Membership Overview
Members of the Leadership Alliance include thirty-five of the nation’s leading research and teaching academic institutions. Member institutions from the academic community are highly diverse in geographic distribution and range in size from roughly 1,000 to more than 50,000 students. A core value of each institution is an intimate scholarly relationship built upon student-faculty mentoring, through which opportunities for undergraduate research in the biological, physical and social sciences as well as the humanities are promoted.
Each Alliance member is represented in the consortium by an institutional coordinator. Leadership Alliance coordinators are high-level administrators, faculty, staff or program managers at their respective member institution.
The Leadership Alliance's Membership Committee handles all communication regarding membership. It strives to create and maintain a vital consortium through thoughtful consideration of the Alliance's mission, strategic goals, and organizational balance.
Institutions
The following list of member institutions includes the names and academic positions of the institutional coordinators.
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Brooklyn College
Louise Hainline
Professor of Psychology -
Brown University
Marlina Duncan
Associate Dean of Diversity Initiatives
Vanessa Ryan
Associate Dean of Graduate School -
Chaminade University of Honolulu
Patricia M. Lee-Robinson
Associate Provost & Director of the Office of Health Professions Advising and Undergraduate Research -
Claflin University
Muthukrishna Raja
Professor of Chemistry -
Columbia University
Celina Chatman Nelson
​Associate Dean for Academic Diversity and Inclusion -
Cornell University
Laurel Southard
Director, Undergraduate Research -
Dartmouth College
F. Jon Kull
Dean, School of Graduate & Advanced Studies -
Dillard University
Eric Buckles
Associate Professor of Biology -
Harvard University
Sheila Thomas
Dean for Academic Programs and Diversity -
Heritage University
Winona Wynn
Associate Professor of Humanities -
Howard University
Dexter Lee
Associate Professor -
Hunter College
John Rose
Dean for Diversity & Compliance -
Johns Hopkins University
Joel Schildbach
Vice Dean for Undergraduate Education -
Montana State University
Carina Beck
Director, Allen Yarnell Center for Student Success -
Morehouse College
Jann Adams
Associate Provost for Faculty Affairs -
Morgan State University
Dean, College of Liberal Arts -
New York University
Debra Szybinski
Executive Director, Office of Faculty Resources/Faculty Resource Network -
North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University
Tonya Hargett
Director, Office of Undergraduate Research -
Princeton University
Renita Miller
Associate Dean of Access, Diversity and Inclusion -
Spelman College
Cynthia Neal Spence
Associate Professor, Sociology
Director, UNCF/Mellon Programs -
Stanford University
Anika Green
Assistant Vice Provost for Graduate Education -
Tougaloo College
Bianca Garner
Assistant Provost & Dean, Division of Natural Sciences -
Tufts University
Rob Mack
Associate Provost and Chief Diversity Officer -
University of Chicago
Melissa Gilliam
Associate Dean, Diversity & Inclusion -
University of Colorado Boulder
Mark Hernandez
Professor, Civil, Environmental & Architectural Engineering -
University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Earnestine Baker
Ret. Assistant to the Vice President, Institutional Advancement;
Executive Director of the Meyerhoff Scholarship Program -
University of Miami
Michael S. Gaines
Professor of Biology & Assistant Provost of Undergraduate Research & Community Outreach -
University of Pennsylvania
Arnaldo Diaz
Assistant Dean for Research Training Programs -
University of Puerto Rico (Contacts at other campuses in the UPR system)
Carmen Ivette Pérez-Marín
Director of the Honors Program -
University of South Florida
Michael Cross
Director, Office for Undergraduate Research -
University of Virginia
Keisha John
Director of Diversity Programs -
Vanderbilt University
Don C. Brunson
Assistant Dean, Graduate School -
Washington University in St. Louis
Rochelle D. Smith
Assistant Provost, Diversity Initiatives -
Xavier University of Louisiana
Ja'Wanda S. Grant
Special Assistant to the Provost for Scholar Development and Institutional Alliances -
Yale University
Michelle Nearon
Associate Dean for Graduate Student Development & Diversity