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Roger Worthington is an associate professor of Educational, School and Counseling Psychology, and the Interim Assistant to the Deputy Chancellor and Chief Diversity Officer at the University of Missouri-Columbia. He is an authority on multicultural psychology with expertise in sexual identity and sexual prejudice. He was the principal investigator of the MU Campus Climate Study and chair of the Campus Climate and Training Task Force of the Chancellor's Diversity Council. |
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Noor Azizan-Gardner is the coordinator of the Chancellor's Diversity Initiative. She is responsible for sponsoring and facilitating programs that cultivate equity and inclusiveness at MU and for enhancing the capacities of students, faculty and staff to learn, teach and thrive in a diverse cross-cultural environment. She is a consultant on cross-cultural competency and management at the national and international levels. |
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Paul Ladehoff is the director of training programs for the Center for the Study of Dispute Resolution (CSDR) and director of the MU Campus Mediation Service. He is an honors graduate of the University of Nebraska College of Law and served as a trial attorney for the U.S. Department of Justice. The CSDR is the premier law school dispute resolution center in the nation. |
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Sharon Welch is a professor and chair of Religious Studies and a senior fellow in the Center for Religion, the Professions, and the Public. She is an expert on the relationship between religion and social change, and the spiritual and ethical challenges of multiculturalism. She is co-chair of the MU Committee for the Scholarship of Multicultural Teaching and Learning. |
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Suzanne Burgoyne is professor of Theatre and Catherine Middlebush Chair of Fine & Performing Arts. A 2000/2001 Carnegie Scholar and a recipient of Fulbright and Kellogg National fellowships, she has explored the pedagogical potential of interactive theatre since 1981. She is co-chair of the MU Committee for the Scholarship of Multicultural Teaching and Learning, using interactive theatre for faculty development on multicultural issues. |
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Sandra Hodge is an Extension Associate Professor in the Division of Applied Social Sciences, where she directs the Community Deliberation Program. She is an expert in providing training on deliberative dialogue and as a moderator of public forums. She is a fellow in CSDR, research associate with the Kettering Foundation, board member for the National Issues Forums Institute and former Fulbright Scholar. |
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Ed Lambeth is a professor of Journalism and director of the Center for Religion, the Professions, and the Public (CFRPP). The CFRPP brings together scholars, professionals, and the public to address religious diversity and examine the intersection of religious and cultural diversity, spirituality, ethics, and the professions. He is a former Congressional Fellow, Neiman Fellow, and Fulbright Scholar. |
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Antwaun Smith is a graduate of the MU Religious Studies Program who went on to Harvard for a master's degree and then became a Rhodes Scholar. He is currently a law student in the MU Law School. |
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Patricia Beckman is assistant professor of Religious Studies and has served as a senior fellow at the Center for Religions, the Professions, and the Public. Her research and teaching focus on the history of Christianity with particular emphasis on the diversities of Christian thought and practice. She is an advocate for the public understanding, discussion, and debate of all things religious.
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Robert Baum joined the Department of Religious Studies at MU after spending five years as an associate professor of religious studies at Iowa State University. Baum, who received his Ph.D. from Yale University, specializes in the history and religions of African. His teaching interests include African religions, American Indian religions and history, Islam, religion and society, and religion and politics. His book Shrines of the Slave Trade: Diola Religion and Society in Precolonial Senegambia received the American Academy of Religion’s award for Best First Book in the History of Religions. Among his research fellowships and grants are awards from the National Endowment for the Humanities, the American Academy of Religion, the W.E.B. DuBois Institute for Afro-American Research at Harvard, the Institute for Advanced Study and Research in the African Humanities at Northwestern University, and the American Philosophical Society.
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Rachel Jones is a master’s student in Educational, School and Counseling Psychology. She received an undergraduate degree in Sociology with a minor in Black Studies. She is a graduate research assistant for the Chancellor’s Diversity Initiative and a trained facilitator for the City of Columbia Human Right’s Commission.
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Taleb Khairallah is a Doctoral student in Counseling Psychology. He is a Licensed Professional Counselor who has provided services in a variety of settings. He has been involved in community organization, advocacy efforts, and training on multicultural issues.
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