Meet Our Team
2023-2024 Members
![Amiso George, Ph.D.](/race-reconciliation-initiative/images/amiso-george.jpg)
Amiso George, Ph.D.
professor of strategic communication, Race & Reconciliation Initiative chair
![Karen Steele, Ph.D.](/race-reconciliation-initiative/images/karen-steele.jpg)
Karen Steele, Ph.D.
professor of English
![Jenay Willis, Ph.D.](/race-reconciliation-initiative/images/jenay-willis.jpg)
Jenay Willis, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral fellow
![Kelly Phommachanh, M.Ed.](/race-reconciliation-initiative/images/kelly-phommachanh.jpg)
Kelly Phommachanh, M.Ed.
Ph.D. candidate in higher ed leadership, Race & Reconciliation Initiative graduate
research assistant
![Tiffany Hoang headshot](/race-reconciliation-initiative/images/tiffany-hoang.jpg)
Tiffany Hoang
Social media specialist
![Marcela Molina](/race-reconciliation-initiative/images/marcela-molina.jpg)
Marcela Molina
Student research intern
![Jenay Willis, Ph.D.](/race-reconciliation-initiative/images/jenay-willis.jpg)
Jenay Willis, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral fellow
![Amiso George, Ph.D.](/race-reconciliation-initiative/images/amiso-george.jpg)
Amiso George, Ph.D.
professor of strategic communication, Race & Reconciliation Initiative chair
![Todd Kerstetter](/race-reconciliation-initiative/images/todd-kerstetter.jpg)
Todd Kerstetter, Ph.D.
professor of history
![Karen Steele](/race-reconciliation-initiative/images/karen-steele.jpg)
Karen Steele, Ph.D.
professor of English
![Kelly Phommachanh](/race-reconciliation-initiative/images/kelly-phommachanh.jpg)
Kelly Phommachanh, M.Ed.
Ph.D. candidate in higher ed leadership, Race & Reconciliation Initiative graduate research assistant
![RRI mark](/race-reconciliation-initiative/images/rri-mark.png)
Lucius Seger
Ph.D. candidate in history
![Marcela Molina](/race-reconciliation-initiative/images/marcela-molina.jpg)
Marcela Molina
Student research intern
![RRI logo](/race-reconciliation-initiative/images/rri-mark.png)
Tracy Syler-Jones
vice chancellor for °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½Ó¿Ú Marketing and Communication
![RRI logo](/race-reconciliation-initiative/images/rri-mark.png)
Mary Saffell
senior archivist, °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½Ó¿Ú Special Collections
![Aisha Torrey-Sawyer](/race-reconciliation-initiative/images/aisha-torrey-sawyer.jpg)
Aisha Torrey-Sawyer
director of Office of Diversity and Inclusion
![Frederick Gooding, Jr., Ph.D.](/race-reconciliation-initiative/images/Frederick-Gooding.jpg)
Frederick Gooding, Jr., Ph.D.
Dr. Ronald E. Moore Professor in Humanities, chair emeritus of RRI
![RRI logo](/race-reconciliation-initiative/images/rri-mark.png)
Marcellis Perkins, M.Ed.
Ph.D. candidate in higher ed leadership, Chancellor’s Office
![Claire Sanders](/race-reconciliation-initiative/images/claire-sanders.jpg)
Claire Sanders, Ph.D.
senior instructor in history, provost’s faculty fellow, and academic affairs DEI advocate
![Sylviane Greensword](/race-reconciliation-initiative/images/sylviane-greensword.jpg)
Sylviane Greensword, Ph.D.
assistant professor of practice, Honors College
![RRI logo](/race-reconciliation-initiative/images/rri-mark.png)
Holly Ellman
associate director of °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½Ó¿Ú Communication
![RRI mark](/race-reconciliation-initiative/images/rri-mark.png)
Heather Steinkamp
marketing specialist for °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½Ó¿Ú Marketing