The Equity Center

A UVA Democracy Initiative center for the redress of inequity through community-engaged scholarship

Leadership

Ben Allen

Executive Director

eba5b@virginia.edu

Damian Banks, Founder, Banks Collage

Damien "Snake" Banks

Local Steering Committee Member, Youth Education Pipeline

Noah Beamon

Noah Beamon

Undergraduate Intern, Youth Education Pipeline

Shantall Bingham, Program Director, Charlottesville Food Justice Network at City Schoolyard Garden

Shantell Bingham

Local Steering Committee Member, Institutional Inequality

Zyahna Bryant

Zyahna Bryant

Research Associate, Youth Education Pipeline

Casey Burton

Casey Burton

Research Associate, Community Engaged Scholarship

Victoria Carter-Johnson

Victoria Carter-Johnson

Howard Undergraduate Intern, Equity Center Operations

Michele Claibourn

Michele Claibourn

Faculty Director, Lead Data Scientist Democratization of Data

mpc8t@virginia.edu

Elgin Cleckley

Faculty Director, Design Justice

Nancy L. Deutsch

Faculty Director, Youth Education Pipeline

Kimalee Dickerson

Kimalee Dickerson

Faculty Director, Youth Education Pipeline

Daniel Fairley

Daniel Fairley

Local Steering Committee, Youth Education Pipeline

Don Gathers

Don Gathers

Local Steering Committee Member, Ground Theory of Structural Racism

Bonnie Gordon

Bonnie Gordon

Faculty Director, Community Engaged Scholarship

Charlene Green

Charlene Green

Local Steering Committee Member, Democratization of Data

Melody Jackson

Director of Operations

mj2fd@virginia.edu

Joy Johnson

Joy Johnson

Local Steering Committee Member, Community Research Review Board

Sherica Jones - Lewis

Director of Community Research

sdj6u@virginia.edu

Nadiya Khaydari

Nadiya Khaydari

JMU Undergraduate Intern, Youth Education Pipeline

Susan Kools, PhD, RN, FAAN, Madge M. Jones Professor in Nursing and Associate Dean for Diversity & Inclusion

Susan Kools

Faculty Director, Institutional Inequality

Kelly Kossi

Kelly Kossi

George Mason University Undergraduate Intern, Youth Education Pipeline

Alicia Land

Alicia Land

Undergraduate Intern, Youth Education Pipeline

Dayna Matthew, Director, The Equity Center, and UVA Professor of Law

Dayna Bowen Matthew

National Advisory Committee, Equity Center Co Founder

Sarah Medley

Grant Writer/ Advancement Officer

smedley@virginia.edu

Lucy Montalvo

Program Manager

Sam Powers

Sam Powers

Statistician, Data Visualization Practitioner

Leah Puryear

Leah Puryear

Local Steering Committee Member, Youth Education Pipeline

Megan Rivera

Megan Rivera

Research Associate, Grounded Theory of Structural Racism

Morgan Smith

Morgan Smith

Research Associate, Democratization of Data

Sophie Trawalter, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF PUBLIC POLICY AND PSYCHOLOGY

Sophie Trawalter

Faculty Director, Grounded Theory of Structural Racism

Karen Waters-Wicks

Karen Waters-Wicks

Local Steering Committee Member and National Advisory Board Member, Community Research Review Board

B. Cameron Webb, MD, JD

B. Cameron Webb

Faculty Director

Christian West

Christian West

Research Associate, Democratization of Data

Barbara Brown Wilson

Barbara Brown Wilson

Faculty Director of the Equity Center

Tamara Wright

Tamara Wright

Local Steering Committee Member, Youth Education Pipeline

Erika Viccellio

Erika Viccellio

Local Steering Committee Member, Democratization of Data

Isabel Vargas

Doctoral Fellow, School of Education, Youth Education Pipeline