Diversity Officers

Diversity Officers are responsible for providing diversity education and training, overseeing climate assessments, and supporting diversity-related recruitment/retention, programming, and evaluation efforts within their respective units. Diversity Officers also collaborate on campus-wide diversity initiatives.

Diversity Officers
Division, College or School	Name and title	Email address
Division, College or School Athletics Department	Name and title Cynthia Edmunds, Chief Diversity Officer	Email address cedmunds@umd.edu
Division, College or School College of Agriculture and Natural Resources	Name and title Amanda Shaffer, Diversity Officer	Email address shaffer9@umd.edu
Division, College or School College of Arts & Humanities	Name and title Dr. GerShun Avilez, Associate Dean for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion	Email address avilez@umd.edu
Division, College or School College of Behavioral & Social Sciences	Name and title Dr. Kim Nickerson, Assistant Dean	Email address knick@umd.edu
Division, College or School College of Computer, Math & Natural Sciences	Name and title TBD	Email address
Division, College or School College of Education	Name and title Dr. Bridget Turner Kelly, Associate Professor	Email address btkelly1@umd.edu
Division, College or School College of Education	Name and title Dr. Rossina Zamora Liu, Assistant Professor	Email address rzliu@umd.edu
Division, College or School College of Education	Name and title Dr. Tracy Sweet, Assistant Professor	Email address tsweet@umd.edu
Division, College or School College of Information Studies	Name and title Dr. Renee Hill, Principal Lecturer	Email address rfhill@umd.edu
Division, College or School College of Journalism	Name and title Alexis Victoria Ojeda-Brown, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Coordinator	Email address aojedabr@umd.edu
Division, College or School Division of Administration & Finance	Name and title Dannielle Glaros, Assistant VP & Chief of Staff	Email address dglaros@umd.edu
Division, College or School Division of Information Technology	Name and title Tripti Sinha, Assistant VP	Email address tsinha@umd.edu
Division, College or School Division of Research	Name and title Janelle Solange Gabriel, Director of Finance and Administration	Email address janelleg@umd.edu
Division, College or School Division of Student Affairs	Name and title Erin Iverson, Director of Administrative Operations	Email address eiverson@umd.edu
Division, College or School Division of Student Affairs	Name and title James McShay, Assistant VP	Email address jmcshay@umd.edu
Division, College or School Division of University Relations	Name and title Nicole P. Jenkins, Assistant Director for Human Resources	Email address njenkin1@umd.edu
Division, College or School Graduate School	Name and title Dr. Christopher Pérez, Director	Email address cperez6@umd.edu
Division, College or School Office of the President	Name and title Mashanda Mosley, Staff Ombuds Officer	Email address mymosley@umd.edu
Division, College or School School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation	Name and title Dr. Clara Irazábal, Professor & Director, Urban Studies & Planning Program	Email address irazabal@umd.edu
Division, College or School School of Engineering	Name and title Dr. Akua A. Asa-Awuku, Professor & Associate Dean for Diversity and Equity	Email address asaawuku@umd.edu
Division, College or School School of Engineering	Name and title Dr. Hugh Bruck, Professor & Associate Dean	Email address bruck@umd.edu
Division, College or School School of Public Health	Name and title Erin McClure, Chief of Staff	Email address elmc@umd.edu
Division, College or School School of Public Policy	Name and title Dr. Alana Hackshaw, Associate Professor	Email address hackshaw@umd.edu
Division, College or School Undergraduate Studies	Name and title Dr. Georgette Hardy DeJesus, Executive Director of Pre-College Programs	Email address dejesus@umd.edu
Division, College or School University Libraries	Name and title Nneka Chisholm-Edwards, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Officer	Email address ncedward@umd.edu

Last updated: Feb. 2, 2023