Cabinet Members

The George Washington University Equity Institute is a university-wide collaboration to create an institute dedicated to community-engaged research on the worldwide problem of racial and ethnic inequality. Our cabinet consists of faculty members from almost every school in the university.

Nemata Blyden

Professor of History and International Affairs, Columbian College of Arts and Sciences

Don Braman

Associate Professor of Law, GW Law

Jennifer Brinkerhoff

Professor of International Affairs, International Business, and Public Policy & Public Administration, Elliott School of International Affairs

Amy Cohen

Executive Director, Honey W. Nashman Center Civic Engagement and Public Service

Shawneequa Callier

Associate Professor of Clinical Research and Leadership, School of Medicine & Health Sciences

Payman Dehghanian

Assistant Professor of Practice, School of Engineering and Applied Science

Karen Drenkard

Associate Dean, School of Nursing

Jehan "Gigi" El-Bayoumi

Professor of Medicine; Founding Director, Rodham Institute, School of Medicine & Health Sciences

Wendy Ellis

Assistant Professor, Global Health; Director of the Center for Community Resilience, Milken Institute School of Public Health

Mary Ellsberg

Founding Director, Global Women's Institute, Milken Institute School of Public Health

James Foster

Oliver T. Carr, Jr. Professor of International Affairs and Professor of Economics, Elliot School of International Affairs

Adriana Glenn

Director of RN-BSN Program Track, School of Nursing

Lynn Goldman

Michael and Lori Milken Dean, Milken Institute School of Public Health

Tom Guglielmo

Department Chair and Associate Professor of American Studies, Department of American Studies, Columbian College of Arts and Sciences

Yolanda Haywood

Associate Dean for Student Affairs; Senior Associate Dean for Diversity, Inclusion & Faculty Affairs; Professor of Emergency Medicine, School of Medicine & Health Sciences

Hiromi Ishizawa

Chair and Associate Professor of Sociology, Columbian College of Arts and Sciences

Saniya LeBlanc

Associate Professor, School of Engineering & Applied Science

Xolela Mangcu

Department of Sociology, Columbian College of Arts and Sciences

Dayna Bowen Matthew

Dean and Harold H. Greene Professor of Law, GW Law

David Rain

Associate Professor of Geography and International Affairs and Geography Department Chair,
Global Equity and Social Justice, Department of Geography, Columbian College of Arts and Sciences

Alfreda Robinson

Associate Dean for Trial Advocacy Co-Director, Litigation and Dispute Resolution Program, GW Law

Kimberly Rodgers

Administrator, Center for Community Resilience, Milken Institute School of Public Health

Gail Rosseau

Clinical Professor of Neurological Surgery, School of Medicine and Health Sciences

Sarah Shomstein

Professor, Cognitive Neuroscience, Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Columbian College of Arts and Sciences

Jessica Steinberg

Professor of Law, GW Law

Sonia Suter

The Kahan Family Research Professor of Law and Founding Director, Health Law Initiative, GW Law

Ashwini Tambe

Director, Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies, Columbian College of Arts and Sciences

Mary Tschirhart

Director, Trachtenberg School and Stephen Joel Trachtenberg Professor in Public Service, Trachtenberg School of Public Policy and Public Administration, Columbian College of Arts and Sciences