Astronomy Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

committee Members

Members (2023-2024)

Prof. Sean Johnson (Chair) <seanjoh@umich.edu>

Prof. John Monnier (Faculty representative)

Shannon Murphy (Staff representative)

Dr. Yiting Li (Postdoc representative)

Dr. George King (Postdoc representative)

Mayura Balakrishnan (Graduate student Representative)

Ahmad Kadri (Undergraduate student representative)

Sarahi Palma (Undergraduate student representative)

Sophia Davis (Undergraduate student representative)

Allan Vanzandt (Undergraduate student representative)

Members (2022-2023)

Prof. Kayhan Gultekin (Chair) <kayhan@umich.edu>

Prof.Sean Johnson (Faculty representative)

Brian Cox (Staff representative)

Dr. Merel van ’t Hoff (Postdoc co-representative)

Dr. George King (Postdoc co-representative)

Mayura Balakrishnan (Graduate student representative)

Sophia Davis (Undergraduate co-representative)

Allan Vanzandt (Undergraduate co-representative)

Members (2021-2022)

Prof. Kayhan Gultekin (Chair) <kayhan@umich.edu>

Prof. Michael Meyer (Faculty representative)

Brian Cox (Staff representative)

Dr. Jane Huang (Postdoc representative)

Mayura Balakrishnan (Graduate student representative)

Past Members (2020-2021)

Prof. Michael Meyer (Chair)

Prof. Kayhan Gultekin (Faculty representative)

Dr. Kaitlin Rassmussen (Postdoc representative)

Lena Komarova (Graduate student representative)

Christopher Liu (Undergraduate student representative)

Brian Cox (Staff representative)

PAST Members (Winter 2020)

Prof. Emily Rauscher (Co-Chair, Rackham Faculty Ally for Diversity, she/her/hers)

Dr. Ian Roederer (Co-Chair, Research scientist, he/him/his)

Dr. Guillaume Mahler (Postdoc representative)

Hayley Beltz (Graduate student representative)

Deryl Long (Undergraduate student representative)

Brian Cox (Staff representative)

PAst Members (fall 2019)

Prof. Eric Bell (Faculty, Chair, he/him/his)

Prof. Keren Sharon (Rackham Faculty Ally for Diversity, she/her/hers)

PAst Members (2018-2019)

Prof. Michael Meyer (Faculty, Chair, he/him/his) <mrmeyer@umich.edu>

Prof. Kayhan Gultekin (Faculty rep., he/him/his) <kayhan@umich.edu@umich.edu>

Dr. Richard Teague (Postdoc rep., he/him/his) <rteague@umich.edu@umich.edu>

Kate Napier (Graduate student rep., she/her/hers) <kanapier@umich.edu@umich.edu>

Mayura Balakrishnan (Undergraduate student rep., she/her/hers) <bmayura@umich.edu@umich.edu>

JeanMcKee (Staff rep., she/her/hers) <jarbaugh@umich.edu@umich.edu>

Past members (2017-2018)

Prof. Emily Rauscher (Faculty, Chair)

Prof. Ted Bergin (Faculty rep.)

Dr. Richard Teague (Postdoc rep.)

Dr. Alexandra Greenbaum (Postdoc rep.)

Francisco Holguin (Graduate student rep.)

Ian Roeder (Research Scientist rep.)

Deryl Long (Undergraduate student rep.)

Past members (2016-2017)

Prof. John Monnier (Faculty, Chair)

Prof. Keren Sharon (Faculty rep., she/her/hers)

Dr. Sarah Loebman (Postdoc rep.)

Tom Rice (Graduate student rep.)

Kimberly Sinclair (Undergraduate student rep.)

Past members (2015-2016)

Prof. Keren Sharon (Chair, Faculty rep.)

Prof. John Monnier (Faculty rep.)

Dr. Yuan Li (Postdoc rep.)

Bryan Terrazas (Graduate student rep.)

William Waalkes (Undergraduate student rep.)

Contact us

For all non-emergency issues and concerns, feel free to talk to or email any member of the DEI committee. If you wish to send us an anonymous message, you may submit an electronic message to the DEI chair through this google form. To best deal with your concern, it would be good to give as much information as you feel comfortable sharing.

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University compliance hotline, and a full list of reporting mechanisms:

http://compliance.umich.edu/report.html

All members of the campus community may contact the Bias Response Team here.
Information on Reporting on Hate Crimes and Bias-Related Incidents is here.
The Center for Research on Learning and Teaching’s advice on Responding to Incidents of Hate Speech is here.
A list of Available Resources from our Division of Public Safety and Security is here.

U-M Police Department: 911 or 734-763-1131

Sexual Assault Prevention and Awareness Center: 734-764-7771, or the 24/7 Crisis Line at 734-936-3333 for confidential reporting and services

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