Office of Diversity and Inclusion Staff

Michael Benitez, Jr., Ph.D.

Vice President for Diversity and Inclusion and Associate Professor

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Julie Sharer-Price

Executive Assistant to the Vice President for Diversity and Inclusion

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Manuel Del Real, Ph.D.

Executive Director for HSI and Inclusion

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Chalane Lechuga, Ph.D.

Director of Faculty Diversity Research and Development and Professor

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Jeremy VanHooser

Associate Director of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion

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Chereka C. Dickerson, Ph.D.

College of Letters, Arts and Sciences

Department of English

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Bill D. Herman, Ph.D.

College of Business

Department of Marketing

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Jovan Hernandez Ph.D.

College of Letters, Arts and Sciences

Department of Psychological Sciences

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Elizabeth Macy

College of Letters, Arts and Sciences

Department of Music

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K. Scherrer Ph.D.

College of Health and Human Sciences

Department of Social Work

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Daphne Simmonds, Ph.D.

College of Business

Department of Computer Information Systems and Business Analytics

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Itzel Martinez Bernal

Equity Diversity and Inclusion Graduate Assistant

Program: Master of Social Work

Emma Rowinski

Equity Diversity and Inclusion Graduate Assistant

Program: Master of Science in Clinical Behavioral Health

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Rachael Smallwood

Equity Diversity and Inclusion Graduate Assistant

Program: Master in Social Work

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Samara Alvarado

Diversity Projects Assistant

Program: Bachelor of Science in Social Work

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Amelia Federico

Diversity Projects Assistant

Program: Bachelor of Science in Political Science 

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Nico Gomez-Lucero

Graphic Designer

Program: Bachelor of Science in Sport Management

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Bee Gonzalez

Diversity Projects Assistant

Program: Bachelor of Arts in English, Rhetoric and Professional Composition

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Miranda Reed

Graphic Designer

Program: Bachelor of Fine Arts

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Jaytee Savage

Diversity Project Assistant

Program: Bachelor of Arts

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Sam Young

Diversity Projects Assistant

Program: Bachelor of Science in Social Work

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