FAIM Leadership
Cornell Graduate School Contacts
Sara Xayarath Hernández Associate Dean for Inclusion and Student & Faculty Engagement Equity in Graduate Education Consortium Liaison Community Engagement Coordinator, Cornell Institutional Liaison, and Steering Committee Member Cornell University – Graduate School Office of Inclusion & Student Engagement 384 Caldwell Hall Ithaca, NY 14853 sh267@cornell.edu 607-255-5417
Colleen M. McLinn, PhD Associate Dean for Professional Development Equity in Graduate Education Consortium Institutional Liaison Cornell University – Graduate School Future Faculty & Academic Careers 143 Caldwell Hall Ithaca, NY 14853 cmm252@cornell.edu 607-255-2030
Evelyn Ambríz, PhD Postdoctoral Researcher for Mentoring & Faculty Engagement Cornell University – Graduate School Office of Inclusion & Student Engagement 325 Caldwell Hall Ithaca, NY 14853 ea229@cornell.edu 607-255-5598
Janna Lamey Associate Dean for Graduate Student Life Cornell University – Graduate School Office of Graduate Student Life 143 Caldwell Hall Ithaca, NY 14853 Janna.Lamey@cornell.edu 607-255-5184
Reach our full Graduate School team at FAIM@cornell.edu
Cornell Provost’s Office of Faculty Development & Diversity Contacts
Yael Levitte, PhD Senior Associate Vice Provost for Faculty Development and Diversity Cornell University Office of Faculty Development & Diversity 122 Day Hall Ithaca, NY 14853 yael.levitte@cornell.edu 607-255-6867
Gabriela Vargas, PhD Director of Faculty Engagement and Early Career Development Programs Cornell University Office of Faculty Development & Diversity 122 Day Hall Ithaca, NY 14853 gev28@cornell.edu 607-255-6867
External Partners
Our external partners include Sloan Indigenous Graduate Partnership Program leadership at Purdue and Montana State Universities. Kevin Gibson, PhD Assistant Vice Provost, Office for Graduate Students and Postdoctoral Scholars Professor of Botany & Plant Pathology Director & PI of the Sloan Indigenous Graduate Partnership Program Purdue University Office for Graduate Students and Postdoctoral Scholars Young Hall, Room B68 155 S. Grant Street West Lafayette, IN 47907-2114 kgibson@purdue.edu 765-496-2161
Sweeney Windchief, EdD (Assiniboine) Professor of Adult & Higher Education Co-PI of the Sloan Indigenous Graduate Partnership Program Montana State University College of Education, Health and Human Development Department of Education 139 Reid Hall Bozeman, MT 59717-2880 sweeney.windchief@montana.edu (406) 994-3339
Equity in Graduate Education Consortium
Cornell University is a member of the Equity in Graduate Education Consortium, which brings together change-ready universities, graduate programs, and leaders to align policies and practices with commitments to equity and inclusion. EGE makes social science of equity in graduate education accessible, and builds supportive, sustainable infrastructure for change
The EGE Consortium is an initiative within the Equity in Graduate Education Resource Center led by faculty directors at the University of Southern California Rossier School of Education Pullias Center for Higher Education and the Rochester Institute of Technology College of Science.