Task Force
The Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) Task Force, charged with identifying areas for growth and determining action steps. The task force is made up of students, faculty and staff. The DEI Task Force meets on the first Monday of each month. The task force is made up of three subcommittees – Campus Climate/Sense of Belonging, Diversity Strategic Planning, and Community Partnerships.
“The DEI Task Force is dedicated to continuing the progress of building a campus culture where all Petrels are welcomed and experience belonging.”
Dr. Rhana Gittens Wheeler, DEI Special Advisor to the President
DEI Task Force
Faculty members:
- Dr. Magdalena Carrasco, Part-Time Lecturer, Biology
- Dr. Maura Dudley, Part-Time Lecturer, Biology
- Dr. Gregory Gabriel, Lecturer, Chemistry
- Dr. James Iredell, Lecturer of Core Studies
- Dr. Christine McCulloch, Lecturer of Core Studies
- Megan Murphy, Visiting Assistant Professor of Biology
- Derek Otis, Instructional Technology Librarian
- Timothy Piper, Assistant Professor of Communication Studies
- Dr. Susan Noh, Assistant Professor, Communication Studies
- Christina Price Washington, Assistant Professor of Art and Art Program Coordinator
- Dr. Anna Ziering, Assistant Professor of Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies
Staff members:
- Helen Bond, Academic Advisor, Student Success
- Valeri Cruz ’23, Communications Coordinator, Marketing and Communications
- Peter Dye, Assistant Director, Community and Global Engagement; Writing Tutor Coordinator
- Ethan Hawkland, Assistant Director of Admission
- Laronda Hollis, Assistant Director, Counseling Center
- Autumn Johnson ’20, Assistant Director of Events and Communications, Admission
- Dr. Vivian Medrano, Senior Director, Student Success
- Elizabeth Peterson Jennings, Director, Oglethorpe University Museum of Art
- Grant Utter, Assistant Director, Marketing and Communications
- Kinsley Williams, Environmental Health and Safety Coordinator
- Marisol Zacarias, Director, Intercultural Center
Student members:
- Lacey Frye, Student
- Matt Kessinger, Student
- Naima McHardy, Student
- Jason Njagi, Student
- Morgan Quach, Student
- Jonathan “Wood” Severe, Student
Updates
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DEI Task Force, Open House, and Title IX
This message has been updated to reflect the updated DEI Task Force application deadline of October 4, 2021, and to note that the date of the first meeting is TBD. Dear OU Community: Welcome back to campus! It has been such a pleasure to see so many of you in person, and I hope the…
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Oglethorpe selects Laura Reneé Chandler, PhD as inaugural Vice President of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
Oglethorpe University has named Laura Renée Chandler, PhD as its first Vice President of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, a member of the senior administrative leadership team, effective March 5. Currently, Dr. Chandler is Director of the Center for Diversity and Community at University of South Dakota. In this new role, Dr. Chandler will lead the strategic discussion…
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DEI Taskforce Update: 11/17/20
Dear OU Community, Here are a few updates from the DEI Taskforce on various projects we have been working on during the semester. Vice President for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion The search for Oglethorpe’s inaugural Vice President of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion is well under way under the direction of President Ladany. The DEI Taskforce is…