Leadership

AGEP-NC Senior Personnel

The Senior Personnel collectively direct the AGEP-NC project, bringing expertise in facilitating diversity initiatives and successful mentoring experience.

North Carolina A&T State University	North Carolina State University	UNC Charlotte
PI: Keith Schimmel, Associate Professor and Director, Energy and Environmental Systems Abdellah Ahmidouch, Dean, College of Science and Technology Ajit Kelkar, Professor and Chair, Nanoengineering John Kizito, Professor, Mechanical Engineering	PI: Marcia Gumpertz, Professor of Statistics Winser Alexander, Professor Emeritus of Electrical and Computer Engineering Maureen Grasso, Professor of Textile, Apparel, Technology and Management David Shafer, Assistant Dean for Outreach and Diversity, Graduate School	PI: Yvette Huet, Director, ADVANCE Faculty Affairs and Diversity Office and Professor of Kinesiology Project Researcher: Lisa Merriweather, Associate Professor of Educational Leadership

Formative Evaluation

Catherine Brawner, President of Research Triangle Educational consultants, works closely with the AGEP-NC Leadership Team to provide ongoing formative evaluation.

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Summative Evaluation

Arlene de la Mora and Brandi Geisinger of the Research Institute for Studies in Education (RISE) at Iowa State University provide summative evaluation for the AGEP-NC project.

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Student Leadership Council

The Student Leadership Council provides input to the Senior Leadership on the needs of students in their disciplines and campuses. The SLC constists of two doctoral students from each institution; each member serves a one-year term.

NC A&T State University	NC State	UNC Charlotte
Reginald Goodwin, Nanoengineering Laquandra Hampton, Applied Science and Technology Past Members: Janelle Robinson, Applied Science and Technology Tenesha Robinson, Applied Science and Technology	Dakota Batch, Textile and Apparel, Technology and Management Kyle Duke, Statistics Past Members: Whitney McCoy, Educational Psychology Morika Williams, DVM. Comparative Biomedical Sciences	Ebony Gallard, Kinesiology Ephraim Moges, Electrical Engineering Past Member: Ana Orejuela, Health Psychology

External Advisory Board

The External Advisory Board brings depth and breadth of expertise in diversity management, promoting URM doctoral success, organizational change, educational research and assessment, and use of data in support of decision-making.

Ayesha Boyce, Assistant Professor, Educational Research Methodology, UNC Greensboro
Kathleen deMarrais, Professor and Head, Lifelong Education, Administration and Policy, University of Georgia
Frank Dobbin, Chair, Organizational Behavior PhD Program, and Proessor of Sociology, Harvard University
Dominique Foster, Research Associate, National Initiative for Leadership and Institutional Effectiveness
Leslie Goodyear, Principal Research Scientist, EDC (Education Development Center)
Douglass Henderson, Professor and Chair, Engineering Physics, University of Wisconsin
Adrianna Kezar, Professor for Higher Education, University of Southern California, and co-director of the Pullias Center for Higher Education
Keivan Stassun, Stevenson Professor of Physics and Astronomy, Vanderbilt University
Zakiya Wilson-Kennedy, Assistant Dean for Diversity and Inclusion, College of Science and Associate Professor of Research, Chemistry Education, Louisiana State University
Christa Wright, Assistant Professor of Environmental Health, Georgia State University

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