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Diversity Committee

Believing that diversity is essential to excellence in all aspects of the educational enterprise, as well as to the conditions for democracy in a heterogeneous culture, and also believing that elimination of health disparities is essential to enhancing health in human populations, the Diversity Committee is charged with advising the Dean on issues related to achieving cultural diversity within the school of public health and on issues related to achieving societal equity as an essential component of health of the community. Areas of purview include but are not limited to: 1) recruitment and retention of underrepresented minority students, faculty and staff; 2) building a supportive environment in which diversity can thrive and which promotes mutual understanding and tolerance as a condition of academic freedom; 3) advocating for issues and positions which promote and encourage the elimination of health disparities and social inequity within the community.


2012-2013 Committee:
  • Trace Kershaw (Chair) 2010, 2012
  • Jon Atherton 2009
  • Xi Chen 2012
  • Maria Diuk Wasser (Spring 2013)
  • Robert Heimer 2010
  • Mary Keefe 2011
  • Marty Klein 2011
  • Xiaomei Ma 2012
  • Joan Monin 2011
  • Kevin Nelson 2000
  • Nina Stachenfeld 2004
  • Teresa Zhou 2012
  • Susan Whalen 2000 (ex officio)
  • TBD (student)