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Working Group Purpose Statement:
To develop a comprehensive plan, timeline, and assessment benchmarks for identifying and redressing racist practices experienced by BIPOC faculty, advancing a diverse, multiculturally informed, and anti-racist instructional faculty that cultivate an inclusive university climate, and providing robust support such that BIPOC faculty can thrive at JMU throughout each stage of their professional career.
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Cynthia Bauerle
Interim Vice Provost for Faculty and Curriculum
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Cara Meixner
Professor, Graduate Psychology; Executive Director, CFI
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Besi Muhonja
Professor, Director, African, African American, and Diaspora Studies
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David Owusu-Ansah
Associate Provost for Diversity & Professor of History
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Linda M. Thomas
Professor
Working Group Members:
Melissa W. Aleman - Communication Studies
Marcus Davis - Associate Dean, College of Science & Math
Gilpatrick Hornsby - Assistant Professor, Hart School of Hospitality, Sport and Recreation Management
Cherelle Johnson - Adjunct Faculty, College of Education
Jennifer Kester - Human Resources
Calvin Henry Lawrence - Alumnus
Meshayla Lumpkin - Graduate Student, CSPA
Anastaciya Wheeler - Student
Steve Whitmeyer - Interim Associate Dean, College of Science & Math