About Us
The University Senate endorsed a strategic plan for diversity in September 2010, signalling its commitment to becoming an inclusive multiethnic and multicultural institution. Transforming Maryland Expectations for Excellence in Diversity and Inclusion is an ambitious 10-year roadmap toward the goal of being a model campus for diversity, and inclusive excellence. One of its recommendations was the creation of a new leadership position, the Chief Diversity Officer and Associate Vice President, to head an Office of Diversity & Inclusion that would be responsible for spearheading campus efforts to achieve diversity goals. Furthermore, the Office of Diversity & Inclusion will identify and share, through its website, relevant materials that promote diversity and inclusion (e.g. course syllabi, reports, information about co-curricular and professional development programs).
Offices reporting directly to the new CDO include: the Office of Multi-Ethnic Student Education, the Office of LGBT Equity, the Nyumburu Cultural Center, and the Office of Diversity Education and Compliance. The Center for Leadership and Organizational Change and the Maryland Incentive Awards Program will report to the Deputy CDO.
Staff Members Units Reporting to the Chief Diversity Officer
Dr. Kumea Shorter-GoodenChief Diversity Officer and Associate Vice President In January 2012 Dr. Kumea Shorter-Gooden became the first Associate Vice President & Chief Diversity Officer at the University of Maryland, College Park. Formerly, she served as Associate Provost for International-Multicultural Initiatives at Alliant International University, as Professor and Coordinator of the Multicultural Community-Clincal Psychology Emphasis Area at the Los Angeles campus of the California School of Professional Psychology, and a Director of the student counseling center at The Claremont Colleges. She is the co-author of Shifting: The Double Lives of Black Women in America, which is a winner of the 2004 American Book Awards. A Fellow of the American Psychological Association, Dr. Shorter-Gooden has presented and published on African American women and identity, psychotherapy with diverse populations, and multicultural and diversity issues in higher education. She is also a licensed psychologist who has had a clinical and consultation practice. Originally from Washington, D.C., Dr. Shorter-Gooden was one of two Black girls to integrate the Madeira School, and she received a bachleor's degree magna cum laude from Princeton University with its first class of women. She earned a Ph.D. in Clinical/Community Psychology from University of Maryland, College Park. |
Dr. Carol CorneilseActing Program Coordinator Carol Corneilse received her Ph.D. in Education Policy from the University of Maryland in May 2009. Her dissertation, Living Feminism in the Academy: South African Women Tell Their Stories, documented the institutional experiences of feminist faculty in four South African universities. Dr. Corneilse, a South African native, grew up in Kimberley and Cape Town. The first person in her family to go to college, she has a bachelor's degree in History from Wellesley College. On her return to South Africa, she taught English in a township (inner-city) high schoolÑtwo challenging years in the middle of student protest against conditions in the schools and state repression of political activity. Dr. Corneilse subsequently moved to the University of Cape Town, where she worked in administration for many years. While at the University, she earned a MPhil in Education (Educational Administration, Planning and Social Policy). She also spent two years in New York raising scholarship funds for black students enrolled in South African universities. At the University of Cape Town, Dr. Corneilse was one of the first women of color appointed to a professional administrative position. She served on the Equity Committee for staff and initiated a training program mainly aimed at orienting increasing numbers of young black staff to the University. As a graduate assistant at the University of Maryland, Dr. Corneilse has been responsible for student recruitment, graduate orientation, programs for talented minority undergraduates, and the President's Commissions on Disability Issues, Ethnic Minority Issues, and LGBT Issues. After graduation, she worked with Dr. Robert Waters and the Diversity Plan Steering Committee on the University's Strategic Plan for Diversity Transforming Maryland: Expectations for Excellence in Diversity and Inclusion. Her current position as Acting Program Coordinator gives her the opportunity to act on her commitment to diverse, equitable, and inclusive higher education. |
2218 Marie Mount Hall
University of Maryland
College Park, MD 20742
tel: 301.405.8720 fax 301.314.2529
email: lgbt@umd.edu
We provide a wide range of information, education, and support services regarding sexual orientation and gender identity or expression, and we work to establish and maintain a safe, inclusive, and welcoming environment for sexual and gender minorities, their families and friends, and the campus community.
Nyumburu Cultural Center
1120 Nyumburu Cultural Center
University of Maryland
College Park, MD 20742
tel. 301.314.7758 fax. 301.314.0383
email: nyumburu@umd.edu
The Nyumburu Cultural Center is dedicated to advancing and augmenting the academic and the multi-cultural missions of the university by presenting a forum for the scholarly exchange and artistic engagement of African Diaspora culture and history. Our many programs are open to the entire university community and are open to the general public.
Office of Multi-ethnic Student Education
1101 Hornbake Library
University of Maryland
College Park, MD 20742
tel. 301.405.5616 fax 301.314.9512
email: ntomas@umd.edu
The Office of Multi-ethnic Student Education collaborates with several other campus offices and college programs to provide unique collegial opportunities for our diverse population. Our office is an academic support unit that offers a variety of services and programs to enhance the academic experience of undergraduate students of various underrepresented ethnic backgrounds at the University of Maryland.
Office of Diversity Education and Compliance
2411 Marie Mount Hall
College Park, MD 20742
tel. 301-405-2841 fax. 301-314-9992
The Office of Diversity Education and Compliance (ODEC), investigates and resolves complaints of discrimination in accordance with the process set forth in the University Code of Equity, and Inclusion, and develops and implements a broad range of proactive multicultural educational programs for faculty, staff, and students.