Hampshire College

The Diversity Committee, established in the fall of 2007, is a campus-wide governance body. Its membership includes four students (selected after a nominating process by Community Council and the special presidential assistant for diversity and multicultural education), three members of the staff, and five faculty members (one from each of the schools of the college). In addition, the campus affirmative action officer is an ex officio member.

The current charge of the diversity committee is to:

• Recommend institutional goals relating to diversity.
• Identify Hampshire's challenges and strong points in achieving these goals.
• Recommend structures and policies needed in order to overcome challenges and reach goals.
• Identify priorities among goals.
• Suggest evaluation methods by which to determine progress in moving towards goals.

Within this broad scope, the committee currently concentrates on four areas: student admissions and financial aid; employee hiring and retention; multicultural education and the academic program; and campus accessibility, openness to diversity,and community development. Each of these topics has been assigned to a subcommittee, each with a specific charge. To read more about each of the subcommittees, click on the links on the left navigation bar.

The membership of the diversity committee for the academic year 2007-2008 is as follows:

• Joel Dansky, disability services coordinator
• Katrina De Wees, second year student
• Brown Kennedy, professor of literature, HACU
• Charmaine Mack, second year student
• Maddie Marquez, affirmative action officer
• Harper Otawka, first year student.
• Steve Roof, associate professor of earth and environmental science, NS
• Natalie Sowell, assistant professor of theatre, IA
• Lee Spector, professor of computer science, CS
• Mia Sullivan, associate director, CLPP
• Kristen Luschen, associate professor of education studies, SS
• Beth Ward, director of development