People
Director
Steering Committee
Staff
Professor Phillip J. Bowman
Director
Since September 2006, Phillip J. Bowman has been the founding Director of the National Center for Institutional Diversity (NCID) at the University of Michigan. In addition, he is a Professor in the Center for the Study of Higher and Postsecondary Education; he holds a faculty appointment in the Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning; and he serves as Faculty Associate in the Center for the Study of Group Dynamics at the Institute for Social Research and as Research Affiliate with the National Poverty Center at the Gerald Ford School of Public Policy.
Professor Bowman is a social psychologist with a strong interest in cultural diversity issues in research methodology, higher education, and pressing public policy challenges, including health disparities, urban poverty, family distress, joblessness, and affirmative action.
Prior to his directorship at the NCID, Professor Bowman was the Director of the Institute for Research on Race and Public Policy (IRRPP) as well as Professor of African American Studies, Urban Planning, and Policy at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC). As the Director of IRRPP, he developed a strategic university-wide agenda to improve both the understanding and condition of African Americans, Latinos, American Indians, Asian Americans, and other groups of color, especially within complex urban ecologies.
He received his Ph.D. in Social Psychology from the University of Michigan, where he directed a postdoctoral training program in survey research methodology and helped to develop a series of landmark national studies at the Institute for Social Research on African American life. He has held faculty appointments at the University of Michigan and University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in Psychology, African American Studies, and Educational Policy, as well as at Northwestern University in Human Development and Social Policy.
A former Rockefeller Foundation Fellow and Senior Ford Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow, Professor Bowman has received research funding from numerous state agencies, federal agencies such as NIMH, NIA, NSF, and HHS, and the Spencer Foundation. He serves on advisory boards for the Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Program for Research on Black Americans, and other national organizations. Professor Bowman is also an active national and international lecturer and consultant on race, ethnicity, and public policy issues.
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Steering Committee
Steering Committee Members
Allen-Meares, Paula
Dean, School of Social Work
Professor, School of Social Work
Ex-officio—NCID Steering Committee
Bowman, Phillip J
Director, National Center for Institutional Diversity
Professor of Higher and Postsecondary Education
Faculty Associate, Center for Group Dynamics, Institute for Social Research
Faculty Associate, National Poverty Center, Gerald Ford School of Public Policy
Burkhardt, John
Director, National Forum for Higher Education and the Public Good
Clinical Professor, School of Education
Checkoway, Barry
Professor of Social Work
Professor of Urban Planning
Chesler, Mark A
Professor Emeritus of Sociology
Dewar, Margaret
Faculty Director, Ginsberg Center for Community Service and Learning
Professor of Urban Planning
Dey, Eric
Associate Professor, School of Education
Gallimore, Alec D
Associate Dean for Academic Program and Initiatives, Rackham Graduate School
Arthur F Thurnau Professor, Professor of Aerospace Engineering, College of Engineering
Featherman, David
Director, Center for Advancing Research and Solutions for Society
Research Professor, Institute for Social Research
Research Professor, Population Studies Center
Professor of Sociology and Psychology
Gurin, Patricia
Nancy Cantor Distinguished University Professor Emerita of Psychology and Women’s Studies
Gordon, David
Associate Dean for Diversity and Career Development, Medical School
Professor, Pathology Department
Gutierrez, Lorraine M
Arthur F. Thurnau Professor of Psychology and Social Work
Director of the Joint Doctoral Program in Social Work and Social Science
Jackson, James S
Director, Institute for Social Research
Faculty Associate, Institute of Gerontology
Professor, Heath Behavior & Health Education Department
Professor of Psychology
Research Professor, Research Center for Group Dynamics
Johnson, Valerie
Associate Director, National Center for Institutional Diversity
Kennedy, Michael
Director, Center for European Studies, Center for Russian & Eastern European Studies, European Union Center
Professor of Sociology
King, John L
Vice Provost for Academic Information, Office of the Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs
Professor of Information, School of Information
Martin, Maureen
Director of Foundation Relations, Office of University Development
Monts, Lester
Senior Vice Provost for Academic Affairs
Senior Counselor to the President for the Arts, Diversity, and Undergraduate Affairs
Arthur F. Thurnau Professor of Music (Musicology), School of Music
Page, Scott E
Professor of Political Science and Economics
Research Professor, Center for Political Studies
Research Professor, Institute for Social Research
Adjunct Professor of Business
Parnes, Marvin
Associate Vice President for Research & Executive Director of Research Administration, Office of Vice President for Research
Executive Director, Division of Research and Development Administration
Schultz, William W
Professor of Mechanical Engineering & Applied Mechanics
Siebers, Tobin
Director, Program in Comparative Literature
Professor of English
Stillman, Amy
Associate Professor & Program Director, Program in American Culture
Associate Professor of Musicology, School of Music, Theatre & Dance
Stewart, Abigail
Professor of Psychology and Women's Studies
Taylor, Dorceta
Associate Professor of Environmental Sociology, School of Natural Resources and Environment
Associate Professor, CAAS
Wooten, Lynn
Assistant Professor of Corporate Strategy & International Business, School of Business Administration
Steering Committee Roles and Responsibilities
Following the University of Michigan Diversity Summit in February 2004, U-M President Mary Sue Coleman created the campus-wide Center for Institutional Diversity Steering Committee, including senior faculty, deans, and staff. This committee of approximately thirty members has met to:
- identify the most pressing diversity challenges in higher education and other social institutions;
- develop an agenda for the center that is driven by these priorities; and
- move the center from a vision to a reality.
This ongoing process includes the development and refinement of the Center’s mission statement; consultations with numerous national leaders in diversity; and the development of strategic programs and research initiatives.
Staff
Valerie Johnson
Associate Director
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Valerie Johnson has been the Associate Director of the NCID since July 2006. She works with the NCID Director to oversee all programs, with special responsibility for the internal grants competition and marketing and communications. In preparation for this role, she was Special Counsel to Senior Vice Provost Lester Monts during the launch process for the Center. As part of her appointment in the Provost’s Office, she also facilitated and acted with the CRLT Players, an interactive theatre program at the U-M Center for Research on Learning and Teaching that dramatizes diversity issues in the university classroom and other academic settings. Prior to her time in the Provost’s Office, she was the Assistant Coordinator of the Secondary Education Program in the U-M School of Education. She earned her B.S. in English Education at Taylor University (Indiana), and she earned her M.A. and Ph.D. in English at the University of Kentucky, where her work concentrated on British Victorian literature, social class, and race. She has taught university courses in British literature, Native American literature, diversity awareness for teachers, young adult literature, and argumentative writing, in addition to many classes at the Carnegie Center for Literacy and Learning in Lexington, Kentucky.
Angela Ebreo
Assistant Director for Research and Training
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aebreo@umich.edu
Angela Ebreo joined NCID in July 2007. Angela comes to NCID from the University of Illinois Chicago where she served as the Assistant Director for Research at the Institute for Research on Race and Public Policy. In this role she coordinated the Institute's Asian American programs and activities, assisted with other research activities including the Race and Ethnic Disparities in Health and Race, Ethnicity, and Urban Education Initiatives, directed externally funded projects, and mentored participants in the Institute's Undergraduate Research and Leadership Training Program. The issues of diversity, equity, and social justice play a major role in her basic and engaged scholarship and in her service to the professional organizations to which she belongs, including her work with the Social Justice Task Force of the Asian American Psychological Association. Angela received a B.A. in Psychology from California State University Northridge, and earned her M.A. and Ph.D. in Social Psychology at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, where her work focused on cultural and psychosocial factors related to student adjustment. Her other interests include racial, ethnic, and gender disparities in health, campus-community collaborative research, and methodological issues in the study of race and ethnicity.
Ana C. Ormsby
Fiscal, Human Resources, and Facilities Manager
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3338 School of Education Building
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acormsby@umich.edu
Ana Ormsby joined NCID in January 2006. As the Business Manager, she is responsible for all fiscal, human resources, and facilities matters at the Center, including the creation of internal controls and support for research processes. Prior to this appointment, she spent four years at the Institute for Social Research (ISR), where she was a research associate at the Michigan Retirement Research Center, served as a bilingual survey technician, and coordinated diversity initiatives programs. Ana earned her M.A. in Public Administration at the University of Michigan’s Ford School of Public Policy, and received her B.A in Business Administration from Eastern Michigan University. Within the broader rubric of diversity, she is particularly interested in areas of inequality, educational policy, and immigration.
Precious A. Earley
Project Coordinator
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paearley@umich.edu
Precious Earley coordinates the University of Michigan Initiative on Disability Studies and the Future of Minority Studies initiatives, in addition to providing marketing, communications, and event-planning support to NCID. Prior to joining NCID, she spent 3 ½ years at the U-M Ross School of Business in Executive Education. In this capacity she provided administrative and program planning support to business school faculty, corporate executives, and upper level managers globally.
Earley received her Bachelor’s degree in broadcast news journalism from Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana, and is currently pursuing a Master’s degree in integrated marketing communications at West Virginia University.
Nancy E. Abinojar
Secretary
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3338 School of Education Building
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santana@umich.edu
Nancy Abinojar provides secretarial administrative support to the Director and Associate Director of NCID. A lifelong resident of Ann Arbor, she received an A.B. in Sociology from the University of Michigan and has worked at U-M for over ten years, with prior appointments in the departments of Chemistry and Math, as well as the Women’s Studies Program. Nancy was also appointed to a 14-member President’s Task Force on Violence Against Women on Campus during the tenure of U-M President James J. Duderstadt, as part of his Michigan Agenda for Women. Her interests in social justice include domestic violence and child welfare. She has previously served as a volunteer for SafeHouse, a shelter for domestic violence survivors and their families in Washtenaw County. Presently she volunteers as a court-appointed advocate for abused children.