Finalists for Vice Provost for Diversity and Senior Advisor to the Chancellor
Dear Colleagues,
We are pleased to announce that three finalists for the position of Vice Provost for Diversity and Senior Advisor to the Chancellor will be visiting campus on the dates below:
Pedro Cabán, PhD
Professor and Director of Graduate Programs
Department of Latin American, Caribbean, and U.S. Latino Studies
University at Albany, State University of New York
Biography
Curriculum Vitae
Monday and Tuesday, February 11-12, 2013
Open Forum: Monday, February 11, 1:30 to 2:45 pm, SSB Conference Rooms B&C
Mark Q. Sawyer, PhD
Professor of African American Studies and Political Science
Director of the Center for the Study of Race, Ethnicity and Politics
Chair of the UCLA Interdisciplinary Program in Afro-American Studies
University of California, Los Angeles
Biography
Curriculum Vitae
Monday and Tuesday, February 25-26, 2013
Open Forum: Monday, February 25, 1:30 to 2:45 time change: 2:00 – 3:15 pm, SSB Conference Rooms B&C
Tyrone A. Forman, PhD
Director, James Weldon Johnson Institute for the Study of Race and Difference
Associate Professor, Department of Sociology
Emory University
Biography
Curriculum Vitae
Monday and Tuesday, March 4 and 5, 2013
Open Forum: Monday, March 4, 2:00 to 3:15 pm, SSB Conference Rooms B&C
We hope you will meet with each of the candidates and provide your evaluation to us using this evaluation form. Your input is very important to the success of this search process.
To RSVP for the town hall meetings or if accommodations are needed to attend these meetings, please contact Marelet Kirda at brugada@uic.edu, 312-355-0090.
We would like to thank the members of the search committee, listed below, for their excellent work over the last year.
Sincerely,
Paula Allen-Meares
Chancellor
Vice President, University of Illinois
John Corbally Presidential Professor
Lon S. Kaufman
Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs and Provost
Victoria Chou (co-chair)
Dean and Professor
College of Education
Yolanda Suarez-Balcazar (co-chair)
Head and Professor
Department of Occupational Therapy
College of Applied Health Sciences
Megan Carney
Director
Gender and Sexuality Center
Ralph Cintron
Associate Professor, Department of English
Associate Professor, Department of Latin American and Latino Studies Program
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Wenji Guo
Undergraduate Student
Department of Biological Sciences
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Janis Hayden
Assistant to Dr. Campbell/Business Manager
Department of Restorative Dentistry
College of Dentistry
Alicia Matthews
Associate Professor
Department of Health Systems Science
College of Nursing
Linda Rae Murray
Chief Medical Officer
Cook County Department of Public Health
Michael Pagano
Dean and Professor
College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs
Barbara Ransby
Director, Gender and Women’s Studies Program
Professor, Departments of African American Studies, History, and Gender and Women's Studies
Mrinalini Rao
Interim Special Assistant to the Provost for Diversity
Professor, Department of Physiology and Biophysics, College of Medicine
Philip L. Vasquez
Assistant Director, Student Development Services
UIC Orientation Program
Intergroup Dialogue Initiative
William Walden
Associate Dean for Diversity and Inclusion
Professor, Department of Microbiology and Immunology
College of Medicine
Former members:
Rita Hodge
Director
Native American Support Program
Danny B. Martin
Professor, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, College of Education
Professor, Department of Math, Statistics and Computer Science, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
UIC has a strong commitment to serve its highly diverse community. As such, UIC especially welcomes applications from women, underrepresented minority group members, persons with disabilities, members of sexual minority groups and others who would enrich the University’s research, teaching, and Great Cities’ mission. The University of Illinois is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer.