Central Office

Professional Staff

Jeffrey Hines, M.D.

Interim Vice President | Chief Diversity Officer 

Chief Diversity Officer | UConn Health

jhines@uchc.edu

Pronouns: He | Him | His

Melisa Adiram, M.A.

Executive Assistant to the VP | CDO

melisa.adiram@uconn.edu

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Kathleen Holgerson, M.P.A

Interim Assistant Vice President for Diversity and Inclusion | UConn Health

kathleen.holgerson@uconn.edu

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Judy Lopez, M.P.A.

Associate Director of Business Operations

judy@uconn.edu

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Jonelle Reynolds, Ph.D.

Director of Diversity and Inclusion Initiatives

jonelle.reynolds@uconn.edu

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Melina Pappademos, Ph.D.

ODI Faculty Fellow

melina.pappademos@uconn.edu

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Graduate Students

Amara Khaled, BFA

Pronouns: She Her | Hers

Program of Study: Digital Media

 

Darlis Juvino, M.A.

Pronouns: She | Her | Hers

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.

Pronouns: He Him His | Él

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.

Pronouns: She | They

Program of Study: Ph.D. in Learning, Leadership, & Education Policy

Research Interests: Critical Whiteness Studies, Queer Theory, policing on college campuses, pedagogy