Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging

Office of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging

  • Sharon Laing – Interim Associate Dean for Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging
  • Operations Manager, Office of DEIB – Vacant
  • Cher Espina, Director of Admissions and Student Diversity
  • Kameil Borders, Director of Human Resources and Organizational Development

To contact us, please e-mail sondei@uw.edu.

Diversity Student Groups

  • Listings available here.

Future Nurses Club – photo taken April 2018

Antiracism Workgroups

As healthcare students, educators, researchers, and professionals, we know that racism is a societal ill and public health problem. To achieve the needed institutional changes to combat racism, we must be antiracist.  The following workgroups were formed to address various operational issues of the UW School of Nursing over the course of the 2020-2021 academic year.  *Please e-mail sondei@uw.edu to correct a listing below.

  1. Pledge Statement.  Co-Leads:  Rebecca O’Connor.  Members:  Ash Bond, Neal Cragg, Sharon Daly, Cher Espina, April Greenwell, Brendon Lee, Kari Lombard, Keondra Rustan, Marla Salmon, Elaine Walsh, April Wilkinson, Mayumi Willgerodt
  1. Training.  Lead:  Sharon Laing, AD DEIB (Interim). Members:  Cher Espina, Jessilyn Hong, Kari Lombard, Julie Myers, Rebecca O’Connor, Keondra Rustan, Clare Sherley
  1. Expectation of Employment.  Lead:  Kameil Borders.  Members:  Wendy Barrington, April Greenwell, Emily Lamont, Kari Lombard, Rebecca O’Connor, Keondra Rustan, Marla Salmon, Clare Sherley
  1. Trained in Diversity Best Practices for Faculty and Staff Searches/Hiring.  Lead:  Sharon Laing, AD DEIB (Interim). Members:  Ash Bond, David Campbell, Barbara Cochrane, Neal Cragg, Cher Espina, April Greenwell, Jessilyn Hong, Ira Kantrowitz-Gordon, Emily Lamont, Kari Lombard, Julie Myers, Rebecca O’Connor, Keondra Rustan, Clare Sherley, Rebecca Wood
  1. Teaching and Curriculum.  Lead:  Sharon Laing, AD DEIB (Interim). Members:  Ash Bond, Neal Cragg, Kari Lombard, Julie Myers, Rebecca O’Connor, Keondra Rustan, Francisca Salazar, Clare Sherley, Elaine Walsh
  1. Clinical/Practicum Learning Space and Preceptors.  Co-Leads:  Kristine Takamiya, Rebecca Wood.  Members:  Pam Barney, Barbara Cochrane, Neal Cragg, Judy Lazarus, Kari Lombard, Holly Moye, Julie Myers, Rebecca O’Connor, Sheryl Rasmussen, Jennifer Rathe, Clare Sherley, Anita Souza, Elaine Walsh
  1. Support and Retention for Students of Color.  Co-Leads:  Cher Espina, Jenny Tsai.  Members:  Adrian Acosta, Sarah Gimbel, Ira Kantrowitz-Gordon, Jessilyn Hong, Judy Lazarus, Tiffany Liu, Kari Lombard, Betsy Mau, Julie Myers, Simone Nelson, Jane O’Connor, Rebecca O’Connor, Resa Regan, Keondra Rustan, Marla Salmon, Hilaire Thompson, Patrick Tufford, Elaine Walsh, Mayumi Willgerodt
  1. Marketing and Communications.  Lead:  Alex Abplanalp.  Members:  Brilliance Jones, Jessica Bird, Cher Espina, Tiffany Liu
  1. Advancement.  Lead Team:  Eryn Boyles Ilk, Mercedes Luna, Christine Sugatan.  Members:  Wendy Barrington, Cher Espina, Ira Kantrowitz-Gordon, Jane O’Connor, Rebecca O’Connor, Kerryn Reding, Keondra Rustan, Casey Thomson, Patrick Tufford, Elaine Walsh, April Wilkinson, Mayumi Willgerodt
  1. Research.  Lead Team:  Sarah Zangrillo, Colie Pilling, Joie Whitney.  Members:  Maria Bleil, Rebecca O’Connor, Monica Oxford, Cynthia Price, Hilaire Thompson
  1. Evaluation of Initiatives.  Co-Leads:  Rebecca O’Connor.  Members:  Wendy Barrington, Barbara Cochrane, Cher Espina, Keondra Rustan, Casey Thomson, Elaine Walsh

Workgroup Outcomes and Timeline:  Summary SoN Antiacism Workgroup Outcomes draft 6.2.2021

Questions can be sent to sondei@uw.edu

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