Diversity Action Council

The Diversity Action Council (DAC) was established in 2008. One of the most important DAC functions is to bring together UNC Asheville employees with responsibility for diversity in their job description. This group creates a regular time and place to convene and share initiatives and create effective collaboration. Our first shared task was to develop a common campus definition of diversity:

At UNC Asheville, diversity means creating and supporting an inclusive and sustainable community, one in which people of all backgrounds interact respectfully and in which each member is valued. To reach this goal requires that we enhance the range of human diversity on campus, including but not limited to dimensions such as race and ethnicity, age, religion, disability, socio-economic status, gender expression, gender and sexual identity, national origin, culture and ideological beliefs. (2009)

Diversity Action Council  Members 2016-17

• William Haggard, Vice Chancellor, Student Affairs, DAC Co-Chair | [email protected]
• Dee James, Professor of Literature, DAC Co-Chair | [email protected]
• Joseph Urgo, Provost and Vice Chancellor of Academic Affairs | [email protected]
• Marquis McGee, Assistant Director of Academic Programs| [email protected]
• Edward Katz, Associate Provost and Dean of University Programs | [email protected]
• Joy Duran Gevedon, HR Systems Technician  | [email protected]
• Brittany Privott, Admissions Counselor |[email protected]
• Agya Boakye-Boaten, Director, Africana Studies | [email protected]
• Dahlia Hylton, Director, Intercultural Center | [email protected]
• Deborah Miles, Director, Center for Diversity Education | [email protected]
• Robin Hamilton, Community Director of Residential Education | [email protected]
• Trey Adcock, Education Department Laision to Eastern Band of the Cherokee | [email protected]
• Anne Janson, Assistant Professor, Literature and Language| [email protected]
• Evelyn Chiang, Associate Professor of Psychology | [email protected]
• Andrea Martinez, Director of Pre-College Outreach & GEAR UP Grant Coordinator | [email protected]
• Gabriella Porcaro, Student Affairs Case Manager | [email protected]
• Megan Underhill, Assistant Professor of Sociology and Anthropology| [email protected]
• Tim Hussey, Student | [email protected]
• Shelby Ingram, Student | [email protected]
• Amina Kone, Student | [email protected]
• Harley Kranock, Student | [email protected]
• Mason  Logan, Student | [email protected]
• Karmen Kurtz, Student | [email protected]
• Liz Torres, Student | [email protected]
• Devyn Smith, Student | [email protected]
• Charles White, Student | [email protected]

Past Members