Academic Diversity Officers Leadership Council
The goals of the council and monthly meetings are to identify, discuss and support unit-based and cross-unit efforts; develop new collaborative ways forward to foster inclusive excellence; share and coordinate programming; identify and proactively support the work and ongoing professional development of DEI leaders; provide a space for those directly engaged in DEI work to constructively discuss challenges and opportunities, and ensure broad-based input and discussions about university-wide DEI planning and strategies.
*This is a new council, starting Fall 2021
Members
College of Arts and Science
Carolyn Craig, Director of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging
513-529-1234
craigcs@MiamiOH.edu
College of Creative Arts
Patti Liberatore, PAS Director
patti.liberatore@MiamiOH.edu
513-529-4909
College of Education, Health, and Society
Denise Taliaferro Baszile, Associate Dean for Student Services and Diversity
taliafda@MiamiOH.edu
College of Engineering and Computing
Jessica Sparks, Associate Dean and Professor of Biomedical Engineering
sparksj6@MiamiOH.edu
Louise Morman (Backup), Director of the Lockheed Martin Leadership Institute
mormanlm@MiamiOH.edu
Farmer School of Business
Michelle Thomas, Director of Business Organizations and Diversity
513-529-4236
thomasm@MiamiOH.edu
Melissa Thomasson, Associate Dean of Faculty Affairs and Personnel
513-529-2858
thomasma@MiamiOH.edu
Graduate School
Rose Marie Ward, Associate Dean
513-529-9355
wardrm1@MiamiOH.edu
Libraries
Elizabeth Kerr, Coordinator of Strategy Assessment, and DEI
513-529-7096
kerre2@MiamiOH.edu
Aaron Shrimplin, Associate Dean of Libraries
513-529-6823
shrimpak@MiamiOH.edu
Regionals
Bennyce Hamilton, Regional Director of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Initiatives and deputy Title IX Coordinator
513-785-3024
hamiltbe@MiamiOH.edu