Committee on Diversity and Inclusion Mission
The Committee on Diversity and Inclusion works to develop and sustain a diverse and welcoming community of learning. It provides education and training on diversity and inclusion; proposes policies and supports practices that foster respect, equity, restorative justice, and dignity for every person. The committee creates spaces for multiple ideas, frameworks, and perspectives to facilitate innovative solutions to oppression, prejudices, and biases. It encourages the critique of dominant narratives and works to develop a campus culture that listens to and learns from counter-narratives. The committee’s work supports pedagogy, policies and practices that build empathy, develop social justice change agents, and strengthen EMU’s commitment to prepare students, faculty and staff to think, serve, and lead in a global context.
Committee on Diversity and Inclusion Members
Faculty/Staff
- Ashley Kishorn, Staff, Head Coach Field Hockey
- Ben Bergey, Faculty, Music Professor
- Celeste R Thomas, Staff, Director, Multicultural Student Services
- Dawn Neil, Staff, Coordinator, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
- Deanna Durham, Faculty, Applied Social Sciences
- Fred Kniss, Staff, Provost
- Jackie Font-Guzmán, Staff, Vice President, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
- Kathy Evans, Faculty, Education
- Katie Mansfield, Staff, Lead STAR Trainer
- Lindsay Martin, Staff, Associate Director of CJP Development
- Luke Litwiller, Staff, Director of Undergraudate Admissions & Recruitment
- Marci Frederick, Staff, Director of Libraries
- Shannon W. Dycus, Staff, Dean of Students
- Stefano Colafranceschi, Faculty, Computer Science
- Tim Seidel, Faculty, Program Director, Peacebuilding, Development, Global Studies; Director, Center for Interfaith EngagementPeacebuilding, Development, Global Studies
- Wendell Shank, Faculty, Instructor of Spanish
Students
- Adesola Johnson, Student, Student Government Association
- Amanda Gilbert, Student, Black Student Alliance
- Hannah Beck, Student, Student Government Association
- Shannon Cooper, Student, Student Government Association
