Project Team

Principal Investigator

  • Marcia Gumpertz, Assistant Vice Provost for Faculty and Staff Diversity

Co-PIs

  • Margaret Daub, Head, Department of Plant Biology
  • Laura Severin, Professor of English
  • Daniel Solomon, Dean, College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences
  • Mary Wyer, Interim Associate Dean for Research, College of Humanities and Social Sciences

Project Coordinator

  • Ming Shi Trammel

Senior Personnel

  • Betsy Brown, Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs
  • Jo-Ann Cohen, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences
  • Karen Daniels, Associate Professor, Physics
  • Christine Grant, Professor, Associate Dean of Faculty Development and Special Initiatives
  • Karen Helm, Director, University Planning and Analysis
  • Joanne Woodard, Vice Provost for Equal Opportunity and Equity

Project Evaluator

  • Rebecca Brent , Faculty Development Consultant, President of Education Designs, Inc.

Advisory Committee on Development of Department Heads, Deans, and Center Directors

  • Nina Allen, Past Chair of the Faculty and Professor Emeritus of Plant Biology
  • Stephanie Curtis, Professor of Genetics and Director of Academic Programs
  • Thomas Easley, Director of Community for Diversity, College of Natural Resources
  • Jayne Fleener, Dean, College of Education
  • Louis Martin-Vega, Dean, College of Engineering

Advisory Committee on Development of Women and Faculty of Color as Emerging Leaders

  • Cheryl Brown, Professor of Political Science, UNC Charlotte; ACE Fellow
  • Heidi Grappendorf, Assistant Professor of Parks, Recreation and Tourism Management; Chair of the Association of Women Faculty
  • Hatice Ozturk, Teaching Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering
  • Hao Helen Zhang, Associate Professor of Statistics

Past Members

  • PI: Larry Nielsen, past Provost
  • Senior Personnel:
    • Barbara Carroll, Associate Vice Chancellor for Human Resources
    • Fay Cobb Payton, Associate Professor of Information Systems
  • Advisory Committee on Development of Department Heads, Deans, and Center Directors: Sastry Pantula, past Head, Department of Statistics
  • Advisory Committee on Development of Women and Faculty of Color as Emerging Leaders:
    • Karen Daniels, Assistant Professor of Physics
    • Christine Grant, Associate Dean for Faculty Development, College of Engineering; Professor of Chemical Engineering