Appendix E

Committee and Staff Biosketches

David J. Asai (he/him/his) is senior director in the Center for the Advancement of Science Leadership and Culture at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. He directs the Inclusive Learning Group (ILG), which designs and leads grants and fellowships programs aimed at the development of students in the domain of formal education (http://www.hhmi.org/developingscientists). ILG’s initiatives are centered on inclusion and founded on the belief that the responsibility for creating equitable learning environments rests primarily with the faculty, staff, and administrators. Current ILG initiatives include: (i) Inclusive Excellence, (ii) Driving Change, (iii) Gilliam graduate program, (iv) the Science Education Alliance, (v) the HHMI Professors, and (vi) the Scientific Mentorship Initiative. Asai has served on diversity-focused advisory committees of the National Science Foundation, National Institutes of Health, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and the Wellcome Trust. He is an elected fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and an elected fellow of the American Society for Cell Biology. Asai received his bachelor’s degree in chemistry from Stanford University and his Ph.D. in biology from Caltech.

Gilda A. Barabino (she/her/hers) is president of Olin College of Engineering and professor of Biomedical and Chemical Engineering. She previously served as Daniel and Frances Berg Professor and dean at The City College of New York’s (CCNY) Grove School of Engineering. Prior to joining CCNY, Barabino was associate chair for Graduate Studies and professor in the Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering at Georgia

Tech and Emory. At Georgia Tech she also served as the inaugural vice provost for Academic Diversity. Barabino is a noted investigator in the areas of sickle cell disease, tissue engineering, and the role of race/ethnicity and gender in science and engineering. She is president of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the world’s largest interdisciplinary scientific society. Barabino is a fellow of AAAS, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the American Institute of Chemical Engineers, the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering, and the Biomedical Engineering Society. She is also an elected member of the National Academy of Engineering and the National Academy of Medicine. Barabino chairs the National Academies’ Committee on Women in Science, Engineering and Medicine and is a member of the National Academies’ Roundtable on Black Men and Black Women in Science, Engineering and Medicine, and the National Academy of Medicine’s Health and Medicine Division Committee. She consults nationally and internationally on STEM education and research, diversity in higher education, policy, faculty development, and workforce development. Barabino serves on a number of advisory boards and committees including the congressionally mandated Committee on Equal Opportunities in Science and Engineering, the National Institutes of Health National Advisory Council for Bioimaging and Bioengineering, and the Defense Innovation Board, an independent advisory board for the Department of Defense. She received a B.S. from Xavier University of Louisiana and a Ph.D. from Rice University.

Susan T. Fiske (Co-Chair, she/her/hers) is the Eugene Higgins Professor, Psychology and Public Affairs, Princeton University, where she has studied diversity for more than 40 years. Groups relate along universal dimensions of perceived warmth (trustworthy intentions) and competence (capability). Interdependence and power dynamics determine these group images, which (i) form distinct stereotypes (e.g., warm but incompetent old person vs cold but competent rich person); (ii) generate predictable emotional prejudices (e.g., pity, envy, contempt, admiration); and (iii) result in distinct behavioral discriminatory behavior (e.g., attack, neglect, associate, help). Different racial and ethnic groups get treated in predictable patterns across 50 countries, 90 years, and evidence from surveys to neural activation. Fiske testified in Clinton’s race initiative and in landmark cases related to gender, age, and LGBTQ+. A Harvard Ph.D. and member of the National Academy of Sciences, she recently won the BBVA Frontiers of Science Award. Her National Academies service includes chairing the Board on Behavioral, Cognitive, and Sensory Sciences, which proposed this panel and serving on several consensus reports as member (measuring discrimination, scientific workforce) or as chair (human subjects, aging workforce).

Jacqueline Cole (she/her/hers) is a senior program assistant with the Board on Behavioral, Cognitive, and Sensory Sciences. Prior to her position at the National Academies, she worked for The GW Medical Faculty Associates as the residency program administrator for the George Washington University Internal Medicine Residency Programs and as coordinator for the Under-served Medicine & Public Health Concentration designed for residents interested in careers in public health and serving the underserved. Prior to her position as the residency program administrator, she worked as the assistant to the founder and president of the Rodham Institute. She also worked for the Armed Forces DNA Identification Laboratory, a forensics laboratory specializing in DNA profiling run by the United States Armed Forces.

Nilanjana Dasgupta (she/her/hers) is a professor of Psychology and the director of the Institute of Diversity Sciences at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. She is a leader in research on implicit bias. Her work emphasizes the plasticity of implicit bias—identifying the ways in which changes in local situations modify people’s implicit attitudes, beliefs, and behavior. Dasgupta uses the science of implicit bias to tackle complex social problems by designing and testing the impacts of psychological interventions in the lab and in naturally existing settings. Her research has been funded by the National Science Foundation, National Institute of Health, and American Psychological Foundation. Dasgupta’s work has been recognized by the Hidden Bias Research Prize from the Kapor Center for Social Impact in Silicon Valley, the Application of Personality and Social Psychology Award from the Society for Personality & Social Psychology, and by the UMass Chancellor’s Award for Outstanding Accomplishments in Research and Creative Activity. She is a fellow of the Association for Psychological Science, Society for Experimental Social Psychology, and Society for Personality and Social Psychology. She received her bachelor’s degree in psychology and neuroscience from Smith College and a Ph.D. in social psychology from Yale University.

Mica Estrada (she/her/hers) is currently an associate dean of diversity, inclusion and outreach and professor at the University of California at San Francisco’s School of Nursing in the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences and the Institute for Health and Aging. Her research program focuses on social influence, including the study of identity, values, kindness, well-being, and integrative education. Estrada’s research advances knowledge about ethnic populations that are historically underrepresented in higher education, most vulnerable to the impacts of climate change, and are providing diverse and creative solutions to the pressing challenges of our day. She writes a Psychology Today blog entitled Lead with Kindness. Estrada currently leads, as principal investigator, several longitudinal studies, which involve implementing and assessing inclusion, equity and kindness

interventions aimed to increase student persistence in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) careers (funded by the National Institute of Health, National Science Foundation, and Howard Hughes Medical Institute). Estrada has previously served as a member of the National Academies study on Strengthening Research Experiences for Undergraduate STEM Students, and currently serves as a NAS Roundtable on Systemic Change in Undergraduate STEM Education member. She received her B.A. in psychology from the University of California, Berkeley, and her Ph.D. in social psychology from Harvard University.

Mirian M. Graddick-Weir (she/her/hers) is formerly the executive vice president, Human Resources (HR) at Merck, where she had responsibility for all aspects of human resources for 68,000 colleagues located in over 90 countries. She joined Merck in 2006 from AT&T, where she was executive vice president of Human Resources and Employee Communications. Prior to that role, Graddick-Weir spent 20 years at AT&T holding numerous positions in HR and multiple operational roles. She is a member of the Board of Yum! Brands, Inc. and Booking Holdings, Inc. She serves on the Foundation Board of the Society for Industrial/Organizational Psychology and is a senior advisor to the Jersey Battered Women’s services organization. Previously, Graddick-Weir served as the Chair of the HR Policy Association and the National Academy of Human Resources (NAHR). In 2001, she was elected as a NAHR Fellow and she was elected as a Distinguished Fellow of the Academy, the highest honor in the HR profession. Graddick-Weir earned a bachelor’s degree in psychology from Hampton University and a master’s degree and a Ph.D. in industrial/organizational psychology from Pennsylvania State University.

Giovanna Guerrero-Medina (she/her/hers) is executive director of Ciencia Puerto Rico, a global network of more than 15,000 scientists, students, and educators committed to promoting and democratizing science. Under her leadership, CienciaPR has become one of the largest communities of Hispanic scientists in the world. The organization has been recognized for its work promoting justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion in the areas of science communication, education, and professional development by the Union of Concerned Scientists, the AAAS-Caribbean Division, and the White House, and it received the Falling Walls Breakthrough of the Year award for its efforts bridging science with communities during the COVID-19 pandemic. Guerrero-Medina is also the director of the Yale Ciencia Initiative at Yale’s School of Medicine and assistant director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion of Yale’s Wu Tsai Institute. Through these positions she designs and leads programs to promote more diverse and inclusive academic environments at Yale and beyond. Guerrero-Medina

was part of the Committee on the Next Generation of Biomedical and Behavioral Sciences Researchers. Her work is funded by grants from the National Institute of Health/National Institute of General Medical Sciences and the Burroughs Wellcome Fund, among others. Originally from Puerto Rico, Guerrero-Medina has a Ph.D. in molecular and cell biology from the University of California, Berkeley, followed by a science policy fellowship with the National Academies and science policy work at the National Institute of Health, and the Van Andel Institute.

Camara Phyllis Jones (she/her/hers) is a family physician and epidemiologist who is currently a Leverhulme Visiting Professor in global health and social medicine at King’s College London. Her work focuses on naming, measuring, and addressing the impacts of racism on the health and well-being of our nation and the world. Jones allegories on “race” and racism illuminate topics that are otherwise difficult for many Americans to understand or discuss: that racism exists, racism is a system, racisms saps the strength of the whole society, and we can act to dismantle racism. She taught as an assistant professor at the Harvard School of Public Health and served 14 years as a Medical Officer at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Jones was a Radcliffe Fellow at Harvard University, a Presidential Visiting Fellow at the Yale School of Medicine, and the UCSF Presidential Chair at the University of California, San Francisco. Jones is an adjunct professor at the Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University and a senior fellow and adjunct associate professor at the Morehouse School of Medicine. She is an elected member of the National Academy of Medicine, an elected member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and a Past President of the American Public Health Association. Jones recently co-chaired the National Academies Committee on Science, Technology, and Law workshop on “The Science of Implicit Bias: Implications for Law and Policy” and is a member of the National Academies Roundtable on Black Men and Black Women in Science, Engineering, and Medicine. She earned her B.A. in molecular biology from Wellesley College, her M.D. from the Stanford University School of Medicine, and both her M.P.H. and her Ph.D. in epidemiology from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Jones completed residency training in general preventive medicine at Johns Hopkins and in family practice at the Residency Program in Social Medicine at Montefiore Medical Center.

Samuel R. Lucas is professor of sociology at the University of California-Berkeley. He co-authored Inequality by Design: Cracking the Bell Curve Myth, which received a Gustavus Meyers Award, and has authored three other books, including Tracking Inequality: Stratification and Mobility in American High Schools, which received the Willard Waller award as the

best book in the sociology of education, and Theorizing Discrimination in an Era of Contested Prejudice. Lucas’ work has appeared in multiple journals, including Social Forces, Sociology of Education, Sociological Methodology, American Journal of Sociology, and others, and he has served on two National Academy of Sciences panels, which produced Minority Students in Special and Gifted Education, A Vision and Roadmap for Education Statistics, and Measuring Racial Discrimination. He received his B.A. in religion from Haverford College and his M.S. and Ph.D. in sociology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison as a National Science Foundation Minority Graduate Fellow and Ford Foundation Dissertation Fellow, specializing in sociology of education, social stratification, research methods, and statistics.

Fay Cobb Payton (she/her/hers) is professor Emeritus of information technology/analytics and University Faculty Scholar at North Carolina State University. Payton earned the full professorship with tenure prior to her Emeritus status. She recently completed a rotation as a program director at the National Science Foundation where she initiated the CISE Minority Serving Institution Research Expansion Program and worked on several initiatives, such as INCLUDES, Smart Health and Biomedical Research in the Era of Artificial Intelligence and Advanced Data Science and others. Payton’s research focuses on AI bias and data quality/curation which impacts smart health, health equity and disparities, talent management, and tech innovation along with ecosystems shaping lived experiences and metro-technology hubs. She is the author of Leveraging Intersectionality: Seeing and Not Seeing (Richer Press). Payton completed the American Council on Education Fellow program and was elected to Sigma Xi. She worked in the tech industry prior to entering academia. Payton maintains industry-academic partnerships, and her work has been funded by federal agencies, industry research initiatives, non-profit organizations, and corporate foundations. She is the recipient of the National Science Foundation Director’s Award and serves on advisory boards for the American Society for Engineering Education, Association of Computing and National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. Payton has a B.S. in accounting with a minor in mathematics from Clark Atlanta University, and a B.S. in industrial and systems engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology. Payton has an M.B.A. in decision sciences from Clark Atlanta University and her Ph.D. in information and decision systems from Case Western Reserve University.

Julie Posselt (she/her/hers) is associate dean of the Graduate School at the University of Southern California (USC) and associate professor in the USC Rossier School of Education. Her research examines institutionalized inequities in higher education and organizational efforts to advance equity and

inclusion, with a focus on graduate education and the disciplines. Posselt is an expert in the dynamics of judgment and decisions that determine access to and advancement in academia. Internationally recognized for her scholarship on graduate education, she is the author of more than 50 articles and three books, most recently Equity in Science: Representation, Culture, and the Dynamics of Change in Graduate Education (Stanford University Press). Posselt directs two research-practice partnerships: the Equity in Graduate Education Consortium and the NSF-INCLUDES Inclusive Graduate Education Network Research Hub. She received the American Educational Research Association’s Early Career Award as well as the Association for the Study of Higher Education’s Promising Scholar/Early Career Award. Posselt is a member of the National Science Foundation’s Directorate for STEM Education Advisory Board, in addition to boards for other national and international organizations. She is a past associate editor of the Journal of Higher Education and has been a member of three National Academies consensus studies, most recently on Anti-Racism, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in STEMM Organizations. Posselt held a postdoctoral fellowship with the National Academy of Education and Spencer Foundation and earned her Ph.D. from the University of Michigan.

André Porter (he/him/his) serves as the responsible staff officer for the Roundtable on Black Men and Black Women in Science, Engineering, and Medicine. In addition to the Roundtable on Black Men and Black Women in Science, Engineering, and Medicine, his portfolio includes Building Defense Research Capacity at Historically Black Colleges and Universities and Other Minority Institutions; and Advancing Anti-Racism, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in STEM Organizations. Prior to joining the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Porter’s experience includes working in government and nongovernmental organizations such as the National Science Foundation, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. His work has centered on addressing higher education topics in science, technology, engineering, and medicine (STEM) ranging from pipeline development to support for early and mid-career researchers, integrating scientific evidence into policymaking, and convening stakeholder groups to develop consensuses that advance policies impacting the U.S. STEM enterprise. Porter holds a B.S. and M.S. in biology from Howard University.

Victor E. Ray (he/him/his) is the F. Wendell Miller associate professor in the departments of sociology and criminology and African American studies at the University of Iowa, a nonresident fellow in governance studies at The Brookings Institution, and a Carr Center Fellow at the Harvard

Kennedy School. His research applies critical race theory to classic sociological questions. Ray work has been published in the Annals of Internal Medicine, American Sociological Review, American Behavioral Scientist, Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, Contexts, Ethnic and Racial Studies, The Journal of Marriage and Family, Sociology of Race and Ethnicity, and Sociological Theory. His work has won multiple awards, including the Early Career Award from the American Sociological Association’s Section on Racial and Ethnic Minorities, the Theory Prize from the American Sociological Association’s Theory Section, and the Southern Sociological Society’s Junior Scholar Award. Ray is also an active public scholar, publishing commentary in outlets such as The New York Times, Time, CNN, The Washington Post, Harvard Business Review, and Boston Review. His work has been funded by the Ford Foundation and the National Science Foundation. Ray’s first book On Critical Race Theory: Why it Matters & Why You Should Care was recently published by Random House.

Joan Y. Reede (she/her/hers) is the dean, Diversity and Community Partnership and professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School. She has served on several committees/boards such as the Secretary’s Advisory Committee to the National Institute of Health (NIH) Director; the Sullivan Commission on Diversity in the Healthcare Workforce; and the Advisory Committee to the Deputy Director for Intramural Research of NIH. Examples of past affiliations include the Steering Committee and Task Force for the Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students; past co-chair of the Bias Review Committee of the Advisory Committee to the NIH Director’s Working Group on Diversity; and past chair of the Association of American Medical Colleges Group on Diversity and Inclusion. Reede is past chair of the National Academy of Medicine Interest Group on Health of Populations/Health Disparities and is a current member of the National Academies Roundtable on Black Men and Black Women in Science, Engineering, and Medicine. She was appointed to the National Advisory Council on Minority Health and Health Disparities. Reede is an authority in the area of workforce development, diversity, and leadership development. She was also appointed to the Board of Directors of the Association of American Medical Colleges.

Karl W. Reid (he/him/his) is the senior vice provost, chief inclusion officer, and professor of practice at Northeastern University. He also heads the Engineering PLUS Alliance, a national National Science Foundation-funded coalition that aims to increase the growth rate in the number of women and racially minoritized students obtaining undergraduate and graduate degrees in engineering. Prior to joining Northeastern, Reid was the executive director of the National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE). He went to NSBE from the

United Negro College Fund, where he held the title of senior vice president for Research, Innovation and Member College Engagement. Reid served on the Committee for Addressing the Underrepresentation of Women of Color in Tech and the National Council for Expanding American Innovation. He is a member of the Industry Leaders Council of the American Society of Civil Engineers, and a founding member of the American Council of Engineering Companies Research Institute Advisory Council and the 50k Coalition. Reid is a frequent contributor to the national discourse on advancing student achievement and fostering diversity and inclusion. He holds a B.A. and M.S. in materials science and engineering from MIT, and a Ed.D. from Harvard University.

Layne Scherer (she/her/hers) served as the study director for the Committee on Advancing Antiracism, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in STEMM Organizations, and she is a senior program officer with the Board on Behavioral, Cognitive, and Sensory Sciences at the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. Prior to joining the National Academies, Scherer was a science assistant at the National Science Foundation with the Directorate for Education and Human Resources. At this time, Scherer also served as an executive secretary under the National Science and Technology Council’s Committee on STEM Education. Scherer earned her B.A and M.P.P. from the University of Michigan.

Cynthia N. Spence (she/her/hers) is an associate professor of sociology at Spelman College and director of the United Negro College Fund (UNCF)/ Mellon Programs. Her interest in issues of higher education access, service-learning, criminal justice reform, gender role socialization, and violence against women frame her research, writing, community service involvement, and public speaking. As director of the UNCF/Mellon Programs, Spence creates, manages, and oversees a suite of future faculty development and faculty career enhancement programs for UNCF students and faculty. Under her leadership, students are groomed to enter the Ph.D. pipeline, and faculty throughout the UNCF consortium are supported in their development as teachers and scholars. Spence also serves as the director of the Spelman College Social Justice Fellows Program. The Social Justice Program is a living and learning community program that attempts to match students’ intellectual interests with their social justice advocacy passions. She serves as the director of the Truth, Racial Healing and Transformation Center, an initiative sponsored by the American Association of Colleges and Universities. Spence has served as consultant for the Ford Foundation Institutional Transformation Project, the University of Chicago Provost Initiative on Minority Affairs, the Agnes Scott College Center for Teaching and Learning, and the Georgia Department of Corrections.

Kecia M. Thomas (she/her/her) is the dean of the University of Alabama at Birmingham’s College of Arts and Sciences and professor emerita of psychology at the University of Georgia. She is an expert in the psychology of workplace diversity who relishes her scientist-practitioner identity. Thomas’ scholarship and institutional engagements focus on the issues of strategic diversity recruitment, diversity resistance (especially in STEM workplaces), and understanding the career experiences of marginalized workers like high potential women of color (e.g., Pet to Threat). She is the author of numerous articles and book chapters and the first I/O diversity textbook, Diversity Dynamics in the Workplace. Thomas has edited six scholarly volumes and her work has been funded by federal agencies, for-profit and nonprofit institutions, and corporate foundations. She is an elected-fellow of the American Psychological Association, the Society for the Psychological Study of Culture, Ethnicity and Race, and the Society of I/O Psychology. Thomas is also a recipient of the Janet Chusmir Award for Distinguished Service from the Academy of Management.

Emily Vargas (she/her/hers) is a program officer with the Board on Behavioral, Cognitive, and Sensory Sciences. She continued working at Northwestern University as a research assistant professor in preventive medicine, funded through a National Institutes of Health grant. Throughout her research career, Vargas’ research was focused on examining the intersection of individual’s marginalized identities and psychosocial factors, and how they impact well-being as well as inform disparities and equity. She earned her bachelor’s degree with honors in psychology from Rutgers University in New Jersey. Following graduation, Vargas earned her M.S. and her Ph.D. in psychology from the University of Michigan in the area of Personality and Social Contexts. After graduation, she completed a two-year T32 Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in cardiovascular disease epidemiology and prevention at Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine.

Daniel J. Weiss (he/him/his) is the board director for the Board on Behavioral, Cognitive, and Sensory Sciences. Prior to joining the National Academies, he served as a professor of psychology and linguistics at Penn State for nearly two decades. Weiss’ research focused on the processes underlying language acquisition and motor planning in children, adults, and nonhuman primates. He has also been serving as the editor-in-chief for Translational Issues in Psychological Science. Weiss received his B.A. from the University of Maryland at College Park and his master’s degree and Ph.D. from Harvard University. After graduation, he became a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Rochester in the Brain and Cognitive Sciences program prior to his appointment at Penn State University.

M. Roy Wilson (he/him/his) is president of Wayne State University. He is chancellor emeritus of the University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus and former deputy director for strategic scientific planning and program coordination at the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities. Wilson is past chair of the board of the Association of American Medical Colleges, and currently serves on the boards of Research!America, Alliance for Health Policy, and the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago. His research focuses on glaucoma and blindness in populations from the Caribbean to West Africa. Wilson is an elected member of the National Academy of Medicine. Additional honors include the American Academy of Ophthalmology’s Senior Achievement Award, the Distinguished Physician Award from the Minority Health Institute, the Herbert W. Nickens Award from the American Association of Medical Colleges, the National Institute of Health Director’s Award, the President’s Award from the American Glaucoma Society, the Lifetime Research Award from the W. Montague Cobb Institute, the National Medical Foundation Excellence in Education Award, and the Detroit News Michiganian of the Year. Wilson received his B.S. from Allegheny College and an M.S. in epidemiology from University of California, Los Angeles. He completed medical school, postgraduate residency in ophthalmology, and a glaucoma fellowship earning his M.D. from Harvard Medical School.

Sweeney Windchief (he/him/his) currently serves as an associate professor in education at Montana State University (MSU). His primary professional/research expertise includes higher education specifically under the umbrella of Indigenous intellectualism. Windchief’s most recent scholarship has been around Indigenous research, mentoring American Indian and Alaska Native graduate students in science, technology, engineering, and medicine, and epistemological pluralism. His teaching privileges include critical race theory, Indigenous methodologies in research, law and policy in higher education, and institutional research. Windchief was named the President’s Excellence in Teaching Award, Montana State University, Outstanding Faculty for Scholarship and Discovery, MSU Department of Education, and most recently was selected as a Montana University System Teaching Scholar. He received his Ed.D. in educational leadership and policy from the University of Utah.

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