Associate Dean, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
    • Juan Gatica, Chair, Director, Math Lab
    • Phil Kutzko, Professor
    • Tong Li, Associate Professor
    • Yi Li, Department Chair, Professor
    • Paul Muhly, Professor
  • Department of Psychology, Diversity Committee Chair, Lee Anna Clark
  • Department of Social Work
  • Department of Theatre
• Diversity Web page

Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine

• Diversity Officer: Benita D. Wolff, Associate Dean for Diversity
• Diversity Committee:  UI Health Care Diversity Steering Committee
  This committee is a joint venture between the College and the Hospital
  • Department of Internal Medicine: Diversity Officer, Nicole Nisly, M.D.
• Diversity Web page

College of Nursing

• Diversity Committee:
  • Lioness Ayres, Assistant Professor, College of Nursing
  • Heide Bursch, Graduate Student, College of Nursing
  • Perle Cowen, Associate Professor, College of Nursing
  • Rita Frantz, Dean, College of Nursing
  • Valerie Garr, Professional Staff, Admissions Office
  • Anne Gentil-Archer, Graduate Student, College of Nursing
  • Karen Griffith, Clinical Assistant Professor, College of Nursing
  • Kathleen Hanson, Associate Dean, , College of Nursing
  • Todd Ingram, Clinical Assistant Professor, College of Nursing
  • Tess Judge-Ellis, Clinical Assistant Professor, College of Nursing
  • Susan Lehman, Clinical Assistant Professor, College of Nursing
  • Ann Marie McCarthy, Professor, College of Nursing
  • Debra McFall-Wallerich, Professional Staff, , College of Nursing
  • Linda Myers – Interim Chair, Professional Staff, , College of Nursing
  • Sandra Ramey, Assistant Professor, College of Nursing
  • Toni Tripp Reimer, Associate Dean, , College of Nursing
  • Jimmy Reyes, Graduate Student, College of Nursing
  • Connie Trowbridge, Clinical Assistant Professor, College of Nursing
• Diversity Web page

College of Pharmacy

• Diversity Officers: Michael Kelly, Associate Dean; Christine Catney, Assistant Professor (Clinical), CAP Division
• Student Recruiting: Jennifer Bertrand, Pre-Pharmacy Advisor, Office of Academic Affairs
• Diversity Committee:
  Committee members are appointed annually by the dean of the college and serve from July 1 through June 30.
  • Bill Baker, Alumnus and Marketing Coordinator, Albertsons Clinical Programs
  • Jennifer Bertrand, COP Pre-Pharmacy Advisor
  • Jeongsook (Jen) Boyer, P4 Student
  • Donna Brus, Division of Drug Information Service
  • Chris Catney, Chair, Assistant Professor, Division of Clinical and Administrative Pharmacy
  • Carmen Chamorro, Division of Pharmaceutical Service
  • Jennifer Goings, P4 Student
  • John Hamiel, Alumnus and Director of Pharmacy, Washington County Hospital and Clinics
  • Graziela Kalil, P3 Student
  • Mike Kelly, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs
  • Ju Ann Khaw, P4 Student
  • Vernita Morgan, Iowa City Community Member
  • Horacio Olivo, Associate Professor, Division of Medicinal and Natural Products Chemistry
  • Amanda Ringenberg, P3 Student
  • Aliasger Salem, Assistant Professor, Division of Pharmaceutics
  • RaShauna Starks, P2 Student
  • Mike Sullivan, Assistant to the Dean
  • Aggie Thompson, P4 Student
  • Yang Xie, Assistant Professor, Division of Clinical and Administrative Pharmacy
  • Su Zhang, P2 Student
• Student Diversity Organization:  The Student National Pharmaceutical Association (SNPhA)
• Diversity Web page

College of Public Health

• Diversity Officer: Joe D. Coulter, PhD, Professor and Associate Dean for Diversity
• Diversity Committee:
  • Joe Coulter, Associate Dean for Diversity, Chair
  • Rachel Anderson, Assistant Professor, Health Management and Policy
  • Leon Burmeister, Professor, Biostatistics
  • Gabriele Ludewig, Assistant Professor, Occupations and Environmental Health
  • Elaine Smith, Professor, Epidemiology
  • Antonio Heras, MD/MPH student
  • Mary Aquilino, Assistant Dean and Director MPH Program, ex officio
  • Tanya Uden-Holman, Associate Dean for Education and Student Affairs, ex officio
  • Kay Shie, Staff, ex officio
• Student Diversity Organization:  The College of Public Health Student Association
• Diversity Web page

Graduate College

• Diversity Officer: Minnetta Gardinier, Associate Dean for Recruitment and Professional Development;
• Diversity Office:  Office of Graduate Ethnic Inclusion
• Diversity Web page