Following a semester of campus activism and dialogue, in February 2015 Chancellor Mark Wrighton and Provost Holden Thorp convened a Steering Committee for Diversity & Inclusion to create a university-wide plan for diversity.
This report defines a two-year, 12-point action plan that includes the establishment of a Diversity Commission to implement the plan.
The Report of the Steering Committee for Diversity and Inclusion defined a two-year, 12-point action plan that included the establishment of a Diversity Commission to implement the plan. In addition, the Commission is exploring ways to ensure the campus is a sex and gender equitable community and is also consulting with the university’s LGBT Advisory Committee.
The Commission is undertaking its charge through working groups concentrating on each of the Report’s action items. Since January 2016, six groups have been working, focusing on staff diversity, diversity training, university-wide engagement and dialogue, recognizing leadership and impact in achieving diversity, eliminating technological barriers to diversity and inclusion, and the recommendation to explore the possibility of a race and social justice institute. Three new working groups are beginning their work in January 2017, Faculty/Pipeline Diversity, Graduate Student Diversity, and Data. Over the summer, several working groups held Coffee Hours in the Center for Diversity & Inclusion; these sessions were open to all members of our university community, to encourage community members to become more familiar with their work and engage in the process. Coffee Hours will continue this fall as the remaining working groups begin their work. Coffee Hours are announced in The Source. At any time, your input and questions are welcome via email to diversity@wustl.edu.
Commission Members
Vice Provost, William M. Van Cleve Professor of Law
Lecturer, International and Area Studies
Arts & Sciences
Assistant Dean, Scholars Program,
Director, Annika Rodriguez Scholars Program
School of Medicine
William Greenleaf Eliot Professor of Chemistry Arts & Sciences
Major in Biology, Class of 2018
Major in Business Administration
Class of 2019
Alan A. and Edith L. Wolff Professor of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine; Co-Director, Office of Faculty Development School of Medicine
Associate Dean for Administration
The Brown School
Director, Diversity and Inclusion, Content Development and Program Delivery
Office of Human Resources
Associate Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs
Dean of the Center for Diversity and Inclusion
Associate Professor Associate Dean for Diversity
The Brown School
PhD Student
The Brown School
MD Candidate
Class of 2019
Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Radiology
School of Medicine
Associate Director for Advising and Student Affairs
Olin Business School
Undergraduate Student Major in Computer Science Class of 2018
Dean, College of Architecture/Graduate School of Architecture & Urban Design
E. Desmond Lee Professor for Community Collaboration
Associate Dean; Director of Undergraduate Programs
Olin Business School
MBA Student
Class of 2017
Lucy and Stanley Lopata Distinguished Professor of Biomedical Engineering,
School of Engineering & Applied Sciences,
Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, School of Medicine
Associate Provost for Student Success
Office of the Provost
Associate Dean for Strategic Initiatives Division of Student Affairs
Administrative Assistant
Commission Administrative Lead
Dec. ’15 – Jul. ’16
Nov. ’15 – Aug. ’16
Dec. ’15 – May ‘ 16
Nov. ’15 – Aug. ’16