The Science Center Committee on Diversity (SCCD) is a group of faculty, staff and students that initiates and promotes programming to increase diversity and promote education on issues of diversity and social justice in the sciences, technology, mathematics and engineering. We believe that effective programs to increase underrepresented and first-generation student participation in the sciences will enable these populations to achieve excellence early in their time at Smith and will generate a better learning environment for all students.
In addition to supporting the AEMES programs (AEMES Scholars, Peer Mentoring, Early Research and the McKinley Honors Fellowship Program) and activities with US2 (Union of Underrepresented Students in the Sciences) and MAPS (Minority Association of Prehealth Students), SCCD supports new individual and departmental initiatives to promote diversity in the sciences.
2012–13 Membership
Co-Chairs: Laura Katz, Professor of Biological Sciences & Mona Kulp, Chemistry Laboratory Instructor
Jessica Andrade '15
Cohort 5 Representative, AEMES Advisory Board
Paul Baginski
Lecturer, Mathematics and Statistics
Joanne Benkley
Assistant Director, Center for the Environment, Ecological Design and Sustainability
Mark Brandriss
Senior Lecturer, Geosciences
Karen Chau '16
Cohort 6 Representative, AEMES Advisory Board
Carolyn Dehner
Postdoctoral Fellow and Lecturer, Biochemistry
Suzan Edwards
L. Clark Seelye Professor, Astronomy
Linnette Figueroa '15
Chair, Union of Underrepresented Science Students
Joyce Palmer-Fortune
Laboratory Instructor, Physics
Nat Fortune
Professor, Physics
Bosiljka Glumac
Professor, Geosciences
Tom Gralinski
Outreach Coordinator, Center for Community Collaboration
Drew Guswa
Professor, Engineering
Mary Harrington
Tippit Professor in the Life Sciences, Psychology
Jim Henle
Myra M. Sampson Professor, Mathematics and Statistics
Anagha Inguva '15
Cohort 5 Representative, AEMES Advisory Board
Laura Katz
Elsie Damon Simonds Professor, Biological Sciences
Janet Ku '14
Cohort 4 Representative, AEMES Advisory Board
Katie Lipp
Program Director, Health Professions and Mentoring Programs
Tom Litwin
Adjunct Associate Professor, Biological Sciences; Director, Science Center
James Lowenthal
Professor, Astronomy
Minh Ly
Asisstant Director, Assessment, Institutional Research
Belinda Nhundu '13
President, MAPS
Deborah Ok '14
Chair and Cohort 4 Representative, AEMES Advisory Board
Jenika Parson '13
Chair, National Society of Black Engineers; Mentor Leader
Nnamdi Pole
Associate Professor, Psychology
Sarah Pruss
Assistant Professor, Geosciences
Kate Queeney
Professor, Chemistry
L'Tanya Richmond
Director, Multicultural Affairs
Iju Shakya '13
Mentor Leader
Chris Shelton
Professor, Exercise and Sport Studies
L. David Smith
Professor, Biological Sciences
Christina Song '14
Mentor Leader
Ileana Streinu
Charles N. Clark Professor, Computer Science
Michael Vollinger
Technical Services Specialist, Geosciences
Jessica Weigand '14
Cohort 3 Representative, AEMES Advisory Board
Jennifer Yoo '14
Cohort 4 Representative, AEMES Advisory Board
Jenn Yoo '16
Cohort 6 Representative, AEMES Advisory Board
