Anneliese Singh, PhD, LPC (she/they) serves as the Associate Provost for Faculty Development and Diversity/Chief Diversity Officer at Tulane University and is a Professor in the School of Social Work with a joint appointment in Psychology. Anneliese’s scholarship and community organizing explores racial healing, racial justice, and NIH-funded work with trans and nonbinary people, with a focus on BIPOC and young people.
Dr. Danette Saylor serves as the Director for the Office of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion. She is an experienced administrator with over 22 years committed to creating inclusive and supportive campus communities in higher education. She earned her BS in psychology and M.Ed. in counselor education from Florida A & M University, and her Ph.D. in Rehabilitation Counseling from Florida State University. Dr. Saylor’s career in higher education has been extensively serving persons with disabilities and underserved BIPOC students.
Identifying as Filipino American and gender-nonconforming lesbian, Arianne is graduating from Tulane University with an MD, MBA, and MPH. She served in several student leadership roles on campus, including 2 years as the President of the Graduate and Professional Student Association (GAPSA) from 2019-2021. She recently gave a TEDx talk regarding the emotional taxation of underrepresented leaders and facilitated multiple Cultural Humility and Implicit Bias sessions for first year medical students.
Patrick Norton is the Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Tulane University. In this role, Mr. Norton is responsible for all operational aspects of the university including Finance, Facilities Management, Capital Planning and Real Estate, Human Resources, Information Technology, Business Services, Risk Management, Campus Police, Internal Audit and Emergency Preparedness, and Business Continuity.
At Tulane, Shelby Norman is the Program Manager for the Office of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion. She was raised in Atlanta, Georgia. She has always been immersed in diverse expressions of Southern culture and community.
Dr. Miles research interests are situated at the nexus of Black performativity and carcerality, with a regional focus on the U.S. south. He investigates how surveillance and policing are technologies that fuel the structure of the U.S. south, and the ways Black aesthetics has challenged the epistemological assumptions of this structure. His forthcoming book Vibe: The Sound and Feeling of Black Life in the American South (University Press of Mississippi) un/maps the U.S.
Judith Maxwell, Etowah Nation, Louise Rebecca Schawe and Williedell Schawe professor of linguistics and anthropology and Director of the Native American Studies minor program at Tulane, works on language and culture revitalization, bilingual education, pragmatics and discourse, focusing on Mayan, Uto-Aztecan and Tunican languages.
Catherine E. McKinley is an Associate Professor at the Tulane University School of Social Work who works on community-based participatory clinical research with Indigenous peoples. Dr. McKinley currently serves as Principal Investigator for the NIH clinical trial (R01AA028201) “Chukka Auchaffi’ Natana (In Choctaw): The Weaving Healthy Families Program to Promote Wellness and Resilience and Prevent Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse and Violence”.
Heather designs and promotes solutions to inequality in America. Over her career in public policy, Heather has crafted legislation, testified before Congress and helped shape presidential campaign platforms. Her book The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together spent 10 weeks on the New York Times bestseller list and was longlisted for the National Book Award and Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction.
Ron Gubitz is the executive director at Tulane Hillel. Tulane Hillel is a nationally recognized Hillel focusing on building inclusive community and developing student leadership through Jewish values. Ron is an innovative and impactful educator who infuses his love of the arts and humor into every aspect of his work. He recently served as the Leadership Coach for The John F. Kennedy Center’s innovative Turnaround Arts program, a national effort that supports schools and inspires students through the strategic use of the arts.
