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