Faculty and Staff Affinity Groups
Purpose
The purpose of ALAAMEA is to provide a place for Tulane faculty and staff from historically marginalized communities (e.g., Black, Indigenous, Latinx, Asian/Pacific Islander, Middle Eastern, Mixed Race, LGBTQ+, people living with disabilities, people raised in working class and other marginalized class backgrounds, age) to connect and thrive together, fostering our own resilience and resistance to interlocking oppressions. We welcome our important allies, co-conspirators, and accomplices into ALAAMEA as important partners in creating nourishing and liberatory environments at Tulane.
History
ALAAMEA was originally formed in 2015 to "provide strategic advocacy to Asian, Latino, African American, Multi-Ethnic, and LGBTIQ faculty and staff," while also serving as a space for allies to these communities at Tulane. Although the ALAAMEA umbrella has expanded to include multiple other faculty and staff affinity groups, we retain the ALAAMEA name to honor and recognize the early ALAAMEA faculty and staff founders, leaders, and members who championed equity and justice work across our university.
ALAAMEA was originally formed in 2015 to "provide strategic advocacy to Asian, Latino, African American, Multi-Ethnic, and LGBTIQ faculty and staff," while also serving as a space for allies to these communities at Tulane. Although the ALAAMEA umbrella has expanded to include multiple other faculty and staff affinity groups, we retain the ALAAMEA name to honor and recognize the early ALAAMEA faculty and staff founders, leaders, and members who championed equity and justice work across our university.
We welcome the formation of new affinity groups. If you are interested in starting a faculty and staff affinity group underneath the ALAAMEA umbrella, please contact Anneliese Singh and Carolyn Barber-Pierre.
Our current Faculty and Staff affinity groups underneath the ALAAMEA umbrella include the following:
To sign up for the ALAAMEA listserv, please send an email to [email protected]
ALAAMEA Faculty and Staff Umbrella Co-Chairs
Carolyn Barber-Pierre
Assistant Vice President for Student Affairs & Intercultural Life
[email protected]
Anneliese Singh, Co-Chair
Associate Provost for Diversity and Faculty Development/Chief Diversity Officer
[email protected]
To sign up for the Asian, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Faculty and Staff Group listserv, please send an email to [email protected]
Asian, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Faculty and Staff Group Facilitators
Cecilia Gambala, MD
Assistant Professor, MFM
Program Director of Medical Student Education Assistant Dean for Clinical Education
[email protected]
Julie Qiu
Office Administrator, Newcomb Institute
[email protected]
Prabal Kumar Singh
Developer IV, Information Technology
[email protected]
To be added to the affinity group listserv, please follow this link.
Black Faculty and Staff Affinity Group Co-Facilitators
Kelly Howard
Senior Administrative Program Coordinator, Office of Advancement
[email protected]
Reggie Parquet
Clinical Associate Professor, School of Social Work
[email protected]
To sign up for the Chinese Faculty and Staff Affinity Group listserv, please send an email to [email protected]
Chinese Faculty and Staff Affinity Group Facilitators
Yi-ping Chen
Chair in Cell and Molecular Biology and Professor
The John L. and Mary Wright Ebaugh Chair in Science and Engineering
[email protected]
Tony Hu
Weatherhead Presidential Chair in Biotechnology Innovation
Director, Center of Cellular and Molecular Diagnosis, School of Medicine
[email protected]
Shusheng Wang
Professor of Cell and Molecular Biology, School of Science & Engineering
[email protected]
To sign up for the Faculty and Staff Living with Disabilities Affinity Group listserv, please send an email to [email protected]
Faculty and Staff Living with Disabilities Affinity Group Co-Facilitators
Cathy Lazarus
Associate Dean for Student Affairs & Records
[email protected]
Andrea Vassar
Executive Director of Campus Accessibility & ADA/504 Coordinator
[email protected]
To sign up for the Indigenous Faculty and Staff Affinity Group listserv, please send an email to [email protected]
Indigenous Faculty and Staff Affinity Group Facilitators
Judith Maxwell
Professor of Anthropology, School of Liberal Arts
[email protected]
John DePriest
Staff Instructor, Center For Global Education
[email protected]
To sign up for the Latinx Faculty and Staff Affinity Group listserv, please send an email to [email protected]
Latinx Faculty and Staff Affinity Group Facilitators
Eddy Cruz
Assistant Dean and Executive Director, Newcomb-Tulane College Career Services
[email protected]
Nichole Valenzuela
Assistant Director of Immersions & Interprofessional Education, School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine
[email protected]
To sign up for the LGBTQ+ Faculty and Staff Affinity Group listserv, please send an email to [email protected]
To sign up for the LGBTQ+ Research Collective listserv, please send an email to [email protected]
LGBTQ+ Faculty and Staff Affinity Group Facilitators
Colin Foret
Program Coordinator, School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine - Office of Student Experience
[email protected]
Middle Eastern Faculty and Staff Affinity Group Facilitators
Laila L. Hlass
Clinical Professor of Law and Associate Provost for International Affairs
[email protected]
Patrick Rafail
Associate Professor
[email protected]
Multiracial Faculty and Staff Affinity Group Facilitators
Anneliese Singh
Associate Provost for Diversity and Faculty Development/Chief Diversity Officer
[email protected]
Jennifer A. Manuzak
Assistant Professor of Microbiology and Immunology
[email protected]
Tulane University Women's Association (TUWA) Facilitators
Alexandra Zaballero Sims, PhD
Senior Professor of Practice
[email protected]
Rebecca Kelly
To sign up for the Veterans Faculty and Staff Affinity Group listserv, please send an email to [email protected]
Veterans Faculty and Staff Affinity Group Facilitators
David Bankston
Director of Community and Veteran Engagement, Center for Sport
[email protected]
Rebecca Rouse
Professor of Practice and Associate Director, Emergency & Security Studies
School of Professional Advancement
[email protected]
Michael Wallace
Program Director, Professor of Practice, Emergency & Security Studies
School of Professional Advancement
[email protected]
To sign up for the White Anti-Racist Learning Community Affinity Group listserv, please send an email to [email protected]
White Anti-Racist Learning Community Affinity Group Co-Facilitators
Rachel Stein
Social Sciences Librarian, Howard-Tilton Memorial Library
[email protected]
Máille Faughnan
Professor of Practice, Taylor Center for Social Innovation and Design Thinking
[email protected]
