Diversity and Inclusion Advisory Board
The Graduate School Diversity & Inclusion Advisory Council (GS-DAiC) is responsible for providing the leadership of The Graduate School (TGS) with feedback and guidance on diversity and inclusion plans and initiatives focused on graduate and professional students, postdoctoral scholars, and other key constituency groups. The membership of the GS-DAC 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 GS-DAC via invitation and/or nomination. Graduate and professional students and postdoctoral trainees serve on the GS-DAC via selection through an application process. Members of the GS-DAC provide insights on established best diversity and inclusion practices within the academy, industry, NGO’s, and government, which helps inform the efforts within the Graduate School.
Board Members
- Angel Alvarez, PhD, Associate Professor, Neurology
- Guillermo Antonio Ameer, DSc, Daniel Hale Williams Professor, McCormick School of Engineering
- Lisa Anderson, PhD, Senior Coordinator, Special Projects, Office of The President
- Patricia A. Beddows, PhD, Assistant Chair/Assistant Professor of Instruction, Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences
- Jhan Berry, Executive Director, Talent Development & Diversity, Educational Testing Service
- Inger E Burnett-Zeigler, PhD (Chair), Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
- Pamela Carpentier, PhD, Assistant Director, Driskill Graduate Program in Life Sciences
- Kourtney Cockrell, Director of Student Enrichment Services, Division of Student Affairs
- Paola Esmieu, Special Assistant to the President, Paul Quinn College
- Jasmine Gurneau, Manager, Native American and Indigenous Initiatives, The Office of Institutional Diversity and Inclusion
- Joseph Hibdon, PhD, Associate Professor, Acting Chair, Mathematics, Northeastern Illinois University
- Bruce A. Lindall, PhD, Assistant Dean, Graduate Studies, McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science
- Emily A. Maguire, PhD, Director, Graduate Studies, Associate Professor Department of Spanish and Portuguese
- Rick McGee, PhD, Associate Dean for Professional Development, Feinberg School of Medicine
- Alicia McGeachy PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for Scientific Studies in The Arts
- Miriam Petty, PhD, Director of Graduate Studies, Associate Professor, Screen Cultures
- Monica Russel y Rodriguez, PhD, Assistant Provost for Diversity and Inclusion, The Office of Institutional Diversity and Inclusion