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:

1. To initiate and/or support transformation that reflects a global and inclusive curriculum through new and existing programs and courses;
2. To assist in increasing recruitment efforts to bring more diverse faculty to our ranks, while developing conditions that support their retention and success;
3. To assist in increasing efforts to recruit and retain underrepresented students into all the education and human service professions represented in the College;
4. 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;
5. To help to implement professional development programs for faculty, student, and staff that focus on the full scope of diversity issues; and
6. 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

	Lisa Audet, Assistant Professor, School of Speech Pathology and Audiology laudet@kent.edu
	Lettie Gonzales, Assistant Professor of Leisure Studies, School of Exercise, Leisure, and Sport lgonzal1@kent.edu
	Tina Kandakai, Assistant Professor of Health Education, Department of Adult, Counseling, Health, and Vocational Education tkandaka@kent.edu
	Dianne Kerr, Associate Professor of Health Education, Department of Adult, Counseling, Health, and Vocational Education dkerr@kent.edu
	Averil McClelland (Chair), Associate Professor of Cultural Foundations of Education, Department of Educational Foundations and Special Services amcclell@kent.edu
	Julian Montoro-Rodriquez, Associate Professor of Human Development and Family Studies, School of Family and Consumer Studies jmontoro@kent.edu
	Teresa Richel, Assistant Professor of Middle Childhood Education and Curriculum and Instruction, Department of Teaching, Leadership, and Curriculum Studies trishel@kent.edu
	Wendy Sherman, (College Representative to the University Diversity Advisory Council), Assistant Professor of Middle Childhood Education and Adolescent Education, Department of Teaching, Leadership, and Curriculum Studies wsherma1@kent.edu