To be excellent and to prepare students for working and living in an increasingly diverse nation and world, the University of Delaware must take action to enhance its diversity. A priority of the President’s Diversity Initiative is to work collaboratively across the campus to increase the presence of faculty and students from underrepresented groups, thus fostering an educational environment that embraces and inspires diverse thought.
As a community we will embrace diversity as an integral and vital part of everyday life and a cornerstone of the value of our university
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Dr. Margaret L. Andersen, Executive Director
Edward F. and Elizabeth Goodman Rosenberg Professor of Sociology
Dr. Margaret L. Andersen, Executive Director of the President’s Diversity Initiative, is the Edward F. and Elizabeth Goodman Rosenberg Professor of Sociology. She is the author of numerous books focusing on the sociological study of inequality, in particular race and gender inequality. She has served as Vice President of the American Sociological Association and President of the Eastern Sociological Society and recently received the Eastern Sociological Society’s Merit Award. She is also the recipient of the American Sociological Association’s Jessie Bernard Award, given annually to someone whose work has expanded the horizons of sociology to include women. She currently chairs the National Advisory Board for Stanford University’s Center for the Comparative Study of Race and Ethnicity. She has received two teaching awards from the University of Delaware and has served as Vice Provost for Academic Affairs, Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, Interim Deputy Provost and Associate Provost for Academic Affairs.
Dr. Nii Attoh-Okine, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Dr. Pam Cook, Department of Mathematical Sciences; Associate Dean, College of Engineering
Dr. Erica Dunbar Armstrong, Department of History
Dr. Thomas Epps, Department of Chemical Engineering
Professor Debbie Hess-Norris, Department of Art Conservation; Associate Dean, College of Arts and Sciences
Dr. Regina Sims, School of Nursing
Dr. J.P. Laurenceau, Department of Psychology
Dr. Alvina Quintana, Department of Women’s Studies
Dr. Charlie Riordan, Vice Provost for Graduate and Professional Studies; Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Dr. David Wilson, Political Science and International Relations
Dr. James Jones, Department of Psychology; Director, Center for the Study of Diversity
Dr. Tony Allen, UD Board of Trustees; Bank of America
Ms. Dana Brittingham
The University of Delaware's new Center for the Study of Diversity will begin its spring lecture series with a Feb. 15 talk by a noted criminal justice professor who will examine consumer racial profiling, informally known as "shopping while black."
More than 100 students from institutions around the country attended the annual National McNair Scholars Research Conference and Graduate School Fair, recently hosted on campus.
UD's Network of Undergraduate Collaborative Learning Experiences for Underrepresented Scholars (NUCLEUS) program is expanding its mission to encompass a wider range of academic majors within the College of Arts and Sciences (CAS).
