I will chair the task force, and its membership is as follows:
Ruth Blake, Professor of Geology & Geophysics, of Chemical Engineering, and of Forestry & Environmental Studies
Daniel Colón-Ramos, Associate Professor of Cell Biology
Gary Desir, Professor of Medicine
Emily Greenwood, Professor of Classics and of African American Studies
Kimberly Goff-Crews, Secretary and Vice President for Student Life
Burgwell Howard, Senior Associate Dean of Yale College; Associate Vice President for Student Engagement
Gerald Jaynes, Professor of Economics and of African American Studies
Sameer Jaywant, Yale Law School, Class of 2018
Sharon Kugler, University Chaplain
Nicholas Lewis, Senior Director for Shared Interest Groups, Association of Yale Alumni
Mary Lui, Professor of American Studies and of History
Michelle Nearon, Associate Dean & Director, Graduate School Office for Diversity & Equal Opportunity
Victoria Nolan, Professor (Adjunct) of Drama
Gregory Sterling, Dean and Lillian Claus Professor of Divinity; Professor of Religious Studies
Deborah Stanley-McAulay, Chief Diversity Officer
Brandi Waters, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Department of History
William H. Wright, Yale College, Class of 1982 (alumni representative)
Abdul-Razak Zachariah, Yale College, Class of 2017
Martha Highsmith, my senior advisor, will serve as vice chair of the task force, and will be my liaison to the group as it carries out its work.
I am immensely grateful for the outpouring of ideas and perspectives shared with me these past several months by members of the extended Yale family, on campus and beyond. The task force will consider all of these and any future proposals that are submitted, and will advise me and other university leaders on those that hold the most promise to advance the goal of full inclusion on our campus. To send your thoughts to the group’s attention, please use the form we have created on the Inclusive Yale website at inclusive.yale.edu/share-your-ideas. The task force members—and I—look forward to hearing from you.
Sincerely,
Peter Salovey
President and Chris Argyris Professor of Psychology
Presidential Task Force on Diversity and Inclusion
To the Yale Community,
Martha Highsmith, my senior advisor, will serve as vice chair of the task force, and will be my liaison to the group as it carries out its work.
I am immensely grateful for the outpouring of ideas and perspectives shared with me these past several months by members of the extended Yale family, on campus and beyond. The task force will consider all of these and any future proposals that are submitted, and will advise me and other university leaders on those that hold the most promise to advance the goal of full inclusion on our campus. To send your thoughts to the group’s attention, please use the form we have created on the Inclusive Yale website at inclusive.yale.edu/share-your-ideas. The task force members—and I—look forward to hearing from you.
Sincerely,
Peter Salovey
President and Chris Argyris Professor of Psychology