Divisional Diversity Committee

The Diversity Committee (DC) is comprised of faculty representatives from each section, staff representatives, and graduate representatives. It is the divisional central point for all diversity matters pertaining to undergraduate and graduate students, faculty and staff. The committee bears key responsibility in supporting DoBS in:

  •  Developing a shared and inclusive understanding of diversity
  •  Creating an environment characterized by equal access and respected participation of all groups and individuals regardless of cultural, ethnic, racial, gender, age, language, religious, differences, abilities and disabilities, socioeconomics, and sexual orientation.

The committee has compiled a list of opportunities for faculty to contribute to diversity efforts and developed guidelines for how to organize and report contributions to diversity so that reviewers of faculty files can evaluate their significance.

Gabriele Wienhausen

Gabriele Wienhausen
Co-chair
Faculty: CDB
gwienhausen@ucsd.edu

Tracy Johnson

Tracy Johnson
Co-chair
Faculty: MB
tljohnson@ucsd.edu

Dana Brehm

Dana Brehm
Staff Member
dbrehm@ucsd.edu


Sarah Burnett
Graduate Student
sburnett@ucsd.edu


Shelley Halpain

Shelley Halpain
Faculty Equity Advisor
shalpain@ucsd.edu


Kathy Hay

Kathy Hay
Staff Member
khay@ucsd.edu

Colin Jamora

Colin Jamora
Faculty: CDB
cjamora@ucsd.edu

Pavan Kadandale
Post-Doc pkadandale@ucsd.edu

 Suzanne Lee

Suzanne Lee
Post-Doc
srl003@ucsd.edu

Eduardo Macagno

Eduardo Macagno
Faculty: CDB
emacagno@ucsd.edu

James Nieh

James Nieh
Faculty: EBE
jnieh@ucsd.edu

Gentry Patrick

Gentry Patrick
Faculty: Neuro
gpatrick@ucsd.edu

Jennifer Roth

Jennifer Roth
Staff Member
jhroth@ucsd.edu

Thomas Tomp

Thomas Tomp
Staff Member
ttomp@ucsd.edu

David Traver

David Traver
Faculty: CDB
dtraver@ucsd.edu

Jesse Vargas
Graduate Student
javargas@ucsd.edu

Lakshmi Chilukuri

Lakshmi Chilukuri
Faculty: MB
lchilukuri@ucsd.edu