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CMNS Diversity & Inclusion Advisory Council 2024-2025

2024-25 CMNS Diversity & Inclusion Advisory Council Members

  • Janice Reutt-Robey, Chair of the CMNS Diversity & Inclusion Advisory Council; Chair and Professor, Chemistry & Biochemistry
  • Adetomiwa Adeusi, M.S. Student, Bioinformatics and Computational Biology
  • Ricardo Arevalo, Professor, Geology
  • Akua Asa-Awuku, Associate Dean for Diversity & Inclusion; Professor, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering ** ex-officio
  • Aamy Bakry, Ph.D. Student, Chemistry
  • Zikui Cai, Postdoctoral Associate, UMIACS
  • Tracey Centorbi, Lecturer, Geology
  • Joshua Chiel, Ph.D. Student, Physics
  • Nolan Coble, Ph.D. Student, Computer Science
  • Mel Coles, Program Manager, UMIACS & AIM
  • Evelyn Covington-Moore, Program Manager, CMNS Undergraduate Student Services Office
  • Trystan Denhard, Program Manager, Mathematics
  • Carter Dierlam, Ph.D. Student, Biological Sciences/MOCB
  • Caroline Griffith, Biological Sciences Major
  • Cerruti Hooks, Professor, Entomology
  • Nathan James, Computer Science Major
  • Isabella Jeng, Biological Sciences Major
  • Kristina Kramarczuk, Assistant Clinical Professor, FIRE/Computer Science
  • Sajan Kumar, Postdoctoral Associate, Astronomy
  • Ling Liang, Postdoctoral Associate, Mathematics
  • Shuo Liu, Ph.D. Student, Mathematics
  • Arlene Manguiat, Director, CMNS Dean's Office ** ex-officio
  • Soumya Maturi, Biochemistry Major
  • Cheri Meadows, CMNS Director of Development ** ex-officio
  • Nikita Miller, M.S. Student, Applied Machine Learning
  • Zarna Pala, Assistant Director, Biological Sciences Graduate Program
  • Christopher Palmer, Assistant Professor, Physics
  • Errica Philpott-Barber, Program Manager, Cell Biology & Molecular Genetics
  • Abby Robinson, CMNS Assistant Dean of Communications ** ex-officio
  • Jessica Sadler, Program Manager, Mathematics
  • Kasra Sardashti, Assistant Research Professor, Physics
  • Gerald Tabe, Neuroscience Major
  • Kaci Thompson, CMNS Assistant Dean of Science Education Initiatives; Director, BioFIRE ** ex-officio
  • Priya Tyagi, Biological Sciences Major
  • Kendall Williams, Senior Lecturer, Mathematics
  • Andy Yeh, Coordinator, Entomology

 

2024-25 CMNS Diversity & Inclusion Advisory Council Events

Tuesday, February 18, 2025 - Brett Nachman, Assistant Professor of Higher Education in the Educational Foundations, Organizations, and Policy Department at the University of Pittsburgh. Dr. Nachman’s research explores how colleges can cultivate more equitable learning experiences for underrepresented students, including those informed by some of his salient identities and experiences: autism/disabilities, community college transfer, and LGBTQIA+.