Diversity and Inclusion Advisory Council
The Graduate School (TGS) Diversity and Inclusion Advisory Council (DIAC) is responsible for providing TGS leadership with feedback and guidance on diversity and inclusion plans and initiatives focused on graduate and professional students, postdoctoral scholars, and other key constituency groups. DIAC membership includes representatives of the following constituency groups:
- Graduate and professional students
- Faculty and staff
- Postdoctoral trainees
- Alumni
- Employer partners
Alumni, employer partners, faculty, and staff serve on the DIAC via invitation and/or nomination. Graduate and professional students and postdoctoral trainees serve on the DIAC via selection through an application process. Members of the DIAC provide insight on established best diversity and inclusion practices within the academy, industry, NGOs, and government, which help inform the efforts within The Graduate School.
Council Members
- Angel Alvarez, PhD, Research Assistant Professor, Neurology
- Guillermo Antonio Ameer, DSc, Daniel Hale Williams Professor, McCormick School of Engineering
- Patricia A. Beddows, PhD, Assistant Chair / Assistant Professor of Instruction, Earth & Planetary Sciences
- Jhan Berry, Executive Director, Talent Development & Diversity, Educational Testing Service
- Lauren-Ashley Buchanan, PhD, Interim Director for Diversity and Inclusion / Associate Director, Student Life, The Graduate School
- Inger E Burnett-Zeigler, PhD (Chair), Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Psychology
- Pamela Carpentier, PhD, Associate Director, Driskill Graduate Program in Life Sciences
- Paola Esmieu, Chief of Staff, Paul Quinn College
- Jasmine Gurneau, Director, Native American and Indigenous Affairs, The Office of Institutional Diversity and Inclusion
- Joseph Hibdon, Jr., PhD, Associate Professor / Acting Chair, Mathematics, Northeastern Illinois University
- Bruce A. Lindall, PhD, Assistant Dean for Graduate Studies, McCormick School of Engineering
- Alicia McGeachy, PhD, Postdoctoral Trainee, Center for Scientific Studies in The Arts
- Rick McGee, PhD, Associate Dean for Faculty Recruitment and Professional Development, Feinberg School of Medicine
- José Medina, PhD, Walter Dill Scott Professor, Department of Philosophy
- Miriam Petty, PhD, Associate Professor, Screen Cultures / Associate Dean for Academic Programs, The Graduate School