The Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI) Task Force was split into seven subcommittees, each with a separate charge and committee members, listed below.

  • Equity Framework Design
  • Student Experience & Success
  • Teaching & Learning Environment
  • Culture & Climate
  • Social Justice Impacts & Engagement
  • Communications
  • Diversity Data

Equity Framework Design

Charge

Umbrella equity framework that ties DAP efforts under a unified approach; reorganizing structures, policies, practices that allows for equitable learning, drives our intended next level of DEI. This group will:

  1. Investigate equity frameworks based on best practices
  2. Design for culture of success, equity & excellence
  3. Strategies to eliminate equity gaps; success impacts
  4. Learning experiences are DEI integrated, culturally relevant

Membership

  • Joel McCarthy, Residence Life (chair)
  • Phitsamay Uy, Education (chair)
  • Joseph Argueta, Student Conduct 
  • Adam Baacke, Facilities Management
  • Peter Murray, Campus Recreation 
  • Naomi Wernick, Biological Sciences 

Student Experience & Success

Charge

Investigate best practices in addressing recruitment, enrollment, on-boarding, student life & engagement, persistence/retention utilizing an equity lens.

Membership

  • Nicole Champagne, Health Sciences (chair)
  • Kavitha Chandra, Engineering (chair)
  • Ruben Sanca, Student Affairs (chair)
  • Shirley Adubofour, Student 
  • Joanne Dunbar, Student Activities & Leadership 
  • Matt Hurwitz, English
  • JoAnn Moriarty-Baron, Physical Therapy & Kinesiology 
  • Erin Smith, Biological Sciences
  • Kevin Soleil, Campus Recreation
  • Tony Szczesiul, English

Teaching & Learning Environment

Charge

Investigate best practices for inclusive curriculum, pedagogies and research; advance the understanding and learning experiences through greater cultural considerations, reflections and responses in learning; models of successful teaching and learning programs, initiatives and practices.

Membership

  • Sue Kim, FAHSS (chair)
  • Fred Martin, Sciences (chair)
  • Ann Dean, English
  • Michelle Hunt, Biomedical & Nutritional Sciences
  • Ainat Koren, Nursing 
  • Sumudu Lewis, Education 
  • Kevin Petersen, English
  • Thao Tran, Mathematics 

Culture & Climate

Charge

DEI as campus priority, owned by all and evidenced through collective responsibility, accountability and actions. Data informs strategies/methodology; opportunities to advance skills, knowledge-base, etc. Team will investigate best practices to:

  1. Infuse ‘sense of belonging’, culture of respect and justice, safety on campus
  2. Aspirational:  each UML member to demonstrate will and skill to lead systemic change towards equity
  3. Pull in Diversity Data strategies
  4. Utilization of instruments (CECE, NSSE, SEACHANGE, etc.) to inform future strategies
  5. Informs Communication Strategy

Membership

  • Peter Brigham, Facilities Management
  • Danny de la Cuesta, Residence Life
  • Lori Dembowitz, Information Technology
  • Adam Dunbar, Student Affairs
  • Justin Gerstenfield, College Based Professional Advising
  • Meg Sobkowicz Kline, Plastics Engineering

Social Justice Impacts & Engagement

Charge

Investigates best practices in workforce development and opportunities; advance UML impact and catalysts for change; identify opportunities/best practices for personal and professional growth for faculty and staff such as mentorship, DEI advocates/champions and initiatives to promote/advance workforce.

Membership

  • Francine Coston,  Enrollment Services 
  • Garelnabi Mahdi, Biomedical & Nutritional Sciences
  • Maia Gil’Adi, English 
  • George Joseph, Accounting 
  • Jen Keene-Crouse, College-Based Professional Advising 
  • Troy Lazaro, Enrollment Management 
  • Karen Lin, Management 
  • Amy Liss, Multicultural Affairs
  • Shaima Ragab, Provost Office
  • Marina Ruths, Chemistry
  • Larry Thompson, Mechanical & Industrial Engineering

Communications

Charge

Develop a campus DEI communications plan and strategy; articulate a unified and continuous DEI theme that informs brand, identity, etc. and conveys prioritization of DEI culture at UML; drives the new values statement deeply; elevate DEI visibility; share campus DEI actions throughout process.

Membership

  • Brenda Evans, Student Affairs (chair)
  • Sal Mazzone, ISSO (chair)
  • Suzanne Dulude-Potter, University Relations
  • Lisa Edwards, History 
  • David Kimetto, Student
  • Justin Lawler, Hospitality & Event Services
  • Leanne Peters, Facilities Management
  • Lauren Rojas, Hospitality & Event Services 

Diversity Data

Charge

Identify & streamline how we data-mine, report, inform evidence-based strategies on DEI efforts, establish diversity data-mining parameters and opportunities (what/where we collect).

Membership

  • Mai Nguyen, Registrar (chair)
  • Sheri Barich, Data, Analytics & Institutional Research