The Graduate Student Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Committee was created in 2019 in order to support and advance the department’s diversity mission. Please contact us at 2024-2025psychgradstudentdeicommittee@buckeyemail.osu.edu if you would like to join our committee or have any questions for us.
Organizational Structure and Current Members
Recruitment, Retention, and Assessment
Point of contact: Cameryn Cooley (cooley.288@osu.edu), Co-Chair OR Tinu Oduloye (oduloye.1@osu.edu), Co-Chair
- Goals and current initiatives:
- To promote the recruitment of graduate students from underrepresented groups by collaborating with faculty on developing detailed admissions plans, and through partnership on the Office of Diversity and Inclusion’s (ODI) Graduate and Professional Student Recruitment Initiative (GPS) events hosted by the department.
- To assess graduate students’ experiences in the psychology department through climate surveys, measure student outcomes through an analysis of data from years, to disseminate findings, and to propose targeted measures for addressing concerns.
- Current Members: Cameryn Cooley, Maddie Fecher, Kassidie Harmon, Ally Heiland, Tyreek Jones, Catherine King, Ann Lee, Rebecca Margolis, Tinu Oduloye, Nguyen Dan Tam Pham
Learning and Development
Point of contact: Nicole Saltiel (saltiel.2@osu.edu), Treasurer OR Natalia Provolo (provolo.1@osu.edu), Secretary
- Goals and current initiatives:
- To support the learning and development of students, faculty, and staff on issues related to diversity, equity, and inclusion through frequent events.
- Maintain a monthly DEI newsletter.
- Current Members: Nicole Saltiel, Astrid Zuckerman, Natalia Provolo, Olivia Horn, Kaitlyn Myers, Inola Howe, Kendra Mehl
Past Members
2023-2024
Dee Adedipe, Kelly Amaddio, Brooklynn Bailey, Cameryn Cooley, Maddie Fecher, Kassidie Harmon, Ally Heiland, Tyreek Jones, Catherine King, Ann Lee, Rebecca Margolis, Tinu Oduloye, Elana Schettini, Robert Zhou, Ava Du, Elizabeth Duraney, Olivia Horn, Jesse Ladanyi, Natalia Provolo, Nicole Saltiel, Sydney Williams, Astrid Zuckerman
2021-2022
Prutha Deshpande (Co-Chair), Blair Shevlin (Co-Chair), Tina Nguyen (Treasurer), Angela Saulsbery (Secretary), Graham Bartels, Heather Daly, Ava Du, Rachel Gilfarb, Tao Jiang, Lauren Pino, Ihsan Rodriguez, Elana Schettini, Selena Wang, Sydney Williams, Astrid Zuckerman
2020-2021
Standing Members: Taylor Ballinger (Chair), Tina Nguyen (Treasurer), Blair Shevlin, Angela Saulsbery, Prutha Deshpande, Javier Granados Samayoa, Stoni Fortney, Briana Brownlow, Rachel Gilfarb, Ihsan Rodriguez, Laura Mason
At-large Members: Tao Jiang, Phuong Le, Vanessa Ivy, Jesse Ladanyi
2019-2020
Taylor Ballinger (Chair), Tina Nguyen (Treasurer), Blair Shevlin, Angela Saulsbery, Prutha Deshpande, Javier Granados Samayoa, Stoni Fortney, Briana Brownlow, Tyler MacDonald, Anita Shankar, Dasom Lee