Diversity in the College and Graduate School of Education, Health, & Human Services

Diversity in
The College and Graduate School of
Education, Health, & Human Services

About Us

The Diversity Committee of the College of Education and Human Services was established in the Fall of 2003 to draft a Diversity Plan for the College. The Plan was submitted to the College and University in December of that year, and approved at all levels.

The mission of the Diversity Committee is to assist in implementing the stated goals of the Plan:

To initiate and/or support transformation that reflects a global and inclusive curriculum through new and existing programs and courses;
To assist in increasing recruitment efforts to bring more diverse faculty to our ranks, while developing conditions that support their retention and success;
To assist in increasing efforts to recruit and retain underrepresented students into all the education and human service professions represented in the College;
To undertake efforts to encourage among the Faculty the inclusion of diversity issues into all areas of their scholarship, while lobbying for the implementation of appropriate accountability and rewards into the tenure and promotion process;
To help to implement professional development programs for faculty, student, and staff that focus on the full scope of diversity issues; and
To initiate and monitor baseline and on-going data in order to systematically and effectively assess progress toward our goals.

Current Members of the Diversity Committee

	Walter Davis , Associate Professor, School of Excercise, Leisure, and Sport wdavis@kent.edu
	Kate Krival , Assistant Professor of Speech, Pathology, and Audiology ckrival@kent.edu Liaison to the University Diversity Advisory Council
	Janice Kroeger , Associate Professor of Early Chilhood Education jkroege1@kent.edu
	Mark Krumm , Associate Professor of Speech Pathology and Audiology mkrumm@kent.edu
	Averil McClelland (Chair), Associate Professor of Cultural Foundations of Education, Department of Educational Foundations and Special Services amcclell@kent.edu
	Tricia Niesz, Assistant Professor of Evaluation and Measurement and Cultural Foundations of Education tniesz@kent.edu Alternate, Liaison to University Diversity Advisory Board
	Betsy Page, Associate Professor of Counseling and Human Development Services bpage@kent.edu
	Rhonda Richardson, Associate Professor of Human Development and Family Studies rrichard@kent.edu