The Diversity Scholars Network is a scholarly community committed to advancing understandings of historical and contemporary social issues related to identity, difference, culture, representation, power, oppression, and inequality — as they occur and affect individuals, groups, communities, and institutions. The following individuals join an international community of over 1,500 diversity scholars in order to:
- Engage in a scholarly community to collaborate and mobilize for social change
- Receive support to produce your scholarship
- Access opportunities to translate and disseminate your scholarship
- Become part of a collective to advance diversity scholarship in the academy
Welcome, new members!
Banibrata Mahanta
Professor of English
Banaras Hindu University, India
Kamaria Bianca Porter
Assistant Professor of Education Policy Studies
The Pennsylvania State University
Quortne R. Hutchings
Assistant Professor of Higher Education
Northern Illinois University
Doo Jae Park
Lecturer, Sport Management & Kinesiology
University of Michigan
Rogerio M. Pinto
Professor and Associate Dean for Research and Innovation
University of Michigan
Kayon Hall
Assistant Professor of Higher Education
Kent State University
Jochebed Gethsemane Gayles
Assistant Research Professor
Pennsylvania State University
Ezinne D. Ofoegbu
Assistant Professor
Santa Clara University
Angela Crumdy
Provost Postdoctoral Fellow
University of Pennsylvania
Angel Alfonso Escamilla Garcia
Postdoctoral Fellow, Migrations Initiative
Cornell University
P. Paul Chandanabhumma
Assistant Professor of Family Medicine
University of Michigan Medical School
Samuel L. K. Baxter
Postdoctoral Fellow, Public Health Sciences
Clemson University
Elizabeth Anona Bishop
Associate Professor of History
Texas State University
Suzanne Bergeron
Helen Mataya Graves Collegiate Professor
University of Michigan–Dearborn
Tracy L. Davis
Professor of College Student Personal
Western Illinois University
JoeAnn H. Nguyen
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
University of Pittsburgh
Celeste Watkins-Hayes
Professor of Sociology
University of Michigan
Harmony A. Reppond
Associate Professor of Psychology
University of Michigan–Dearborn
Jacqueline Mac
Assistant Professor of Higher Education
Northern Illinois University
Erica Marsh
S. Jan Behrman Collegiate Professor of Reproductive Medicine
University of Michigan
Ida R. Salusky
Research Associate
Northwestern University
Terrance Ruth
Professor of Social Work
North Carolina State University
Tracnette Levon Jackson
Professor of Mathematics
University of Michigan
Kimberly A. Truong
Chief Equity Officer
Harvard University
Mark Anthony Neal
James B. Duke Distinguished Professor
Duke University
Sarah Simi Cohen
Doctoral Candidate
The University of Texas at Austin
Robin Brooks
Associate Professor of Africana Studies
University of Pittsburgh
Candace Nicole Miller
Assistant Professor of Sociology
University of North Carolina, Charlotte
Sonya Xinyue Xiao
Assistant Professor of Psychological Sciences
Northern Arizona University
Nupur Nitin Joshi
Assistant Professor of Anthropology and Sociology
Kalamazoo College
Mary Dueñas
Assistant Professor Educational Leadership & Policy Studies
University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Gabriel Crosby
Director of Graduate Business Programs
Prairie View A&M University
Reginald D. Wilkerson
Assistant Professor Educational and Organizational Leadership Development
The College of William & Mary
Demar Francis Lewis IV
Assistant Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice (anticipated start date of August 2023)
University of Maryland
Antonia Randolph
Assistant Professor of American Studies
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Joaquin Noguera
Postdoctoral Fellow
University of California, Santa Barbara
Justine P. Wu
Assistant Professor of Family Medicine
University of Michigan
Chase J. Catalano
Assistant Professor of Education
Virginia Tech University
Patricia Virella
Assistant Professor of Educational Leadership
Montclair State University
Travis Chi Wing Lau
Assistant Professor of English
Kenyon College
Marisol Diaz
Assistant Professor Education Studies
Stephen F. Austin State University
Derek M. Griffith
Founder and Co-Director of the Racial Justice Institute
Founder and Director of the Center for Men's Health Equity; Professor
Georgetown University
Ernesto Noronha
Professor of Management
Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad
Milad Mohebali
Postdoctoral Scholar
University of Iowa
Samira K. Mehta
Associate Professor and Director of Jewish Studies
University of Colorado Boulder
Shuling Yang
Assistant Professor of Literacy
East Tennessee State University
prabhdeep singh kehal
Postdoctoral Fellow
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Jacob Cody Nielsen
Director of the Center for Spirituality and Social Justice and Faculty
Dickinson College
Donovan Colquitt
Dean of Postsecondary Success
Jalen Rose Leadership Academy
Kyra Shahid
Director of The William Monroe Trotter Multicultural Center
University of Michigan
Anna Kirkland
Kim Lane Scheppele Collegiate Professor
University of Michigan
Candace N. Hall
Assistant Professor and Graduate Program Director
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
Michelle Denise Vaughan
Associate Professor of Professional Psychology
Wright State University
Sean Kramer
Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Curatorial Fellow
Bowdoin College
Nancy Acevedo
Associate Professor of Educational Leadership and Technology
California State University, San Bernardino
Mabel Eunice Hernandez
Postdoctoral Research Associate
University of Southern California
Cristina Alcalde
Vice President for Institutional Diversity and Inclusion
Miami University
Kristi Elizabeth Gamarel
Associate Professor of Health Behavior
University of Michigan
Melissa Burch
Assistant Professor of Anthropology
University of Michigan
Cameron C. Beatty
Assistant Professor and Higher Education Program Coordinator
Florida State University
Johnny Crayd Woods, Jr.
Postdoctoral Associate
Virginia Tech University
Marion Daniel Bennett
Assistant Professor of Social Work
University of Arkansas
JoAnna Boudreaux
Doctoral Candidate
University of Memphis
James R. Neumeister
Senior Research Scientist
University of Chicago
Jeffrey K. Grim
Visiting Assistant Professor of Higher Education and Student Affairs
University of Iowa
Robert Cassanello
Associate Professor of History
University of Central Florida
Lawrence M. Jackson
Associate Professor of Dance
George Mason University
Cheun-Yeong Lee
Assistant Professor of Education
Governors State University
Aaron Coleman
Anti-Racism Collaborative Postdoctoral Fellow
University of Michigan
Ting-Han Chang
Postdoctoral Researcher
University of Southern California
Aireale Joi Rodgers
HEAL Postdoctoral Fellow
University of Wisconsin–Madison
Matthew Bui
Assistant Professor of Information
University of Michigan
Angela Malone Cartwright
Director, Diversity Initiatives and Community Engagement
West Virginia University
Stephen Graves
Assistant Professor of Black Studies
University of Missouri
Evren Altinkas
Adjunct Professor of History
University of Guelph
Emily Thatcher Creamer
Postdoctoral Scholar
The Ohio State University
Charles B. Chang
Associate Professor of Linguistics
Boston University
Mary Ann Bodine Al-Sharif
Assistant Professor of Higher Education
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Eman Tadros
Assistant Professor of Psychology and Counseling
Governors State University
Robin Phelps-Ward
Associate Dean of the Graduate School
Ball State University
Yijie Wang
Assistant Professor of Human Development and Family Studies
Michigan State University
Alex C. Lange
Assistant Professor of Higher Education
Colorado State University
Ron Eglash
Professor of Information
University of Michigan
Ellen Melissa Broido
Professor of Higher Education and Student Affairs
Bowling Green State University
Lenny A. Urena Valerio
Associate Research Professor
University of New Mexico
Christina V. Cedillo
Associate Professor of Writing and Rhetoric
University of Houston–Clear Lake
Blanca Elizabeth Vega
Assistant Professor of Higher Education
Montclair State University
Kevin Keith Wiley
Assistant Professor of Healthcare Leadership and Management
Medical University of South Carolina
Sharmilee M. Nyenhuis
Associate Professor Medicine, Director of Allergy/Asthma/Immunology Program
University of Illinois Chicago
Tiffany L. Steele
Assistant Professor of Educational Leadership
University of Rochester
Sangseraima Ujeed
Assistant Professor of Tibetan Buddhism
University of Michigan
Adrienne Katner
Associate Professor of Public Health
Louisiana State University
Andrew Janusz
Assistant Professor of Political Science
University of Florida
Michael J. Brennan
High School History Teacher
Old Orchard Beach High School
Jean Paul deGuzman
Lecturer of Asian American Studies
University of California, Los Angeles
Anne-Marie Núñez
Professor of Educational Studies
The Ohio State University
Krista Highland
Research Associate Professor
Uniformed Services University
Sruthi Swami
Assistant Professor of Psychology
California State University, Sacramento
Maura J. Pereira-Leon
Lecturer, Faculty Research Associate
Indiana University Bloomington
ToniAnn Danielle Treviño
Assistant Professor of History
Texas Lutheran University
Michelle S. Williams
Assistant Professor of Global and Community Health
George Mason University
Christina V. Mangurian
Professor, Vice Chair for Diversity and Health Equity
University of California, San Francisco
Evandra Catherine
Assistant Professor of Early Childhood Education/Special Education
Arizona State University
Witzard Seide
Clinical Professor, Medical Consultant to the Surgeon General
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
Jhumka Gupta
Associate Professor of Global and Community Health
George Mason University
Lamont D. Simmons
Assistant Professor of Leadership
Salem State University
Luciana de Souza Leão
Assistant Professor of Sociology
University of Michigan
Davon Norris
LSA Collegiate Fellow/Assistant Professor of Organizational Studies
University of Michigan
Kei Graves
Adjunct Faculty / Chief Program Officer
Cuyahoga Community College
Matthew A. Cooney
Assistant Professor/Interim Director of Interdisciplinary Leadership Doctoral Program
Governors State University
David Isaac Hernandez-Saca
Associate Professor of Disability Studies in Education
University of Northern Iowa
christian davenport
Professor for the Study of Human Understanding
University of Michigan
Jon Syed Iftikar
Assistant Professor of Education Leadership
Indiana State University
Valentina J. Rozas-Krause
Assistant Professor of Art History
University of Michigan
Nadeem Abdulmalik Abdulrahman Aljonaid
Assistant Professor of Economics
Shandong University
Lauren Forbes
Assistant Professor of Public Administration
University of Cincinnati
Jessica Sujata Chandras
Assistant Professor of Anthropology
University of North Florida
Romona L. West
Senior Director, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion - Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences
University of Arkansas
Alireza Salehi-Nejad
Researcher
University of Tehran
Jonathan A. McElderry
Dean of Student Inclusive Excellence and Assistant Professor
Elon University
Richard Max Gavrich
Adjunct Professor
California College of the Arts
Elizabeth Anne Gurian
Associate Professor, Associate Director of the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice
Norwich University
Jagdish Khubchandani
Professor of Public Health
New Mexico State University
Terrell Lamont Strayhorn
Professor and PhD Program Director
Illinois State University
Matthew Wolfgram
Researcher, Principal Investigator
University of Wisconsin–Madison
Jude Paul Matias Dizon
Assistant Professor of Higher Education and Student Affairs
Rutgers University–New Brunswick
Keith Edwards
Speaker, Consultant, and Coach
Keith Edwards Speaking
Stephanie Aguilar-Smith
Assistant Professor of Counseling and Higher Education
University of North Texas
Amanda Isabel Osuna
Doctoral Candidate
Michigan State University
Brett Ranon Nachman
Assistant Professor of Adult and Lifelong Learning
University of Arkansas
Eric Joy Denise
Associate Professor of Psychology
Virginia Commonwealth University
Yasser Payne
Professor of Sociology and Criminal Justice
University of Delaware
Brittney S. Harris
Assistant Professor of Theatre and Performance
Old Dominion University
Ashley Yvonne Stone
Postdoctoral Teaching Fellow
DePaul University
Laila McCloud
Assistant Professor of Educational Leadership and Counseling
Grand Valley State University
Sheiveh N. Jones
Executive Director, Human Resources-Teacher Effectiveness and Preparation
San Diego County Office of Education
Jacqueline Nguyen
Associate Professor of Educational Psychology
University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee
Stephanie Maass
Associate Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice
Norwich University
Derrick R. Brooms
Professor of Africana Studies & Sociology
University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Raphael Travis
Professor of Social Work
Texas State University
Chester Holland
Research Manager
Council of the Great City Schools
Yannick Kluch
Assistant Professor and Director of Inclusive Excellence
Virginia Commonwealth University
Stephanie Fryberg
University Diversity and Social Transformation Professor, Professor
University of Michigan
Katherine Czado Aquino
Assistant Professor of Administrative and Instructional Leadership
St. John's University
Branden Anthony McLeod
Associate Professor of Social Work
University of Illinois Chicago
Allison Page
Assistant Professor of Media Studies
Old Dominion University
Melissa Indera Singh
Associate Professor of Social Work, Practicum Education
University of Southern California
Carla A. Pfeffer
Associate Professor and Director of the Consortium for Sexual and Gender Minority Health
Michigan State University
Nwankwo Tony Nwaezeigwe
Senior Research Fellow
Institute of African Studies, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Nigeria