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Equity Institute Affiliates
Leadership
Wendy Ellis, Director
Dr. Wendy Ellis is an Assistant Professor in Global Health and the Director of the Center for Community Resilience at the Milken Institute School of Public Health at George Washington University.
Dayna Bowen Matthew, Founder
Dayna Bowen Matthew, JD, PhD, is the Dean and Harold H. Greene Professor of Law at the George Washington University Law School. A leader in public health and civil rights law who focuses on disparities in health, health care, and the social determinants of health, Dean Matthew joined GW Law in 2020. She also is the founder and inaugural faculty director of GW’s newly chartered Equity Institute, an interdisciplinary research hub dedicated to addressing racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic injustice. A prolific writer, Dean Matthew is the author of two bestselling books, Just Medicine: A Cure for Racial Inequality in American Health Care, and the recently released Just Health: Treating Structural Racism to Heal America, and the co-author of a case book on public health law, ethics, and policy.
Equity Institute Affiliates
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 affiliates consist of faculty members from almost every school in the university.
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
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
Alesha Garvin
Director, Strategic Initiatives & Administration, GW Law
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