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Diversity Advocates

​​​Embedded within each college and school at DePaul is a Diversity Advocate whose role is to support diverse faculty within the unit and promote the unit's diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts. The Diversity Advocate is appointed by the Dean of their school or college and serves a one-year term with the possibility of renewal. Diversity Advocates meet at least quarterly with the Associate Provost for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. These meetings serve to ensure coordination with other university/college efforts and groups (such as the Office of Institutional Diversity and Equity, Student Affairs, Faculty Fellows Program, Mission and Values, Society of Vincent DePaul Professors, etc).

In their role, Diversity Advocates:

  • Serve as a resource for diverse faculty to help them navigate the various university systems.
  • Provide support to diverse faculty in their respective college.
  • Provide a safe and confidential environment for diverse faculty to express issues and concerns.
  • Provide a platform for faculty to discuss diversity issues that affect faculty success and promote an atmosphere of support and acceptance.
  • Inform their Dean of issues that may be impacting diverse faculty.
  • Refer diverse faculty when necessary to appropriate university offices for assistance.
  • Assist in the college in the search process.
  • Inform their college/school of campus programming and initiatives around DEI.
At the request of their Dean, Diversity Advocates may take on additional work such as chairing their school's college's DEI committee or helping to implement their school's or college's DEI plan. Diversity Advocates should work directly with their Dean to ensure that this workload is manageable given the other constraints on the Diversity Advocates' time.
Name College Email
Robin Hoecker (interim)
College of Communication
rhoecker@depaul.edu​​
Shayna Connelly
Jarvis College of Computing and Digital Media
sconnelly@cdm.depaul.edu​
Ron Chennault
College of Education
rchennau@depaul.edu​

Tracey Lewis-Elligan
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
​​tlewisel@depaul.edu
Cricel Molina de Masa
College of Science and Health
cricel.molina@depaul.edu
Juan Mendez
Driehaus College of Business
jmendez2@depaul.edu
Martha Pagliari
College of Law
mpagliar@depaul.edu
Dan Hibbler
School of Continuing and Professional Studies
dhibbler@depaul.edu
Sara K. Jones
School of Music
sjone145@depaul.edu
Dexter Zollicoffer
The Theatre School
dzollico@depaul.edu