Making Excellence Inclusive

Presidential Task Force

The Presidential task force is charged with oversight of the initiative, examining internal data and external information so as to determine specific areas for further study, reviewing departmental process and outcomes, and making recommendations to the president regarding institutional change. The task force members include:

Tri-chairs:

Rob Rosenthal
Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs
John E. Andrus Professor of Sociology

Michael Whaley
Vice President for Student Affairs

Sonia BasSheva Mañjon
Vice President Institutional Partnerships/Chief Diversity Officer
Visiting Assistant Professor of Theatre

 

Task Force Support:

Patricia (Trisha) Stephenson Gordon
Affirmative Action Specialist
Administrative Manager
Office of Diversity and Institutional Partnerships

 

Task Force Members:

Joyous Bey '12 [2010-2011]
Office Community Service and Volunteerism
Center for Community Partnerships

Davy Knittle '11 [2010-2011]
John G. Monroe Prize from The Center for African American Studies
Davenport Study Grant for Bomb Day, Paint Day: Exploring Public Space and Neighborhood Identity in West Philadelphia, 1985-2010

Malik Ben-Salahuddin '13
House Manager, Malcolm X House
Communications Chair, Invisible Men
WesPep Member

Zachary Malter '13
President
Wesleyan Student Assembly

Katherine Gilchrist '13
WesDEF Member

Christian Hosam '15
WSA Representative, Class 2015
WSA Academic Affairs Committee

Benjiman (Ben) Jackson
Personal Computer Specialist
Information Technology Services

Lisa Sacks [2010-2011]
Coordinator
Office of Academic Affairs
Executive Committee, AFCA

Heric Flores-Rueda
Manager of Instructional Media Services
Information Technology Services

Carolyn Sorkin
Director
Office of International Studies

Kate Mullen
Women’s Basketball Coach
Associate Athletic Director
Adjunct Full Professor
Freeman Athletic Center

Carol Wood
Edward Burr Van Vleck Professor of Mathematics
Mathematics and Computer Science Department

Martha Gilmore
Associate Professor of Earth & Environmental Sciences
Earth and Environmental Sciences Department

Robert (Bob) Rosenbaum
University Professor of Sciences and Mathematics
Chairman of PIMMS

Jennifer Tucker
Associate Professor of History
Associate Professor, Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
Associate Professor, Science in Society
Science in Society Program

Ashraf H. A. Rushdy [Spring 2011]
Professor of English
Professor of African American Studies
Academic Secretary
President's Office

Anu (Aradhana) Sharma
Associate Professor of Anthropology
Associate Professor of Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Barry Chernoff
Professor of Biology
Chair, Environmental Studies Program
Director, College of the Environment
Professor of Earth & Environmental Sciences
Professor of Environmental Studies
Robert Schumann Professor of Environmental Studies