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!
Jonathan Edward Schroeder
William A. Kern Professor of Communications
Rochester Institute of Technology
Isabella Alcañiz
Associate Professor in the Department of Government and Politics
University of Maryland
Donte L. Bernard
Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychological Sciences
University of Missouri
Carmen C. Monico
Associate Professor in the Department of Social Work & Sociology
North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University
Roland L. Leak
Associate Professor of Business
North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University
Paulette Vincent-Ruz
Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Chemistry Education
University of Michigan
Wen Guo
Assistant Professor of Arts Administration
Elon University
Quanisha D. Charles
Assistant Professor in the Department of English
Jefferson Community & Technical College
Brian S. Holzman
Research Scientist in the Houston Education Research Consortium
Rice University
Guillermo Ortega
Assistant Professor of Education
Idaho State University
Stephanie Bondi
Associate Professor in the Department of Educational Administration
University of Nebraska, Lincoln
Amanda Lyn Mollet
Assistant Professor in the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies
University of Kansas
Kathryn Nicole Hosbein
Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Chemistry Education
University of Michigan
Paul Johnathan Nelson
Independent Researcher of Medicine
Paul Luther LLC
Devika Dibya Choudhuri
Professor of Education
Eastern Michigan University
Terrell D. Brown
Associate Professor of Social Work
Florida A&M University
Gudrun Nyunt
Assistant Professor in the Department of Counseling and Higher Education
Northern Illinois University
Kirsten R. Brown
Lecturer of Research Design and Methods of Education
Edgewood College
Alasambom Nyingchuo
Assistant Professor in the Department of Theatre and Film Studies
The University of Bamenda
Quenette Leatrice Walton
Assistant Professor of Social Work
University of Houston
Patsy R. Smith
Associate Professor in the Earl Ziegler College of Nursing
The University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
Ernesto Castaneda
Associate Professor of Social and Behavioral Sciences
American University
David Chison Oh
Associate Professor in the Department of Media Studies
Ramapo College of New Jersey
Melanie A. Killen
Professor of Human Development and Quantitative Methodology
University of Maryland
Chana Miriam Etengoff
Assistant Professor of Social and Behavioral Sciences
Adelphi University
Marvin Allan Solberg
Postdoctoral Research Associate of Nursing
University of Illinois Chicago
Marita C. Gilbert
Associate Dean of Diversity and Campus Inclusion in the College of Osteopathic Medicine
Michigan State University
Elan C. Hope
Associate Professor in the College of Humanities and Social Sciences
North Carolina State University
Trina R. Shanks
Harold R. Johnson Collegiate Professor of Social Work in the Institute for Social Research
University of Michigan
Kentaro Toyama
W. K. Kellogg Professor of Community Information
University of Michigan
Mohammad Hosseini
Postdoctoral Researcher of Health and Biomedical Informatics
Northwestern University
A. Lamont Williams
Assistant Professor of Kinesiology
San Jose State University
Ebony Elizabeth Thomas
Associate Professor in the Joint Program in English and Education
University of Michigan
Joya N. Hampton-Anderson
Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Emory University School of Medicine
Amanda L. Folk
Head of Teaching & Learning in University Libraries
The Ohio State University
Angela Clark-Taylor
Executive Director of the Flora Stone Mather Center for Women of Education
Case Western Reserve University
Maria Dolores Resendiz
Associate Professor in the Department of Communication Disorders
Texas State University
Shanika Lavi Wilson
Assistant Professor of Social Work
North Carolina Central University
Tracey Overbey
Assistant Professor of Information
The Ohio State University
Yeonjung Jane Lee
Assistant Professor in the Department of Social Work
The University of Hawaiʻi, Mānoa
Jerell Hill
Dean of Education
Pacific Oaks College
Kathryn Hacker
Research Scientist in the Epidemiology Department
University of Michigan
Cindy Finelli
Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
University of Michigan
Charlotte Karem Albrecht
Assistant Professor of American Studies and Women's & Gender Studies
University of Michigan
Michael Vicente Stanton
Assistant Professor in the Department of Public Health
California State University, East Bay
Princess H. Williams
Assistant Professor in the Political Science Department
Amherst College
Isaac Wingfield
Lecturer of Art & Design
University of Michigan
Myeshia N. Price
Senior Research Scientist of Social and Behavioral Sciences
The Trevor Project
Josephine M. Kim
Senior Lecturer on Education in the Graduate School of Education
Harvard University
Derek M. Novacek
Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioural Sciences
University of California, Los Angeles
Michael Williams
Faculty Lecturer in the Department of Human Relations
The University of Oklahoma
Andrea M. Headley
Assistant Professor of Public Policy and Administration
Georgetown University
Kristina Shull
Assistant Professor in the Department of History
University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Jodi L. Linley
Associate Professor in the Department of Educational Policy and Leadership Studies
University of Iowa
Hilary Lustick
Assistant Professor in the College of Fine Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences
University of Massachusetts, Lowell
Prentiss Dantzler
Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology
University of Toronto
Nicolette A. Harris
Assistant Professor in the Department of Interdisciplinary Health Sciences
A.T. Still University
Wunpini Fatimata Mohammed
Assistant Professor in the Grady College of Journalism & Mass Communication
University of Georgia
Tia Sheree Gaynor
Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science
University of Cincinnati
Sydney Davis Richardson
Department Chair in the Department of Leadership Studies & Adult Education, and School Administration
North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University
Ceema Samimi
Assistant Professor of Social Work
University of Minnesota
Elizabeth R. Cole
Professor in the Department of Psychology
University of Michigan
Mario I. Suárez
Assistant Professor in the College of Education and Human Services
Utah State University
Monica D. Brooks
Professor in the History Department
Georgia Highlands College
Hiawatha Smith
Assistant Professor in the Teacher Education Department
University of Wisconsin–River Falls
Wilson Kwamogi Okello
Assistant Professor in the Watson College of Education
University of North Carolina at Wilmington
Tyler G. James
Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Department of Family Medicine
University of Michigan
Antar A. Tichavakunda
Assistant Professor of Education
University of Cincinnati
Ayanna R. Cummings
Postdoctoral Research Fellow of Social and Behavioral Sciences
Georgia Institute of Technology
Diane Forbes Berthoud
Chief Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Officer and Vice President
University of Maryland, Baltimore
Jacquelyn Wiersma-Mosley
Professor in the Bumpers College School of Human Environmental Sciences
University of Arkansas
Michelle Zuñiga
Assistant Professor in the Department of Geography & Earth Sciences
University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Orkideh Mohajeri
Assistant Professor in the Department of Educational Foundations & Policy Studies
West Chester University of Pennsylvania
Ansley Booker
Director of Diversity and Inclusion Initiatives in the Educational Opportunity Center
Mercer University
Tarah Williams
Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science
Allegheny College
Melissa E. Abeyta
Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology
University of Texas at Rio Grande Valley
Aurora Santiaggo Ortiz
Lyman T. Johnson Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Department of Information Sciences
University of Kentucky
Tania D. Mitchell
Associate Professor in the Department of Organizational Leadership, Policy, and Development
University of Minnesota
Cirleen DeBlaere
Associate Professor in the College of Education & Human Development
Georgia State University
Buffie Longmire-Avital
Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology
Elon University
Leigh Ann Wilson
Associate Professor in the Department of History and Communications
University of Massachusetts Global
Laura-Ann Jacobs
Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Stepping uP Against Racism and Xenophobia (SPARX) and Anti-Racism Collaborative
University of Michigan
Teniell L. Trolian
Assistant Professor in the Department of Educational Policy & Leadership
University at Albany, State University of New York
Dione M. King
Associate Professor in the Department of Social Work
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Lenny A. Urena Valerio
Associate Director for Program Development in the Latin American & Iberian Institute
University of New Mexico
Sarita Jayanty Mizin
Assistant Professor in the Department of English
University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire
Courtnee Erin Melton-Fant
Assistant Professor in the School of Public Health
University of Memphis
Katherine S. Cho
Assistant Professor in the Department of Educational Leadership
Miami University
Lakeya Omogun
Assistant Professor of Education
University of Washington
Liane Indira Hypolite
Assistant Professor in the College of Education and Integrative Studies
California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
Maurice Shirley
Assistant Professor in the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies
Indiana University
Ebony Perez
Chair in the Undergraduate Social Work Department
Saint Leo University
Andrea Negrete
Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology
Wesleyan University
Jun Ai
Assistant Professor of Education
University of Northern Iowa
Tiffany Nicole Florvil
Associate Professor in the Department of History
University of New Mexico
Jonathan C. Reimer
Lecturer in Performance Studies
University of California, San Diego
Nancy Fleischer
Associate Professor of Public Health
University of Michigan
Shena Sanchez
Assistant Professor in the Department of Educational Studies in Psychology, Research Methodology, and Counseling
University of Alabama
Amy Elizabeth Jones Haug
Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Department of Education Policy and Social Analysis
Teachers College, Columbia University
Jason K. Wallace
Assistant Professor of Education
University of Southern Mississippi
Aneesa Aruna Baboolal
Assistant Professor in the Department of Crime and Justice Studies
University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
Melody Harvey
Assistant Professor in the Department of Consumer Science
University of Wisconsin–Madison
Jioni A. Lewis
Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology
University of Maryland, College Park
Jesse Randall Ford
Assistant Professor in the Department of Teacher Education and Higher Education
University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Roman Liera
Assistant Professor in the Department of Educational Leadership
Montclair State University
Maria A. Militzer
Paul B. Cornely Postdoctoral Scholar in the Center for Research on Ethnicity, Culture, and Health
University of Michigan
Jennifer D. Turner
Associate Professor in the Department of Teaching and Learning, Policy and Leadership
University of Maryland
Tonya Kneff-Chang
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Educational Foundations and Policy in the Community-Based Research on Equity, Activism, and Transformative Education (CREATE) Center
University of Michigan
Rahwa Haile
Associate Professor in the Department of Public Health
State University of New York College at Old Westbury
Hatice Karahan
Visiting Scholar in the Davis Center for Russian and Erasian Studies of Social and Behavioral Sciences
Harvard University
Cristina Alcalde
Vice President for Institutional Diversity and Inclusion
Miami University
Mabel Eunice Hernandez
Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Department of Neurology
University of Southern California
Nancy Acevedo
Associate Professor in the College of Education Doctoral Studies Program
California State University, San Bernardino
Ezella McPherson
Independent Research Scholar of Education
Dr. McPherson Coaching, LLC/ Detroit Regional Chamber
Tawanna R. Dillahunt
Associate Professor of Information
University of Michigan
Vanessa Fonseca-Chávez
Associate Dean of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in the College of Integrative Sciences and Arts
Arizona State University
Boris Ricks
Associate Professor in the Political Science Department
California State University, Northridge
Rebecca M. Bratspies
Professor of Law
City University of New York
Jason A. Laker
Professor of Higher Education, Student Affairs, and Community Development
San José State University