2022
Alexander Hines
Director of Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion
Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr Program, PES CLA Undergraduate Education
College of Liberal Arts, Twin Cities
Dr. Terresa Moses
Assistant Professor, College of Design
Director of Design Justice
2021
Dr. Samuel L. Myers, Jr.
Professor, Humphrey School of Public Affairs, Twin Cities
Becky Rodriguez
Graduate student, College of Science and Engineering, Twin Cities
Dr. Amelious N. Whyte, Jr.
College of Liberal Arts, Twin Cities
2019-2020
Rachel Hardeman
Assistant Professor in the Division of Health Policy & Management in the School of Public Health at the University of Minnesota.
Richard Lee
Distinguished McKnight University Professor in the Department of Psychology in the College of Liberal Arts at the University of Minnesota.
2018
Heidi Lasley Barajas
Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Organizational Leadership, Policy, and Development in the College of Education and Human Development
Kacie Lucchini Butcher
Master’s student in the Heritage Studies and Public History program, College of Design
Denise Pike
Master’s student in the Heritage Studies and Public History program, College of Design
2017
Owen Marciano
Assistant Director of Recruitment, Admissions, and Orientation, College of Education and Human Development (CEHD)
2016
J.B. Mayo
Associate Professor
Department of Curriculum & Instruction, College of Education & Human Development (CEHD)
Nasreen Mohammed
Director of Student Engagement
International Student and Scholar Services
2015
Teddie Potter
Clinical Associate Professor and Director of Inclusivity and Diversity
School of Nursing
Uzoma Abakporo
M.P.H. Candidate
Public Health Administration and Policy, School of Public Health
2014
Priscilla Gibson
Associate Professor
School of Social Work, College of Education and Human Development
Daniel Nidzgorski
Ph.D. Candidate
Department of Ecology, Evolution and Behavior, College of Biological Sciences
2013
Nate Whittaker
Academic Advisor & Instructor
TRiO Student Support Services, College of Education and Human Development (CEHD)
2012
Mark Bellcourt
Coordinator of Access to Success in the College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences (CFANS)
Senior academic advisor in the College of Education and Human Development (CEHD)
Lolla Mohammed Nur
Undergraduate student
Political science and journalism major, with a minor in African American and African studies
Yodit Tesfaye
Undergraduate student
Global studies major, with a minor in Spanish with a Human Rights, Social Justice and International Development emphasis
2011
Lesa M. Covington Clarkson
Associate professor
College of Education and Human Development, Curriculum and Instruction Department, Mathematics Education
Mustafa Jumale
Undergraduate student
Sociology major, with a minor in African-American and African Studies
2010
Jeanne F. Ayers
Director of Nursing and Preventive Services
Boynton Health Service
Hana Worku
Undergraduate student
Individually Designed Major: Race and Activism, Global Studies, Political Science, and Spanish
2009
Susana Pelayo-Woodward
Director, Office of Cultural Diversity
University of Minnesota-Duluth
2008
Ananya Chatterjea
Associate Professor and Director of Dance
Department of Theatre Arts and Dance, College of Liberal Arts
Ross Neely
Graduate student, Social Justice Education, College of Continuing Education
2007
Helen Kivnick, Ph.D.
Professor
School of Social Work, College of Education and Human Development
2006
Grant M. Anderson
Housing and Residential Life
Ora Hokes
Graduate student, College of Education and Human Development
2005
Nan A. Skelton
Fellow, Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs
Samuel O. Adegoke
Undergraduate student, Carlson School of Management
2004
Rose M. Brewer, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
African American and African Studies Department
Juan C. Moreno
Diversity and Inclusion Specialist
University of Minnesota Extension Service
Oliver J. Williams, Ph.D.
Professor
School of Social Work
Frederic W. Smith, Ph.D.
Coordinator, Community Development Programs
Center for Urban and Regional Affairs
Hubert H. Humphrey Center
L. Jacqueline Cottingham-Zierdt, JD
Associate to the Director
Office of Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action
Robert A. Frame
Graduate student
History Department
Jennifer Fischer
Law School
2003
Amos Deinard
Associate Professor
Department of Pediatrics
Christopher Dolan
Graduate student
Hubert Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs
2002
Janet McNeill Hively
College of Continuing Education
Senior Fellow and Coordinator, Vital Aging Initiative
Stephanie Chrismon
University of Minnesota, Morris
Undergraduate Student
Tinisha Johnson
University of Minnesota, Morris
Undergraduate student
2001
Lisa Albrecht
Associate Professor
General College
Juliana Pegues
Undergraduate student
College of Continuing Education
2000
John Wallace
Professor
College of Liberal Arts
Anne Cocalis
Undergraduate student
College of Liberal Arts
1999
David V. Taylor
Dean
General College
Jacquelyn J. Geier
Graduate student
Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs
1998
Val Woodward
Professor
College of Biological Sciences
Cheryl Robertson
Doctoral student
School of Nursing