Our Committees

ADVANCE Steering Committee

The ADVANCE Steering Committee is charged with providing overall direction, priority setting, and guidance for development of new initiatives, research, and programming. The current members include:

Denise Sekaquaptewa, ADVANCE Director
Sara Blair, Vice Provost for Academic and Faculty Affairs
Rosario Cabello, Dean, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts
Chris Friese, Vice Provost for Academic and Faculty Affairs
David Gier, Dean, School of Music, Theatre and Dance
Amy Hughes, ADVANCE Associate Director
Mike Liemohn, ADVANCE Associate Director
Mingyan Liu, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, College of Engineering
George Mashour, Senior Associate Dean for Faculty and Faculty Development, Medical School
Isis Settles, Associate Dean for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, College of Literature, Science and the Arts
Karen Thole, Dean, College of Engineering

ADVANCE Advisory Board

The ADVANCE Advisory Board consists of faculty members who have served lengthy terms on the STRIDE or RISE Committees. The central purpose of the ADVANCE Advisory Board is to provide advice and guidance to the U-M ADVANCE Director on emerging programmatic initiatives. The current members include:

Sara Armstrong (Director, CRLT Players)
Todd Austin (Electrical Engineering and Computer Science)
Eric Bell (Astronomy)
Edwin (Ted) Bergin (Astronomy)
Tom Braun (Biostatistics)
Lilia Cortina (Psychology, Women’s and Gender Studies)
Gary Huffnagle (Internal Medicine, Microbiology and Immunology)
Carolyn Kuranz (Nuclear Engineering)
Karin Martin (Sociology)
Tim McKay (Physics)
Beth Moore (Internal Medicine, Microbiology and Immunology)
Marc Peters-Golden (Internal Medicine, Pulmonary and Critical Care)
Sara Pozzi (Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences)
Robin Queen (Linguistics)
Deborah Rivas-Drake (Psychology, Education)
Laura Ruetsche (Philosophy)
Pat Schloss (Medicine)
Isis Settles (Psychology, Afroamerican and African Studies)
Steve Skerlos (Mechanical Engineering & Civil and Environmental Engineering)
Gretchen Spreitzer (Business)
John Vandermeer (Ecology and Evolutionary Biology)
Divakar Viswanath (Mathematics)

Research and Evaluation Advisory Board

The evaluation advisory committee consults on major research initiatives undertaken by the ADVANCE Program and is available to consult about evaluation and data analysis strategies. The current members include:

Robert Adams (Architecture & Urban Planning, Art & Design)
Elizabeth Armstrong (Sociology, Women & Gender Studies)
Myles Durkee (Psychology)
Ben Hansen (Statistics)
Andrew Marshall (Anthropology)
Tony Mora (American Culture, History)
Debbie Rivas-Drake (Psychology, Education)
Isis Settles (Psychology, Afroamerican and African Studies)

Medical School Advisory Committee

The Advisory Board for ADVANCE in the Medical School aims to: identify the highest priority issues affecting women and other groups within the Medical School; represent ADVANCE to the Medical School; and provide advice on particular programs that should be developed for the specific Medical School context.

Denise Sekaquaptewa (ADVANCE Director, Psychology, LSA)
David Brown (Associate Vice President and Associate Dean for Health Equity and Inclusion)
Julie Bynum (Geriatric and Palliative Medicine)
John Del Valle (Internal Medicine)
Laura Denton (Faculty Affairs)
Dee Fenner (Obstetrics & Gynecology, Urology)
Chris Friese (Nursing, Provost’s Office)
Cindy Hsu (Emergency Medicine)
Ella Kazerooni (Radiology)
Eve Kerr (Internal Medicine)
George Mashour (Anesthesiology, Dean’s Office)
Beth Moore (Internal Medicine, Microbiology & Immuology)
Laurel Moore (Anesthesiology, Neurosurgery)
Erika Newman (Surgery)
Lori Pierce (Radiation Oncology, Provost’s Office)
Aruna Sarma (Urology, Epidemiology, Dean’s Office)
Durga Singer (Pediatrics)
Janet Smith (Biological Chemistry)
Dana Telem (Surgery)
Whitney Williams (Faculty Development, Dean’s Office)

Respect in Striving for Excellence (RISE) Committee

The RISE Committee is a small group of PhD-level faculty and staff who read and brainstorm about ways to enhance the workplace climate at the University of Michigan.

Denise Sekaquaptewa (ADVANCE Director, Psychology, LSA)
Christine Simonian Bean (Associate Director, CRLT Theatre Program)
Vincent Hutchings (Political Science)
John Montgomery (Chemistry)
Yeşim Orhun (Business Administration, Information)
Chris Torres (Education)
Sophie Walters (Assistant Director, PEAR)
Kelsey Arras (ADVANCE Staff)

Strategies and Tactics for Recruiting to Improve Diversity and Excellence (STRIDE) Committee

The STRIDE Committee provides information and advice about practices that will maximize the likelihood that diverse, well-qualified candidates for faculty positions will be identified, and, if selected for offers, recruited, retained, and promoted at the University of Michigan.

Denise Sekaquaptewa (ADVANCE Director, Psychology, LSA)
Ketra Armstrong (Kinesiology)
Germine “Gigi” Awad (Psychology)
Bart Bartlett (Chemistry)
Sarah Burgard (Sociology, Epidemiology and Public Health)
Nicholas Henriksen (Romance Languages and Literature)
Amy Hughes (Theater & Drama)
Mike Liemohn (Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering)
Anthony Mora (American Culture, Program in Latina/o Studies)
Kristen Verhey (Cell and Developmental Biology)
Herbert Winful (Electrical Engineering and Computer Science)
Jamie Saville (ADVANCE Staff)

Former RISE members

Listed Alphabetically

Sara Armstrong
Todd Austin
Eric Bell
Tom Braun
Lilia Cortina
Carolyn Kuranz
Cynthia Hudgins
Jennifer Linderman, former ADVANCE Director
Robin Queen
Isis Settles
Gretchen Spreitzer
Ruby Tapia

Former STRIDE members