Professional Staff
Jeffrey Hines, M.D.
Interim Vice President | Chief Diversity Officer
Chief Diversity Officer | UConn Health
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Kathleen Holgerson, M.P.A
Interim Assistant Vice President for Diversity and Inclusion | UConn Health
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Melina Pappademos, Ph.D.
ODI Faculty Fellow
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Graduate Students
Darlis Juvino, M.A.
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Program of Study: Ph.D. in Human Development & Family Sciences
Research Interests: Identity development, parental socialization, parental ethnotheories on child/youth development, impacts of culture, and cultural adaptations of family interventions.
Omar Romandia, B.S.
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Program of Study: Ph.D. in Learning, Leadership, & Education Policy
Research Interests: minoritized students’ college access, workforce development programs, undocumented/DACAmented college students
Chizobam Nweke, B.Sc, M.D.
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Program of Study: M.A. in Human Development & Family Sciences
Kelly Schlabach, M.A.
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Program of Study: Ph.D. in Learning, Leadership, & Education Policy
Research Interests: Critical Whiteness Studies, Queer Theory, policing on college campuses, pedagogy