The Women’s Place

Advocates & Allies for Equity - Advocates and Allies Institutionalization Committee

The Advocates & Allies Institutionalization Committee (AAIC) was composed of faculty and staff who wanted to further gender and minority equity at Ohio State. The AAIC’s role as outlined in the NSF grant was to broaden and institutionalize the program. The committee worked to tailor the program to the specific needs of Ohio State.

The Women's Place serves as the home of the Advocates & Allies for Equity initiative and the directors of The Women's Place chaired the institutionalization committee.

Jennifer Beard
Assistant Dean for Strategic Initiatives
College of Public Health
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Rudolph Buchheit
Associate Dean, Administration & Planning Advocate Coordinator
Academic Affairs and College of Engineering
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Sara Childers
Director for Strategic Diversity Planning, Training, and Assessment
Office of Diversity and Inclusion
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Diane Florian
Communications & Project Manager
The Women's Place
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Tom Gregoire
Dean; Advocate Coordinator
College of Social Work
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Joan Herbers
AAAC Co-chair, Professor Emerita
Evolution, Ecology & Organismal Biology, Women's Gender and Sexuality Studies
Joan Herbers, AAAC Co-chair and Professor
Mary Juhas
AAAC Co-chair, Associate Vice President, Professor
Ohio State ADVANCE, Materials Science Engineering
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Hazel Morrow-Jones
Grant Co-Pl, Professor Emerita
Knowlton School of Architecture
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Nicole Nieto
Assistant Vice Provost
Outreach and Engagement, Office of Academic Affairs
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