Since 2009, Diversity and Inclusion Grants have given Washington University faculty and staff the opportunity to lead projects addressing important diversity topics on campus.
2013-14 Diversity and Inclusion Grant Recipients
Theatre for Social Change Workshop for Staff and Faculty
Project Team Leader: Stan Braude & Annamaria Pileggi
Administrative Department/School: College of Arts & Sciences, Departments of Biology and Performing Arts
Amount of Award: $13,942
Project DIVE: Diversity & Inclusion, Valuing Engagement
Project Team Leader: Robin Hattori
Administrative Department/School: Gephardt Institute for Public Services
Amount of Award: $6,600
Lactation Education, Outreach & Facilitation
Project Team Leader: Melissa Hopkins
Administrative Department/School: School of Medicine, Facility Department
Amount of Award: $20,000
WU Summer Associates Program
Project Team Leader: Jennie Marchal
Administrative Department/School: Career Center
Amount of Award: $6,500
Diversity Summer Research Program in Public Health
Project Team Leader: William Powderly
Administrative Department/School: Institute for Public Health & Brown School
Amount of Award: $30,000
First Year Reading Program Staff Discussions
Project Team Leader: Alicia Schnell
Administrative Department/School: Office of Vice Chancellor for Students
Amount of Award: $6,550
Fair and Impartial Policing
Project Team Leader: Don Strom
Administrative Department/School: Office of Technology Management
Amount of Award: $1,520
Internship to Promote and Encourage Diversity in the Museum Profession
Project Team Leader: Allison Taylor
Administrative Department/School: Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum
Amount of Award: $5,000
Two-Spirits – Interdisciplinary LGBT Workshop for Faculty, Staff and Students
Project Team Leader: Molly Tovar & David Patterson
Administrative Department/School: Brown School- Buder Center for American Indian Studies
Amount of Award: $6,650
Women in Architecture & Design Symposium
Project Team Leader: Heather Woofter
Administrative Department/School: Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts
Amount of Award: $15,000
2012-13 Diversity and Inclusion Grant Recipients
SPIN-IT: Leadership program for WashU women in Information Technology (IT) professions
Project Team Leader: Barbara Braun
Administrative Department/School: Information Services & Technology – University Administrative and Academic Computing
Amount of Award: $11,000
Career Development Workshop Series for Faculty Diversity Scholars and Underrepresented Faculty at the School of Medicine
Project Team Leader: Douglas Char
Administrative Department/School: School of Medicine
Amount of Award: $12,000
Recruiting a Diverse Library Workforce: Summer Internship Program in the Washington University Libraries
Project Team Leader: Rudolph Clay
Administrative Department/School: John M. Olin Library
Amount of Award: $25,250
The Testimonies Project: Using the Power of Success Stories to Encourage and Empower Women at Washington University and Beyond
Project Team Leader: Koong-Nah Chung & Rochelle Smith
Administrative Department/School: School of Medicine & Division of Biology and Biomedical Sciences
Amount of Award: $10,000
Faculty Reach-Out Program (F.R.O.P.)
Project Team Leader: Archie Harmon
Administrative Department/School: School of Medicine
Amount of Award: $30,000
Empowering Faculty, Staff and Administrators to Support the Integration of International Graduate and Professional Students into Departmental Communities
Project Team Leader: Judi McLean-Parks
Administrative Department/School: Olin Business School
Amount of Award: $24,000
Women in Innovation & Entrepreneurship (WIE)
Project Team Leader: Nichole Mercier
Administrative Department/School: Office of Technology Management
Amount of Award: $20,000
Delmar Divide: A Campus Conversation
Project Team Leader: Mark Rollins
Administrative Department/School: Performing Arts Department
Amount of Award: $15,000
2011-12 Diversity and Inclusion Grant Recipients
Supporting Faculty and Staff who Work with Students of Color
Project Team Leader: Tim Bono
Administrative Department/School: Arts & Sciences
Amount of Award: $22,000
Meharry Medical College Student Training in the Washington University School of Medicine Summer Research Program
Project Team Leader: Koong-Nah Chung
Administrative Department/School: School of Medicine
Amount of Award: $30,000
Train-the-Trainer Program on Inclusion
Project Team Leader: Heather Hageman
Administrative Department/School: School of Medicine
Amount of Award: $19,450
Expanding Diversity in Technology: Internship Program for Staffing Technology Positions on Campus
Project Team Leader: Denise Hirschbeck
Administrative Department/School: Information Services & Technology – University Administrative and Academic Computing
Amount of Award: $30,000
Olin Business School Women’s Leadership Forum
Project Team Leader: Panos Kouvelis
Administrative Department/School: John M. Olin School of Business
Amount of Award: $30,000
Empowering Faculty, Staff and Administrators to Support the Integration of International Graduate and Professional Students into Departmental Communities
Project Team Leader: Peter MacKeith
Administrative Department/School: Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts
Amount of Award: $11,340
Insider’s Guide to Washington University and Our Surrounding Community
Project Team Leader: Leah Merrifield
Administrative Department/School: Office of Government and Community Relations
Amount of Award: $14,500
Interdisciplinary Leadership Summit for Faculty, Staff and Students at Washington University
Project Team Leader: Michael Sherraden and Molly Tovar
Administrative Department/School: Brown School
Amount of Award: $18,113
2010-11 Diversity and Inclusion Grant Recipients
Community Building Retreat for Medical Education Leaders
Project Team Leader: Heather Hageman
Administrative Department/School: School of Medicine
Amount of Award: $33,000
Recruitment of Minority Chemists into Academia at WUSTL: A Minority Research Fellow Program
Project Team Leader: Richard Loomis
Administrative Department/School: Arts & Sciences
Amount of Award: $47,183
Leadership & Negotiation Skill Development for Washington University Women Faculty
Project Team Leader: Tonya Edmond
Administrative Department/School: Brown School
Amount of Award: $20,500
Narratives of Law and Life: Using Film to Explore the State’s Role in Constructing Identity
Project Team Leader: Laura Rosenbury
Administrative Department/School: School of Law
Amount of Award: $7,500
Increasing the Diversity Pipeline: The African American Architecture & Visual Arts Alumni Project
Project Team Leader: Charles Brown
Administrative Department/School: Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts
Amount of Award: $15,000
Sam Fox School Diversity Lecture Series
Project Team Leader: Peter MacKeith
Administrative Department/School: Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts
Amount of Award: $8,000
WashU Global Diversity Overseas Seminar Program
Project Team Leader: Priscilla Stone
Administrative Department/School: Arts & Sciences
Amount of Award: $20,000
Global Health Initiative
Project Team Leader: Basia Najarro
Administrative Department/School: School of Medicine
Amount of Award: $25,000
2009-2010 Diversity and Inclusion Grant Recipients
Common Ground
Project Team Leader: Jean Allman
Administrative Department/School: Arts & Sciences
Amount of Award: $26,000
Managing Multiple Identities: Improving Awareness and the Campus
Project Team Leader: Brian Carpenter
Administrative Department/School: Arts & Sciences
Amount of Award: $15,000
Black Atlantic Speaker Series
Project Team Leader: Adrienne Davis
Administrative Department/School: School of Law
Amount of Award: $10,000
Interrogating Diversity: Race, Class and Gender Across Time and Space
Project Team Leader: T.R. Kidder
Administrative Department/School: Arts & Sciences
Amount of Award: $20,000
Olin Business School Mentoring and Career Success Initiative
Project Team Leader: Ron King
Administrative Department/School: John M. Olin School of Business
Amount of Award: $15,000
Symposium: the Importance of Mentoring Relationships in the Careers of Traditionally Underrepresented Women of Color in Higher Education
Project Team Leader: Tamara King
Administrative Department/School: Student Affairs
Amount of Award: $10,000
Toward Excellence in Diversity: Support for Community-Based Research and Training
Project Team Leader: Amanda M. McBride
Administrative Department/School: Brown School
Amount of Award: $15,000
Peer Group Mentoring of Women Faculty
Project Team Leader: Lisa Moscoso
Administrative Department/School: School of Medicine
Amount of Award: $26,000
Multiple Feminisms
Project Team Leader: Patricia Olynyk
Administrative Department/School: Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts
Amount of Award: $12,000
Diversity Research Scholars Visit
Project Team Leader: John Russell
Administrative Department/School: Division of Biology & Biological Sciences
Amount of Award: $30,000
Train the Trainers: Diversity Awareness in the Workplace & Classroom
Project Team Leader: Naomi D. Sigg
Administrative Department/School: Student Activities
Amount of Award: $15,000
Beyond Stock Stories and Folktales: African-American Males and the Pipeline to the Professoriate
Project Team Leader: William Tate
Administrative Department/School: Arts & Sciences
Amount of Award: $15,000
The Serenade Program: Making Targets of Opportunity Happen
Project Team Leader: Luis Zayas
Administrative Department/School: Brown School
Amount of Award: $30,000