The UMSD MAC/ MAC Implementation Committee was established and charged with the development of the campus Diversity Strategic Plan document for the UMSD and will address the recommendations from our 2014 Climate Study and the Strategic Plan People Domain.
CORE VALUES:
For over a century, the University of Michigan School of Dentistry (UMSD) has been a ‘leader and best’ in diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs, including successful recruitment, matriculation and professional development activities.
> In 1890 graduated the first female African-American dentist in the United States of America, Dr. Ida Gray.
> UMSD has graduated more African-American dentists (400+) than any other U.S. dental school with the exception of those at the historically black colleges and universities (HBCU), Howard and Meharry.
> The school has also graduated 140 Latino dentists and 25 Native American dentists, including the first American Indian female dentist, Dr. Jessica Rickert, DDS 1975 (Potawatomi). Her graduation placed Dr. Rickert in history as the third American Indian dentist in the nation to come from a federally recognized tribe.
Increase Resources that Foster an Inclusive Environment (inclusion and equity):
R1. Implement cultural sensitivity training.
R2. Provide internal cultural sensitivity training.
Create Structures to Improve Communication across the School (inclusion):
R3. Create think tanks made up of students, faculty and staff.
R4. Create a clear, safe place to report incidents of micro-aggressions.
Increase Diversity (diversity):
R5. Increase diversity of staff, faculty and students.
Cultural Competency training for students, staff and faculty
Growing and continuing a vibrant and dynamic MAC
Track the number of students, staff and faculty engaged in DEI efforts
Review and revise the Communication and Conflict Resolution Program Strategies
Regular meetings of the MAC Implementation Committee
Updates twice a year to the UMSD leadership team
Monthly updates to Associate Dean Murdoch-Kinch and Dean McCauley
Annual update to the UMSD Executive Committee
Annual update to UMSD community (faculty, staff, students) via town hall
Expand Profile for Success summer program and Pipeline building efforts
UMSD DEI Planning Teams:
Multicultural Affairs Committee (MAC)
Strategic Planning Committee (People Domain)
Climate Study Steering Committee (CSSC)
Climate Study Advisory Committee (CSAC)
Climate Study Implementation Committee (CIC)
MAC IMPLEMENTATION COMMITTEE:
Todd V. Ester, DDS & Tina L. Pryor, MSHRM, Co-Chairs
Faculty/Administration:
Professor Martha Mccomas, Drs: Rogerio Castilho, Renee Duff, Elliott Hill, Marita Inglehart, Elisabeta Karl, Kyriaki Marti, Raymond Maturo, Kenneth May, Helena Ritchie, Henry Temple
Staff: Judy Craft, Bonnie Dawson, Mary Jo Gray, Cindi Hartman, Kim Huner, Gail Oljace, Brandonn Perry, Cheryl Quiney, Kimberly Smith, John Squires
Students:
Luke Aiura, Zahraa Allohaibi, Amir Aryaan, Assal Aslani, Wassim El Awadi, Dan Blair, Stephen Cheung, Vanessa Donastorg, Jae Young Han, Patrick Johnson, Milad Karim.
Peter Liang, Sara Safdari-Sadaloo, Ubonwan Sae-Ung, Alexandria Schulz, Rachael Vasquez,
Deangelo Webster, Emily Yanca, My Yang
The UMSD MAC/ MAC Implementation Committee was established and charged with the development of the campus Diversity Strategic Plan document for the UMSD and will address the recommendations from our 2014 Climate Study and the Strategic Plan People Domain.
“Climate Study of the Learning Environment for Faculty, Staff, and Students at a U.S. Dental School: Foundation for Culture Change”.
Journal of Dental Education, 81.10 ( 2017): 1153-1163.
Dean Laurie McCauley & Dental School Leadership
DEI ADVISORY TEAM
Todd Ester, DDS, MA, Director of Diversity and Inclusion
Tina Pryor, BBA, MSHRM, Director of Human Resources
Carol Anne Murdoch-Kinch, DDS, PhD, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs
Lynn Johnson, MA, PhD, Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs & Institutional Effectiveness
Renee Duff, DDS, MS, Assistant Dean for Student Services
Michael Fox, Director of Budget and Financial Planning
Vidya Ramaswamy, PhD, Associate Director of Curriculum and Program Evaluation
OFFICE OF DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION
Todd Ester, DDS, MA, Director
Ken May, DDS, MS, Associate Professor and Recruitment Officer
Dinella Crosby, MUP, Program Coordinator
DEI CO-LEADS
Todd Ester, DDS, MA, Director of Diversity and Inclusion
Tina Pryor, BBA, MSHRM, Director of Human Resources
The faculty annual review and Career Chats are mechanisms that allow faculty and staff to communicate to their department chairs and administrators their work in research, teaching, service and administrative responsibilities as it relates to our DEI goals. We believe engagement in these training sessions, DEI-MAC activities, and workshops foster responsible growth and sustainability.
"The (Mis) Education of US-MLK Symposium and MILK Health Sciences Lecture Livestream Watch at UMSD"
Honoring positive, resilent, inspirational, women in our lives
" Health Providers Managing Stress in the New COVID World: Inclusive Excellence, Faculty: Dr. Larry Salzmann, Pediatric Dentistry Survive of Thrive? Can We Do Both?
Celebrating our Diverse New Year's Food Traditions
Honoring Those Who Served
3 Issues of the Multicultural Mirror
Three Race, Anti-Racism and Racial Healing Sessions
Safe Space Dialogue for students, staff and faculty
Students, staff and faculty attended the post-election session "Charting Our Path Forward To Respect In Our Community"
Twenty students participated in the 2020 Profile for Success virtual experiences