DEI Personnel at Washington and Lee
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Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Personnel at Washington and Lee University
(Current as of 3/21/2025)
Current Full-Time DEI Administrative Staff and Officers
• Tamara Futrell – Dean of Student Engagement and Leadership (formerly Dean for Diversity, Inclusion, and Student Engagement).
Contact: 540-458-8766; tfutrell@wlu.edu.
• Heidi Bustos – Assistant Director of Inclusion and Engagement. Contact: 540-458-8251; hbustos@wlu.edu.
• Jake Reeves – Assistant Director of Inclusion and Engagement for LGBTQ+ Support. Contact: 540-458-8354; jreeves@wlu.edu.
• Mohamed Kamara – Faculty Advisor to Campus Muslim Students. Contact: 540-458-8475; kamaram@wlu.edu.
• Kristie A. Ford – Associate Provost for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion; Professor of Sociology. Contact: 540-458-4875; kford@wlu.edu.
• Maria Saez Tatman – Associate Dean for Law Student Affairs, Community, and Belonging (W&L School of Law). Contact: 540-458-8162; lawstudentaffairs@wlu.edu .
• Anna Fernandez – Assistant Director of Law Student Community and Recruitment (W&L School of Law). Contact: 540-458-8742; afernandez@wlu.edu .
Faculty and Staff on DEI-Related Committees (Current)
University Committee on Inclusiveness and Campus Climate (UCICC) – Membership
Ex officio and Administrative Members:
• Tamara Futrell – Dean for Diversity, Inclusion and Student Engagement (see above); sits on UCICC as the student affairs representative. Contact: tfutrell@wlu.edu; 540-458-8766.
• Jodi Williams – Executive Director of Human Resources; UCICC member representing HR. She contributes to staff diversity and inclusion policies. Contact: 540-458-8318; jwilliams@wlu.edu .
• Leslie Wingard Cunningham – Associate Provost for Faculty Development; UCICC member representing Academic Affairs. Also Professor of English and Africana Studies, supports faculty DEI development. Contact: 540-458-4875; lwcunningham@wlu.edu .
• Maria Saez Tatman – Associate Dean for Law Student Affairs, Community, and Belonging; UCICC ex officio representing W&L Law. (See above for contact: lawstudentaffairs@wlu.edu; 540-458-8162 .)
• Erin Ness – Senior Woman Administrator & Head Women’s Tennis Coach; UCICC ex officio representing Athletics. Contact: 540-458-8115; nesse@wlu.edu .
• Courtney Penn – Senior Associate Dean of Admissions; UCICC ex officio representing Admissions. Contact: 540-458-8710; cpenn@wlu.edu .
• Hunter Swanson – Associate Director of International Education; UCICC ex officio representing international education initiatives. Contact: 540-458-8144; hswanson@wlu.edu .
Appointed Faculty Members (2024–2027 term):
• Nathan Dean – Assistant Professor of Law, Justice, and Society (representing The College). Contact: 540-458-4075; ndean@wlu.edu .
• Mengying Liu – Assistant Professor of Engineering (representing The College). Contact: 540-458-8599; mliu@wlu.edu .
• Iguehi “Ehi” Rajsky – Assistant Professor of Accounting (representing the Williams School). Contact: 540-458-8442; irajsky@wlu.edu.
• Chong Wang – Assistant Professor of Mathematics (representing The College). Contact: 540-458-8099; cwang@wlu.edu .
(UCICC includes five faculty members; the above are those publicly listed.)
Appointed Staff Representatives (2023–2026 term):
• Wendy Rains – Office Manager, University Library (representing non-exempt staff). Contact: 540-458-8993; wrains@wlu.edu .
• Isabella Barron – Public Safety Lieutenant – Administration (representing non-exempt staff). Contact: ibarron@wlu.edu .
(Student representatives on UCICC are also appointed, but only faculty/staff are officially and publicly listed)
Faculty Antiracism Plan Committee (last update on this was in 2020, current status is unknown)
President Will Dudley noted in late 2020 that the group would map out how diversity and inclusion work is distributed across committees and working groups, to inform the new Associate Provost for DEI.
(The specific membership could not be identified and is not publicly listed, though it likely includes faculty from various departments espousing antiracist pedagogy.)
Law School Diversity and Inclusion Committee
The W&L School of Law maintains a standing Diversity and Inclusion Committee composed of law faculty and staff.
(Membership of the law D&I committee is internal and not publicly listed.)
DEI-Adjacent Work (First-Gen, Athletics, Inclusive Pedagogy, etc.)
The Class of 1994 Office of Inclusion and Engagement (OIE) First-Gen and Low-Income Support
Heidi Bustos – Assistant Director of Inclusion and Engagement (see above). Contact: 540-458-8251; hbustos@wlu.edu.
Africana Studies Program and the DeLaney Center
Africana Studies Program (interdisciplinary study of African diaspora and race)
• Michael Hill, Ph.D. – Professor and Program Head of Africana Studies
Contact: 540-458-8327; mhill@wlu.edu
DeLaney Center (academic center focused on studying Southern race relations, the African
American experience, and social justice.)
• Michael Hill, Ph.D. – Director
• Adrienne Jones – De Laney Center Post Doctoral Fellow
Contact: 540-458-8012; ajones@wlu.edu
• Drew Harrell – DeLaney Center Postbaccalaureate Fellow
Contact: 540-458-8814; dharrell@wlu.edu
• Sandy Sibold – Administrative Assistant
Contact; 540-458-8027; ssibold@wlu.edu
Faculty Scholars
• Wendy Caastenell – Assistant Professor of Art History
Contact: 540-458-8465; wcastenell@wlu.edu
• Nathan Dean – Assistant Professor of Law, Justice, and Society
Contact: 540-458-4075; ndean@wlu.edu
• Maureen Edobor – Assistant Professor of Law
Contact: medobor@wlu.edu
• Candice Robinson – Assistant Professor of Sociology
Contact: 540-458-8113; crobinson2@wlu.edu
Faculty Fellow
• Andi Coulter – Assistant Professor of Business Administration
Contact: 540-458-8922; acoulter@wlu.edu
Institutional History Museum Leadership
• Matt T. Davis – Director of the Institutional History Museum
• Linda Cummings – Administrative Assistant
Contact (both): 540-458-8379; historymuseum@wlu.edu
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Personnel at Washington and Lee University (Current as of 21/3/2025)