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Vice President, Office of Transformational and Inclusive Excellence
Hanna House
513-529-1715
vpDiversity@MiamiOH.edu
The LGBTQ+ Task Force first convened in spring 2023 and will continue to meet until its charge is met.
Co-Chairs:
Hiram Ramirez, Ph.D.
Senior Director for Strategic Initiatives
Office of Transformational and Inclusive Excellence
Megan Kuykendoll, M.S.
Coordinator of eLearning and Instructor
Department of Family Science and Social Work
Members:
Joshua Abraham, Ph.D.
Staff Clinician
Student Counseling Service
José Amador, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Global and Intercultural Studies
Emily Cluen, M.S.
Access Coordinator
Miller Center for Student Disability Service
Madelyn Detloff, Ph.D.
Professor, Interim Director of Graduate Studies
Department of English, Global and Intercultural Studies
Mónnica Gay
Undergraduate Student
College of Education, Health, & Society
Mathew (Mat) Hall, M.Ed.
Associate Director of LGBTQ+ Initiatives
Center for Student Diversity and Inclusion
KatieMarie Magnone
Graduate Student
College of Arts and Science
Krista McDonald, M.L.S.
Director Hamilton Campus Library
College of Liberal Arts and Applied Science (CLAAS)
Bonnie Meyer, Ph.D.
Visiting Assistant Professor
Department of Educational Leadership
Kenna Neitch, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Global and Intercultural Studies
Joy Snow
Co-Chair
1809 LGBTQ+ Alumni
Katie Stahlhut
Graduate Student
College of Arts and Science
Zaira Ruby Void
Undergraduate Student
College of Liberal Arts & Applied Sciences
The LGBTQ+ Task Force Report is a document crafted by Miami faculty, staff, students, and alumni after one and a half years of collective work to provide recommendations for the Miami community. This document outlines the national context LGBTQ+ students, faculty, and staff experience in higher education, a background of how the task force functioned and developed the recommendations outlined in this document. The recommendations put forth from this group are composed of four overarching areas: (1) Programming, Housing/Physical Spaces, and Student Development, (2) Capacity Building and Educational Resources, (3) Community Building for Students, Faculty, and Staff, and (4) Curricular and Co-Curricular Experiences. Within each of these areas task force members provided Miami context alongside their recommendations based on national benchmarking. Personal, professional, and scholarly knowledge were used throughout this process to support a robust and generative outline of how Miami can become a more welcoming, inclusive, and affirming
community for LGBTQ+ faculty, staff, and students.
The Accessibility Task Force will be starting fall 2023.
Chair:
Tekeia N. K. Howard
Director of Programming
Office of Transformational and Inclusive Excellence
Members:
Jenna Alvarez, Ph.D.
Associate Clinical Professor
Department of Educational Psychology
Kenya Ash
Associate Vice President Equity and Equal Opportunity, Title IX Coordinator, Section 504 and ADA Coordinator
Office of Equity and Equal Opportunity
Braelyn Bean
Graduate Student
College of Education, Health, & Society
Amy Bergerson, Ph.D.
Associate Provost and Dean for Undergraduate Education
Academic Affairs
Christina Carrubba-Whetstine
Director, Academic Support and Retention, Bernard B. Rinell, Jr. Learning Center
Interim Director, The Miller Center for Student Disabilit Services
Elizabeth Conrad
Undergraduate Student
College of Arts and Science
Zeph Fenton
Undergraduate Student
College of Arts and Science
Katie Gibson
Humanities Librarian
University Libraries
Olivia Herron
Director of Sustainability
Physical Facilities Department
Jennifer Heston-Mullins, Ph.D.
Associate Directgor of Research and Senior Research Scholar
Scripps Gerontoloty Center
Ken Irwin
Web Services Librarian
University Libraries
Nate Jorgensen
Senior Director of Marketing
University Communications and Marketing
Josselyn Marroquín Roca
Graduate Student
College of Arts and Science
August Ogunnowo
Undergraduate Student
College of Arts and Science
Sean Poley
Director of Accessible Technology
Information Technology Services
Abbie Proeschel
Communications and Events Coordinator
Office of Transformational and Inclusive Excellence
D. Ellis Rates
Associate Director, Intercultural Initiatives
Center for Student Diversity and Inclusion
Kelly Stewart
Senior HR Generalist
Human Resources
Michelle Szydlowski, Ph.D.
Visiting Assistant Professor
Project Dragonfly
Karen Yates
Coordinator of Disability Services
Regional Campuses
The Accessibility Task Force is a collective of faculty, staff, and students who meet regularly to discuss ways to raise awareness and develop strategies around accessibility to build more inclusive spaces around campus for all members of the Miami University community. This task force is an advisory group to the Office of Transformational and Inclusive Excellence (OTIE) in examining, developing, and assessing policies, programming, and support systems to better serve faculty, staff, and students in the context of a fully inclusive Miami community.
The task force is charged with examining and recommending policies, programming, and other forms of support for a more fully accessible Miami. The task force charge includes collecting data on the existence and practices connected to Miami University’s current policies, programs and procedures related to all aspects of accessibility and inclusive programming on campus. This process can be accomplished through doing an inventory of current offerings, resources, and support systems. After this exploration, benchmarking best practices across the nation in peer or aspirational institutions can be done to inform next steps to support a more inclusive Miami for faculty, staff, and students. An intentional effort should be made to include regional campuses in this data-gathering process to ensure all of Miami is represented in the recommendations put forth by this group. Moreover, this group can be an advisory group for key stakeholders on campus by providing feedback and insight when necessary, to ensure inclusive perspectives and experiences are considered in the development of new policies, programs, and procedures.
Our mission is to empower each student, staff, and faculty member to promote and become engaged citizens who use their acquired knowledge and skills with integrity and compassion to improve the future of the community and the world.