Complement your equity journey through professional learning with our 2023
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Center Team

Kathleen King Thorius, P.h.D.
Executive Director, Great Lakes Equity Center; Associate Professor, IUPUI School of Education; Editor, Multiple Voices
Seena M. Skelton, P.h.D.
Director, MAP Center; Director of Operations, Great Lakes Equity Center; Editor, Multiple Voices
Dr. Tiffany Kyser
Associate Director of Networking & Engagement, MAP Center
Dr. Crystal Morton
Associate Director of Research, Great Lakes Equity Center; Founding Executive Director, Girls STEM Institute
M Renee Barlow
Assistant Director, Girls STEM Institute
Saba-Na’imah Berhane
Director of Curriculum Development, Girls STEM Institute
Lawren Nelson
Doctoral Research Assistant, Girls STEM Institute
Sheramie Velazquez
Project Management Coordinator, Girls STEM Institute
Idalia Wilmoth
Graduate Research Assistant, Girls STEM Institute
Sophie Richardson
Office Manager, MAP Center
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Resource Development & Dissemination Specialist
Ruth Ruiz-Morales
Graduate Research Assistant
Kathryn Rusnak
Graduate Research Assistant
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Doctoral Research Assistant
Mollie Blackburn, P.h.D.
Equity Fellow
Professor
Ohio State University
Ayanna Brown
Equity Fellow
Associate Professor
Elmhurst University
Sarah Diem, Ph.D.
Equity Fellow
Professor and Chair in the Department of Educational Leadership & Policy Analysis
University of Missouri
Dr. Daniell Hamlin
Equity Fellow
Assistant Professor
University of Oklahoma
Amanda Sullivan, Ph.D.
Equity Fellow
Professor
University of Minnesota
Federico Waitoller, Ph.D.
Equity Fellow
Associate Professor
University of Illinois at Chicago
Bryan Brayboy, Ph.D.
Center Advisor
Professor
Arizona State University
Arizona State University
Mark Dann
Center Advisor
Senior Trial Attorney
U.S. Department of Justice
U.S. Department of Justice
Taucia Gonzalez, P.h.D.
Center Advisor
Assistant Professor of Special Education
University of Arizona
University of Arizona
Center Advisor
Associate Dean of Academic Affairs
Indiana University-Indianapolis
Indiana University-Indianapolis
Muhammad Kahlifa, P.h.D.
Center Advisor
Professor of Educational Administration
The Ohio State University
The Ohio State University
Lara Trubowitz
Center Advisor
Education Director; Associate Director, National College and University Programs
Anti-Defamation League Midwest
Anti-Defamation League Midwest
Michael F. Rice
Center Advisor
Superintendent of Public Instruction
Michigan Department of Education
Michigan Department of Education
Anna Stubblefield
Center Advisor
Superintendent of Schools
Kansas City Public Schools
Kansas City Public Schools
Denise Taliaferro Baszile
Center Advisor
Associate Dean of Student Services and Diversity
Miami University of Ohio
Miami University of Ohio