By 1989, universities across the country were recognizing that, to ensure women’s continued success, means of achieving gender equity needed to be woven into the very fabric of the institution--administrative policies, human resources practices, academic research and teaching, and peer and community relationships. This complex and challenging process of reformulation would require serious intellectual commitment, research, experimentation, and risk–taking. At the University of Michigan, President James Duderstadt believed such a process would benefit not only women but also all members of the University in all aspects of its mission and that it was important for the University of Michigan to be a nationally-recognized leader in this regard.
1988-89: Ad Hoc Committee on Women’s Issues
In the summer of 1988, President Duderstadt convened an Ad Hoc Committee on Women’s Issues to assess the status of women at the University of Michigan and to recommend improvements. At the end of the year, the Committee published the Women’s Agenda--a series of recommendations promoting the achievement of full and equal participation of women in the life of the institution. One recommendation was that the President establish a commission to advise him regularly on women’s issues.
1989–90:
President Duderstadt endorsed the principles of the Women’s Agenda and formed the President’s Advisory Commission On Women's Issues, sometimes referred to as “PACWI.” President Duderstadt charged PACWI with providing expertise and advice on issues regarding access, equity, and success for women by working with University leadership to develop new policies, practices, and procedures designed to enhance gender equity. PACWI members included faculty, staff and students appointed by the President.
In its first year, PACWI identified four basic principles to assist in guiding the University’s consideration of women’s issues: community, education, investment in people, and leadership. Three task forces were created: the Faculty Issues Task Force, the Staff Development and Career Advancement Task Force, and the Academic Climate Task Force. One of the Commission’s first acts was to convene focus groups of junior faculty women, with the following result:
A PACWI recommendation, adopted by the Provost in January 1990, extended the tenure probationary period by one year for female faculty who experience pregnancy and childbirth and for male and female faculty who experience extraordinary dependent care demands, which include the care of children, ill or injured partners, or aging parents. (SPG 201.92)
The Commission successfully pressed for a new, modified duties policy (SPG201.93), adopted on January 1, 1991, to grant relief from classroom teaching for the semester in which sick leave is used for pregnancy or childbirth.
At the end of the year, PACWI presented its 1991 Report to the President on Educational Issues Affecting Women Students. The report put forth four strategic objectives, to be implemented through a Strategic Plan for Women’s Educational Success:
The Center for the Education of Women implemented a PACWI recommendation by offering new programs for junior faculty women on achieving tenure, negotiating skills, and dependent care issues. The program on achieving tenure was later expanded to include all junior faculty and co-sponsored by the Office of the Provost, SACUA, and J-NET, a network of junior women faculty.
1991–1992:
To foster the success of junior faculty women, PACWI proposed a number of activities and programs, including department–based mentoring and networking programs, pre–tenure reviews, and early dissemination to junior faculty of information on resources supporting research.
PACWI organized a series of focus groups for senior faculty women and then published a summary of findings about perceived supports and barriers (climate, family issues, hiring, pay, promotion, and workload), plus recommendations.
In response to PACWI concerns, the Provost created the Special Hiring and Recruitment Effort (SHARE) to increase the number of women with senior faculty appointments.
PACWI members devoted much time to encouraging adoption of the revised faculty/staff sexual harassment policy and to recommending that the University develop a more coordinated and coherent response to sexual harassment (SPG 201.89-0). The policy was adopted by the Regents in November, 1991.
1992–1993: Status of Women Reports Reveal Problems
PACWI collaborated with the Office of Academic Planning and Analysis, the Affirmative Action Office and others to analyze the status of women and the academic pipeline at the University in two reports: “Women at the University of Michigan,” February 1992 and “Women at the University of Michigan,” v. II, December 1993.
The first report revealed a low representation of women--especially women of color--among faculty at all levels, graduate and professional students in many fields, and upper-level staff. Representing nearly half of all undergraduates, women were found in decreasing numbers at the master’s, professional, and doctoral levels. The shortage of women faculty had a potentially negative impact on the education of women students. Women’s median salary in all ranks of every school/college was lower than that of their male peers.
The 1993 report revealed that between 1990 and 1992, the proportion of women in senior administrative positions decreased from 30% to 22%. Women of color represented only 3.1% of the tenured and tenure-track faculty.
PACWI and other women’s organizations at the University of Michigan were successful in urging the creation of a Philosophy of Staff Development encouraging the availability of ongoing training and career development for all staff.
1993-94: The Michigan Agenda for Women
President Duderstadt officially launched the Michigan Agenda for Women: Leadership for a New Century. The goal of the Agenda was to make the University of Michigan, by the year 2000, the leader among American universities in promoting the success of women of diverse backgrounds as faculty, students and staff, and the leading institution for the study of women and gender issues. The Agenda outlines a series of goals and actions that ensure the success of women. Much of the Agenda for Women was built on recommendations made originally by the President's Advisory Commission on Women's Issues. At PACWI’s urging, a number of new programs were implemented:
In response to the disproportionate demands for formal and informal advising, committee membership, and other service by tenured and tenure–track women, PACWI members successfully proposed the Career Development Fund for Women Faculty. Created in 1993-94, the Fund supports awards of $5,000 each to 40 women faculty members per year to underwrite scholarship, research, or creative activity. Awards are based on scholarship and service by tenured or tenure–track faculty on the Ann Arbor campus.
During 1993-94, the President and the Provost announced a plan to create 10 new senior faculty positions, provided departments identify outstanding women to fill them. Additional positions were to be created after the first 10 are filled.
1994–95:
During 1994-95, PACWI members continued to work with President Duderstadt to develop recommendations that help to implement the Michigan Agenda for Women. Also during this year, PACWI conducted a series of focus groups with office staff members.
PACWI brought to the attention of the President the fear experienced by women students, especially graduate students, when walking on campus late at night, because there was no parking available to them that was close to their laboratories or other workplaces. As a result, most campus parking lots and structures were opened for free parking by students after 6:00 p.m.
In response to PACWI 's 1992-93 recommendations as well as those of other groups, Human Resources/Affirmative Action created the Consultation and Conciliation Service to assist individuals and units to resolve conflicts.
1995-96:
During this presidential transition year, PACWI raised a number of issues that pointed the way to future endeavors:
In recognition of the disproportionate rate at which women are hired as lecturers rather than tenure-track faculty, PACWI worked successfully toward the implementation of the Career Development Fund for Lecturers.
PACWI members successfully advocated for the inclusion of staff members on the presidential search committee and participated actively in Regental hearings that preceded the search process.
PACWI also sponsored the publication of Volume III of “Women at the University of Michigan: A Statistical Report on the Status of Women Students, Faculty and Staff on the Ann Arbor Campus.”
1996-97:
PACWI members expressed their views about priorities in the presidential search process. After President Lee C. Bollinger was appointed, PACWI took a stand against a proposal to steer employees into M-CARE, an initiative that was forestalled when many constituencies raised serious concerns. PACWI also pursued a number of issues with President Bollinger, including the importance of next-level review of negative tenure decisions; the need to address the salaries of lower-income staff, many of whom were paid at rates below the federal poverty guidelines; the desirability of improving educational benefits available to staff; and the crucial importance of hiring more women executives.
1997-98:
President Bollinger appointed Provost Nancy Cantor and Vice President for Development Susan Feagin.
Provost Cantor implemented a long-standing PACWI recommendation to encourage an additional salary increment for lower-compensated staff. The program, envisaged as the beginning of a three-year initiative, provided a salary increase of $400 beyond normal merit increases for most office, technical, and professional/administrative staff earning $25,000 or less.
Provost Cantor also supported and funded a number of recommendations, which PACWI had endorsed, made by the Child Care Task Force. These included doubling the University’s contribution to childcare subsidies for students and making the Kids Kare at Home program providing care for sick children permanent, while expanding it to students.
Also during 1997-98, PACWI convened a meeting with President Bollinger and Provost Cantor as well as representatives of the Commission for Women, the Academic Women’s Caucus, the Women of Color Task Force, the Women of Color in the Academy Project, and Human Resources/Affirmative Action to discuss women’s issues on campus. One result of that meeting was an agreement that the president and provost would participate in open forums for women staff and faculty in the fall of 1998.
1998-99:
The Commission was delighted when President Bollinger appointed Royster Harper, Lisa Tedesco, and Cynthia Wilbanks to executive officer positions during this academic year. As a result, this is the first administration in UM history in which half of the executive officers are women--an objective for which PACWI has long advocated. In addition, President Bollinger appointed three women deans, with the result that one-third of deans were women--another historic high.
Provost Cantor provided an additional salary increment for lower-compensated staff for a second year.
At the urging of PACWI, Provost Cantor agreed to gather information about negative tenure outcomes in addition to positive ones.
The policy Provost Cantor and Vice President Robert Kasden had adopted at the urging of PACWI, doubling the number of dependent care days available to staff and faculty to six, went into effect during the winter term.
During the fall semester, PACWI co-sponsored with a number of women’s constituency groups and administrative offices two open forums with President Bollinger and Provost Cantor--one for staff and one for faculty. In the spring, the Commission acted on its interest in fostering women student leaders by convening a forum in which they could exchange experiences.
1999-2000:
This academic year saw the appointment of Lisa Rudgers as an executive officer; another woman dean was appointed as well. At the same time, PACWI members were pleased to note that promotions of women from assistant to associate professor in 1998-99 had increased over previous years.
A highlight of the year was the decision by Provost Cantor to change the staff tuition support program from reimbursement to prospective payment and to increase the amount available--changes the Commission had proposed.
She and Executive Vice Presidents Kasden and Omenn announced that change in a memorandum to all supervisors stressing the importance of enabling staff to pursue professional development opportunities.
In addition, Provost Cantor provided an additional salary increment for lower-income staff for a third year, greatly reducing the number of women paid at the minimum for their job classification.
Finally, at the urging of PACWI, Provost Cantor launched a study of equity in faculty salaries.
2000-2001:
The Commission worked closely with the Director of the Sexual Harassment Policy Office to develop a new draft policy regarding faculty-student relationships. This draft was accepted for consideration by the Provosts of the Ann Arbor, Flint, and Dearborn campuses.
In response to advocacy efforts by PACWI and others, Provost Cantor and Vice President Kasden agreed once again to increase the number of dependent care days available to faculty and staff, this time from six days to all fifteen of the annual sick days. This change took effect January 1, 2002.
A faculty salary equity study, initially proposed by PACWI, was completed September 2001, after continuing work by PACWI members to see it developed.
At the encouragement of PACWI and other interested parties on campus, the Eating Disorders Task Team report was delivered to the Vice President for Student Affairs. Asked to comment on the report, PACWI supported the analysis done and suggested in addition that a standing oversight committee be formed to provide university-wide oversight of prevention and treatment efforts on campus.
2001-2002:
In conjunction with over a dozen women’s groups from all three UM campuses, PACWI organized an address to UM women by Interim President B. Joseph White. The event provided a forum for the Interim President to speak to issues affecting women faculty, staff and students, and to respond informally to questions raised by the audience.
Faculty salary adjustments stemming from the faculty salary equity study were implemented by the schools and colleges with support from the Office of the Provost.
PACWI met with Associate Vice President and Chief of Human Resources Barbara Butterfield to discuss the UM’s plan for redesign of the classification system. PACWI members suggested that the new system collect institutional and unit-based data in order to support equitable classification and pay decisions.
PACWI also made recommendations to Associate Vice President Butterfield regarding the University’s 2003 contract for a single pharmacy benefit plan, emphasizing the need to monitor and assess the new plan’s impact on women and people of color.
A website for the Commission was designed and added to the President’s webpage of Committees, Initiatives and Special Projects. The new site offers readers an overview of PACWI’s charge, its history, links to some of the policies PACWI was instrumental in achieving, a list of current members, as well as the means to contact PACWI.
In view of the University budget situation for fiscal year 2003, PACWI recommended to the President and Provost that units give special attention to low-income staff in the yearly merit program. In response to the Commission’s recommendations, the Provost addressed the question of low-income staff in budget letters sent to the units. In addition, in order to monitor this, the Provost required units to submit aggregate data on merit increases by staff classification group.
With the departure of UM President Lee Bollinger, a Presidential Search Advisory Committee (PSAC) was named. Individuals recommended by PACWI were appointed to PSAC, which met with PACWI to discuss the presidential search process and qualifications the Commission believed were important in a President. In the spring of 2002, Dr. Mary Sue Coleman was selected to be the University’s first woman President.
2002-2003
Throughout the year, PACWI guided development of the report Women at the University of Michigan: A Statistical Report on the Status of Women Students, Faculty and Staff on the Ann Arbor Campus. This comprehensive analysis details the standing of women in various roles across the university, identifying where progress has been made, as well as where inequity continues to exist.
Commission members were invited to be part of the policy committee informing Human Resource's classification redesign project. With this project, the University intends to completely update its staff classification system. PACWI representatives on the policy committee advocated and won approval for development of data collection and an audit process.
PACWI saw the Faculty-Student Relationships Policy, which it helped design, supported by President Coleman, the Provost and Deans. Commission members assisted in the policy’s vetting process, including speaking in favor of the policy at a meeting of the Faculty Senate Assembly.
PACWI also contributed to development of the policy on violence in the university community, adopted on April 1, 2003 as Standard Practice Guide policy number 601.18.
2003-2004:
Many efforts initiated and/or guided by PACWI came to fruition during the 2003-4 academic year. In October, the fourth edition of Women at the University of Michigan: A Statistical Report on the Status of Women Students, Staff and Faculty on the Ann Arbor Campus was released. This report provides an important tool for University leaders to assess the relative standing of women and people of color, identify where inequities exist, and set goals for improvement.The report includes benchmarking information regarding student enrollment, staff and faculty composition and advancement, and academic leadership. It is the fourth in a series, prepared under the auspices of PACWI by the Center for the Education of Women, Human Resource Records and Information Services, and Office of Budget and Planning. Earlier editions were produced in 1992, 1993 and 1996.
The Faculty-Student Relationships policy, originally designed by PACWI, was formally adopted and added to the University’s Standard Practice Guide in April 2004. It strongly discourages romantic and/or sexual relationships between faculty members and students, due to the inherent conflict of interest.
In April, PACWI recommended that the University survey its postdoctoral scholars and the units in which they work. This suggestion was accepted by senior leadership. The research topics outlined in PACWI’s recommended study will help UM in its continued efforts to improve its recruitment of and support for the career and educational needs of a diverse pool of postdoctoral professionals.
2004-2005:
PACWI played an important role in revision of the modified duties policy for faculty. PACWI voiced its support of the main revision under discussion -- that eligibility be extended to adoptive parents and fathers who are at least co-equal caregivers to a child. Commission members provided unique insights, however, that helped create language clarifying that teaching relief during extended sick leave for recovery from childbirth should be considered separately and in addition to a parent’s new entitlement to modified duties to adjust to parenting.
In separate meetings with President Mary Sue Coleman and Provost Paul Courant, PACWI suggested that a more coordinated, strategic and high-level support for work-life balance policies and programs should be developed at UM. With funding provided by the School of Social Work and Rackham Graduate School, PACWI sponsored research into methods used by UM’s peers for strategic integration and promotion of work-life initiatives. The President indicated her readiness to share PACWI’s research and recommendations with the Executive Officers when it becomes available in the fall of 2005.
In its meeting with President Coleman, PACWI offered its support of the Moving Child Care Forward at Michigan initiative created by the President.
PACWI noted with the President and the Provost its support for an administration proposal that would allow up to two years of part-time progress on the tenure clock. The Commission recommended that any such policy suggest that the chair and faculty member discuss the merit review consequences expected under the part-time appointment. It recommended that decisions (both positive and negative) regarding authorization of part-time appointments be reported to the Provost’s office in order to protect against arbitrary or otherwise problematic decisions. Lastly, PACWI suggested that UM outline a clear expectation for external and internal tenure evaluators so they do not judge candidates in any way that would punish them for taking advantage of the policies.
2005-2006:
PACWI members developed a draft policy to provide graduate students with up to 8 weeks of paid modified duties leave following the birth or adoption of a new child. The policy was designed to prevent graduate student instructors and researchers from losing financial aid and slowing their progress toward a degree following the arrival of a new child in the family. The policy would extend paid leave beyond the three weeks currently provided under the Graduate Employees Organization contract. Interim Provost Edward Gramlich forwarded the draft policy to Rackham Dean Janet Weiss for further consideration.
Teresa Sullivan assumed the Provost position at the end of the academic term. PACWI members created a memo for the new Provost, citing observations about the current status of women of color faculty on the Ann Arbor campus. Suggested actions to improve the recruitment and retention of women of color faculty included university-wide training of department chairs and other faculty regarding unintended race bias, improved faculty development efforts, and the regular conduct of entrance and exit interviews.
In separate meetings with the head of the Department of Public Safety and President Coleman, PACWI members raised concerns regarding the safety of students, staff and faculty on and near campus. Following a rash of violent crimes, the Commission requested increased public notification of crime information and available safety resources, as well as funding to reinstitute DPS’ student patrol program.
2006-2007:
As part of President Coleman’s response to PACWI’s research report on work-life balance, PACWI members began to develop a gradual-return-to-work policy that could ultimately be used across the Ann Arbor campus. Working with Human Resources management in UM’s Business and Finance (B & F) area, PACWI members modified an existing B & F policy to make it easier for interested staff and their supervisors to arrange short-term part-time appointments following the birth or adoption of a child. In the next academic year, a workgroup will develop procedural guidelines, training materials, and a plan to evaluate the success of the policy’s implementation within B & F, prior to employing the policy campus-wide.
Another aspect of PACWI’s efforts to promote flexible work arrangements involved gathering information about successful models of flexwork in health care settings. Included on Working Mother magazine’s “Top 100 Companies to Work For” list for 2006 were seventeen hospital or health center employers. PACWI provided Deborah Childs, Chief Human Resource Officer of the UM Health System, and Jennie McAlpine, Director of Work/Life Programs, with a summary of these models and encouraged them to consider new ways that UMHS could expand flexible work options for nurses, clerical workers and other staff.
In meetings with President Coleman and Provost Sullivan, PACWI continued to press for adoption of a policy on modified duties for graduate students.
PACWI played an important role in supporting the work of the Diversity Blueprints Task Force, which was created by the University following voters’ passage of a statewide initiative banning the use of affirmative action by public institutions. As a member of the Task Force, Carol Hollenshead, PACWI Chair and Director of the Center for the Education of Women, contributed her expertise to the Faculty/Staff Hiring and Retention Subcommittee. In addition, PACWI members recommended to the Task Force actions designed to maintain and improve upon the diversity of UM’s community of students, faculty and staff. Many of the final recommendations produced by the Diversity Blueprints Task Force reflected PACWI’s suggestions.
President’s Advisory Commission on Women’s Issues Members: 1989–2007
Titles are those in effect at the time of PACWI service.
Carol Hollenshead (Chairperson), Director, Center for the Education of Women
Cassandra Willis-Abner, Director of Managed Care Operations, UMHS
Nicole Acevedo, Ph.D. Candidate, Dept. of Molecular and Integrative Physiology
Ruth Addis, Systems Project Coordinator, User Services, Information Technology Division
Paula Allen-Meares, Dean and Professor of Social Work
Ann Alvarez, Graduate Student, Social Work and Social Science
Elizabeth Anderson, Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy
Naomi Andre, Associate Professor, Women’s Studies
Toni Antonucci, Associate Dean of Rackham & Professor of Psychology
Lisa Bakale-Wise, Undergraduate Student, Political Science and Sociology
Elizabeth Beattie, Assistant Research Scientist, School of Nursing
Becky Blank, Dean, Ford School of Public Policy
Mary Brake, Associate Professor, Nuclear Engineering Department
Cheryl Bratt, Undergraduate Student, English and Women’s Studies
Petula Brown, Business Analyst, Medical Center Information Technology
Jennifer Buan, Undergraduate, LS&A
Laurie Burns, Manager, Information Technology Division
Nancy Cantor, Associate Dean of the Graduate School; Professor, Department of Psychology
Nicole Carson, Graduate Student, Social Work and Social Science
Linda Chatters, Associate Professor of Health Behavior and Health Education, School of Public Health; Faculty Associate,
Research Center for Groups Dynamics, Institute for Social Research
Kelly Cichy, Director, Sexual Assault Prevention and Awareness Center
Shingairai Chitanda, Director, Sexual Assault Prevention and Awareness Center
Sarah Chopp, Undergraduate, LS&A
Patricia Coleman–Burns, Director, Multicultural Affairs, School of Nursing
Robin Means Coleman, Associate Professor of Communications Studies and Associate Professor of Afroamerican and African Studies
Susan M. Collins, Dean, School of Public Policy
Robin Means Coleman, Associate Professor of Communications Studies and Associate Professor of Afroamerican and African Studies
Cathy Conway-Perrin, Associate Director, College of Literature, Science and the Arts Academic Advising
Lilia Cortina, Associate Professor of Psychology and Women’s Studies
Margaret Creger, Research Associate, School of Business Administration
Stacy Davis, Senior; President Student, Alumni Council
Avery Demond, Associate Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering, College of Engineering
Kimberly Dillon, Undergraduate, Engineering
Colleen Dolan–Greene, Assistant Vice President for Academic Affairs–Personnel
Kathleen Donohoe, Director, Sexual Harassment Policy Office
Karen Downing, Senior Associate Librarian, Graduate Library
Lynne Dumas, Program Representative, Rackham Graduate School
Rhetaugh G. Dumas, Dean, School of Nursing; Professor of Nursing
T. Sha’ Duncan, Graduate Student, Social Work
Jacquelynne Eccles, Senior Research Scientist, Research Center for Group Dynamics; Professor, Department of Psychology and School of Education; Chair, Department of Psychology
Rebecca S. Eisenberg, Associate Professor, Law
Susan Eklund, Associate Dean, School of Law
Elise Erickson, Undergraduate Student, Nursing
Nora Faires, Associate Professor, History Department, College of Arts and Science, Flint Campus
Eva Feldman, Associate Professor, Medicine
Lydia Fossa, Graduate Student Teaching Assistant; Residential College; College of Literature, Science, and the Arts
Ruth Freeman, Undergraduate Student, LS&A
Carrie Garcia, Law Student
Susan Gelman, Professor, Department of Psychology
Gloria Gibson, Graduate Student, Sociology Department
John Godfrey, Assistant Dean for International Education, Rackham School of Graduate Studies
Deborah Goldberg, Chair and Professor, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Amy Gordon, Undergraduate Student, LS & A
Debra Graddick, Administrative Associate, Anthropology Department
Sandra Graham-Bermann, Associate Professor, Department of Psychology
Martha Guenin, Administrative Associate, Office of the Provost, Flint
Lorraine Gutierrez, Associate Professor, Social Work
E. Royster Harper, Assistant to the Vice President for Academic Affairs and to the Dean of the College of Literature, Science, and the Arts
Melissa Harris, Associate Dean & Associate Professor, Architecture & Urban Planning
Janet Hart, Associate Professor, Anthropology
Glenda Haskell, Coordinator of Academic Services Programs, Office of the Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs
Zina R. Haywood, Financial Aid Officer
Sioban Harlow, Professor of Epidemiology, School of Public Health
Judith Heady, Associate Professor, Department of Natural Sciences, Dearborn Campus
Pamela Heatlie, Associate Director, Office of Institutional Equity
Ada Sue Hinshaw, Dean and Professor, School of Nursing
Mark Banaszak Holl, Professor Chemistry, Applied Physics, Biophysics, and Macromolecular Science & Engineering
Margaret Holmes–Burkeen, Administrative Manager, Department of Surgery
June M. Howard, Associate Professor, English, Women’s Studies; Associate Chair, Department of English
Kendra Huard, Senior, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts
Sylvia Hurtado, Director, Center for the Study of Higher and Postsecondary Education, and Associate Professor,School of Education
J. Bianca Jackson, Graduate Student, Applied Physics
Jane Johnson, Business Administrator Senior, LS&A Outreach Staffing Services
Sally Johnson, Director of Mediation Services and Building Great Places to Work
Tim Johnson, Chair and Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Liene Karels, Assistant Director, Marketing Communications
Jennifer Karlin, Graduate Student, Industrial and Operations Engineering
Carol Karlsen, Professor, History Department
Shari A Katz, Undergraduate Student, College of Literature, Science and the Arts
Kim Kearfott, Professor, Nuclear Engineering Department
Arlene Keizer, Associate Professor, English, Afroamerican and African Studies
Deborah Keller-Cohen, Associate Professor of Linguistics, Program in Linguistics
Daria Kirby, Graduate Student, Department of Psychology
Nicole Laughlin, Senior, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts
Kim Leung, Undergraduate Student, Public Policy
Catherine Lilly, Senior Advisor to the Office of the Executive
Vice President & Chief Financial Officer
Gretchen Lopez, Graduate Student, Department of Psychology
Rebecca Mark, Undergraduate Student, Political Science
Jill Mateo, Graduate Student, Biopsychology, Department of Psychology
Jacqueline Mattis, Graduate Student Research Assistant, Department of Psychology
Miriam H. Meisler, Professor of Human Genetics, Medical School
Sarah Moldenhauer, Graduate Student, Psychology and Women’s Studies
Anne Monterio, Assistant Dean for Students, College of Engineering
Dana Muir, Associate Professor of Business Law, School of Business
Roberta Palmer, Secretary to the University
Chavella Pittman, Graduate Student, Sociology
Marianetta Porter, Professor of Art
Yopie Prins, Associate Professor, English and Comparative Literature
Beth G. Reed, Associate Professor of Social Work & Women’s Studies, School of Social Work
Rebecca Rueble, Undergraduate Student, LS&A
Felicia Sandler, Graduate Student in Composition, School of Music
Robin Sarris, Administrative Director, LSA
Gina Sartor, Undergraduate Student, College of Engineering
Arlene Saxonhouse, Chair, Department of Political Science
Melita Schaum, Associate Professor of English, Humanities Department
Cindi Schipani, Professor, School of Business Administration
Dawn Schrader, Undergraduate Student, Mechanical Engineering Department
Doneka R. Scott, Undergraduate Student, College of Engineering
Donna Shewach, Professor. Pharmacology
Laura Shoemaker, Undergraduate Student, Panhellenic President
Pat Simons, Associate Professor of History of Art andWomen’s Studies
Barbara Smuts, Associate Professor, Department of Psychology; Associate Professor, Anthropology Department
Catherine Spires, Associate Chair and Clinical Assistant Professor, Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Department
Julie Stacey, Senior, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts
Julie Ann Steiner, Coordinator, Sexual Assault Prevention and Awareness Center
Abigail Stewart, Professor of Psychology and Women’s Studies; Chair, Women’s Studies
V. Thandi Sule, Graduate Student, School of Education
Mary Ann Swain, Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs, Professor of Nursing
Michele Swanson, Associate Professor of Microbiology & Immunology
Lisa Tedesco, Associate Dean, Dental School
Leslie Tentler, Professor of History, the Universityof Michigan, Dearborn Campus
Laurita Thomas, Administrator for Human Resources for the Medical Campus; Assistant Director, University of Michigan Hospitals
Office of the Executive Director
Paula Thompson, Academic Secretary III, Physics Department
Richard Tolman, Associate Dean, School of Social Work
Kim Watson, Undergraduate Student, College of Engineering
Denise White, Employment Representative, University of Michigan Medical Campus, Human Resources Department
Christina Whitman, Associate Dean and Professor, Law School
Tajuana Williams, Undergraduate Student, President IOE Student Society
Linda S. Wilson, Vice President for Research
Sarah Winans Newman, Associate Vice President for Research; Professor of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Medical School
Wendy Woods, Academic Advisor, Academic Standards Board, LS&A Student Academic Affairs
Joyce Wright, Interim Director, Sexual Assault Prevention and Awareness Center
President’s Office
Lisa Baker, Director, Public Affairs, Office of the Vice President for Government Relations and Secretary of the University
Shirley A. Clarkson, Assistant to the President
Sally Churchill, Vice President and Secretary of the University
Constance E. Cook, Assistant to the President
Zaida I. Giraldo, Director of Affirmative Action
Lisa Tedesco, Vice President and Secretary of the University
Provost’s Office
E. Kay Dawson, Assistant to the Provost
Susan Lipschutz, Associate Provost; Adjunct Associate Professor of Philosophy
Center for the Education of Women
Susan Kaufmann, Associate Director
Beth Sullivan, Senior Associate for Advocacy and Policy
Women’s Agenda Liaison
Jayne Thorson, Director, Faculty Affairs, Medical School Faculty Affairs Office
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