DIVERSITY, EQUITY, & INCLUSION

regina sims wright


Associate Dean, Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion
 302-831-8364
diversity in the college of health sciences

DIVERSITY, EQUITY, & INCLUSION

at the UD College of Health Sciences

 

In the College of Health Sciences, we believe that diversity, equity, and inclusion are key drivers of academic excellence, impactful research, and proficient practice. We are committed to developing and implementing strategies to recruit and retain highly qualified students, faculty, and staff from diverse backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives, and nurture an inclusive environment with a sense of belonging and engagement. As a leader in health sciences training, it is our mission to train and mentor future clinicians and scientists who understand and appreciate diversity and have the cultural competence to interact effectively in a diversifying nation and world.

The CHS Health Sciences Summer Camp is among 50 programs receiving the 2019 Inspiring Programs in STEM Award from INSIGHT Into Diversity Magazine, the largest and oldest diversity, equity, and inclusion publication in higher education. Read more about winning this diversity award here.

Carrie Earthman – Professor, Health Behavior & Nutrition Sciences

Rebecca Hunting  Assistant Professor, Communication Sciences & Disorders

Huey-Jen Lin - Associate Professor, Medical & Molecular Sciences

Ju Young Shin - Associate Professor, School of Nursing

Daniel White – Assistant Professor, Physical Therapy

Melissa Witman - Assistant Professor, Kinesiology & Applied Physiology

Regina Wright – Associate Dean for Diversity, Deans Office Team

Ellen Wruble - Associate Professor, Physical Therapy

CHS DIVERSITY, EQUITY,  INCLUSION AND PROFESSIONALISM COMMITTMENT

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ANTI-RACISM RESOURCES & TOOLS

  • How to be an Anti-Racist
    Ibram X. Kendi
  • White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism
    Robin DiAngelo
  • Dear White America
    Tim Wise 
  • Between the World and Me
    Ta-’Nehesi Coates
  • The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness
    Michelle Alexander
 
  • All American Boys
    Jason Reynolds and Brandon Kiely
  • How It Went Down
    Kekla Magoon
  • Black Lives Matter 
    Sue Bradford Edwards and Duchess Harris
  • Stamped: Racism, Anti Racism, and You
    Jason Reynolds 
 
Netflix Hulu Amazon Prime
13th Detroit The Hate U Give
When They See Us Boycott Selma
American Son 3 ½ minutes, 10 Bullets Hidden Figures
See You Yesterday The Tuskegee Airmen  Loving
All Day and a Night Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am Moonlight
Dear White People   The Last Black Man in San Francisco
Malcolm X   The Untold Story of Emmitt Till
LA 92   The Black Panthers
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