Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion (EDI) Committee

Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion (EDI) Committee

Chair: Yasmeen Faroqi Shah (yfshah@umd.edu) 
Coordinator: Melanie Anderson (mander38@umd.edu)
Materials (for committee members only)

The Committee on Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion supports the efforts of diversity and inclusion by actively promoting an equitable, diverse, and inclusive campus that is free from all forms of discrimination. The committee forumulates and reviews policies and procedures pertaining to issues of equity, diversity, and inclusion, including policies on non-discrimination and accessibility. 

The EDI Committee consists of an appointed presiding officer; five faculty members; three exempt staff members; two non-exempt staff members; two graduate students; two undergraduate students; and the following persons or a representative of each: the Senior Vice President and Provost, the Vice President for Diversity & Inclusion, the Vice President for Administration & Finance, the Vice President for Student Affairs, and the Director of the Office of Civil Rights and Sexual Misconduct.

^ Meetings & Agendas

2024 Fall Semester Meetings

Date Time Location Agenda
       
2025 Spring Semester Meetings
Date Time Location Agenda
       

*Please contact the committee coordinator if you would like the link to attend the meeting.

Committee Work
Senate
Doc No
NameCurrent StatusUnder Review By
19-20-33Review of the University of Maryland Policy on Threatening and Intimidating ConductUnder ReviewEquity, Diversity, & Inclusion (EDI) Committee

Past Committee Work

Committee Members

NameSeatCollegeEmailTerm
Bidgell, FeliciaExempt StaffVPAfbidgell@umd.edu2026
Curry, LaceyFacultyBSOScurry19@umd.edu2026
Duarte, LannaExempt StaffSPHLlannadc@umd.edu2026
Emenheiser, AnnaGraduate StudentCMNSaemen@umd.edu2025
Garrard, JackExempt StaffVPSAjgarrard@umd.edu2026
Glaros, DannielleEx-Officio - VP & Chief Administrative Officer RepVPAdglaros@umd.edu2025
Greene, DaltonGraduate StudentARHUdeg@umd.edu2025
Griffith, CarolineUndergraduate StudentLTSCcgriff14@terpmail.umd.edu2025
Klossner, JoanneFacultySPHLjklossne@umd.edu2026
Lerma Jones, YvetteEx-Officio - VP Student Affairs RepVPSAylerma@umd.edu2025
Medina, BrianEx-Officio - Vice President for Diversity & Inclusion or RepPRESbamedina@umd.edu2025
Miles, LaurenNon-Exempt StaffCMNSlmiles14@umd.edu2025
Monroe, AshleyNon-Exempt StaffBSOSamonroe4@umd.edu2026
Nastase, AngelaEx-Officio - OCRSM RepPRESanastase@umd.edu2025
Nguyen, ThuFacultySPHLttxn@umd.edu2025
Ofor, ChinazaUndergraduate StudentBSOScofor@terpmail.umd.edu2025
Rosenthal, LauraEx-Officio - Provost's RepARHUlrosent1@umd.edu2025
Sanchez, DelidaFacultyEDUCdrdelida@umd.edu2026
Shah, YasmeenChairBSOSyfshah@umd.edu2025
Walsh, ShaneFacultyBSOSsbwalsh@umd.edu2025