2021-2022 ODI Faculty Affiliates

Faculty Affiliates 2021-2022 Events List

  • First-Generation Graduate Student Networking Event (11/17/2021)
  • The Theory and Politics of Critical Race Theory (11/19/2021)
  • Attacks on Critical Race Theory: What’s it Really About and How Can Universities and Colleges be Proactive in Protecting its Faculty? (12/1/2021)
  • When Trolls Target Faculty of Color: Strategies for Universities to Proactively Protect their Faculty (01/26/2022)
  • Navigating Graduate School with Disabilities (02/10/2022)
  • Women in STEM Movie Screening and Panel Discussion-partnership with Women’s Center and Vergnano Institute for Inclusion (03/01/2022)
  • Zoom event open to all interested UConn featuring 4 UConn units noted for excellent DEI work (03/10/2022)
  • Follow-up panel discussion for first-generation graduate students (03/30/2022)
  • Faculty and Staff of Color Town Hall (Co-hosted by Affiliates-05/04/2022)

Faculty Affiliates 2021-2022 Additional Projects List

  • Content analysis of DEI websites and plans of 18 peer and aspirant institutions
  • Ongoing study including faculty survey on trolling among UConn faculty who research race, equity, and underserved populations
  • H.E.A.R.T podcast hosting (05/13/2022; 05/05/2022; 03/25/2022)
  • Represented ODI at Provost’s General Education Course Enhancement Grant Committee

Animal Science

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Mary Anne AmalaradjouAssociate Professor of Food Microbiology

Biomedical Engineering

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Stephany SantosAssistant Professor in Residence in Biomedical Engineering & Executive Associate Director of the Vergnano Institute for Inclusion

English; WGSS

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Brenda BrueggemannProfessor & Aetna Endowed Chair of Writing

Higher Education & Student Affairs

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Milagros Castillo-Montoya, Ed.DAssociate Professor

History

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Melina Pappademos, PhD.Associate Professor

Political Science

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Evelyn SimienProfessor of Political Science, Associated with WGSS and American Studies

Public Policy

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Thomas CraemerAssociate Professor of Public Policy

Sociology & Africana Studies

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David G. EmbrickAssociate Professor of Sociology and Africana Studies & Director of Sustainable Global Cities Initiatives