Office of Diversity and Inclusion Team

Michael Benitez, Jr., Ph.D.

Vice President for Diversity and Inclusion and Associate Professor

Julie Sharer-Price

Executive Assistant to the Vice President for Diversity and Inclusion

Manuel Del Real, Ph.D.

Executive Director for HSI and Inclusion

Chalane Lechuga, Ph.D.

Director of Faculty Diversity Research and Development and Professor

Jeremy VanHooser

Associate Director of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion

Chereka C. Dickerson, Ph.D.

College of Letters, Arts and Sciences

Department of English

Bill D. Herman, Ph.D.

College of Business

Department of Marketing

Jovan Hernandez Ph.D.

College of Letters, Arts and Sciences

Department of Psychological Sciences

Elizabeth Macy Ph.D.

College of Letters, Arts and Sciences

Department of Music

K. Scherrer Ph.D.

College of Health and Human Sciences

Department of Social Work

Daphne Simmonds, Ph.D.

College of Business

Department of Computer Information Systems and Business Analytics

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

Rachael Smallwood

Equity Diversity and Inclusion Graduate Assistant

Program: Master in Social Work

Nico Gomez-Lucero

Graphic Designer

Program: Bachelor of Science in Sport Management

Bee Gonzalez

Diversity Projects Assistant

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

Jaytee Savage

Diversity Project Assistant

Program: Bachelor of Arts

Sam Young

Diversity Projects Assistant

Program: Bachelor of Science in Social Work