Our Team
The dynamic team developing, co-facilitating, and supporting academic courses, research, and community engagement is comprised of multi-disciplinary faculty and graduate students, experienced program staff, and committed administrators.
Faculty Director
Gretchen Lopez, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Cultural Foundations of Education
Associated faculty in Women’s and Gender Studies
111 Waverly, Room 211 / 360 Huntington Hall
eContact – 315 443 8344
Program Coordinator
Sigrid Davison, M.S.
School of Education
113 Euclid Avenue, Room 104
eContact – 315.443.4555
Graduate Research Assistant
A. Wendy Nastasi, M.S.
Doctoral Student, Cultural Foundations of Education
111 Waverly, Room 211
eContact – 315.443.4849
Undergraduate Program Assistants, Joel Garcia & Kyrani Ashley Reneau
The program is administered through the School of Education, in the Department of Cultural Foundations of Education, and is supported through Academic Affairs and the Chancellor’s Initiative Fund. Program offices, and classroom and meeting space, are located at 113 Euclid Avenue and 111 Waverly Avenue.
Our Fall 2012 Teaching Team includes:
SOC/WGS 230 Section 1 Women’s Dialogue on Race & Ethnicity: Co-facilitated by Afua Boahene & Diane Swords
SOC/WGS 230 Section 2 Dialogue on Race & Ethnicity: Co-facilitated by A. Wendy Nastasi & Jermaine Soto
SOC/WGS 230 Section 3 Dialogue on Sexuality & Gender: Co-facilitated by Chase Catalano & Crista Gray
Our Spring 2013 Teaching Team includes:
SOC/WGS 230 Section 1 Dialogue on Faith, Conflict & Community: Co-facilitated by Tiffany Steinwert & Diane Swords
SOC/WGS 230 Section 2 Women’s Dialogue on Race & Ethnicity: Co-facilitated by Afua Boahene & Diane Swords
SOC/WGS 230 Section 3 Dialogue on Race & Ethnicity: Co-facilitated by A. Wendy Nastasi & Jermaine Soto
CFE 300 Section 1 Dialogue in Action: Class Matters: Facilitated by Meredith Madden (Spring 2012)
CFE 300 Section 2 Dialogue in Action: Many Faiths One Humanity: Co-facilitated by Tiffany Steinwart & Diane Swords
Our High School Initiative team additionally includes Mary Cannito-Coville, Hiba Haroon, Aneisha McDole, Blair Ebony Smith, & Angel Villasenor.
More information about team members may be found under team member bios.
Contact Information for Teaching Team 2012-2013
Afua Boahene, M.S.
Teaching Assistant, Cultural Foundations of Education
Doctoral Student, Cultural Foundations of Education
C.A.S., Women’s and Gender Studies
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Chase Catalano, M.Ed.
Director, LGBT Resource Center
Doctoral Candidate, Social Justice Education, University of Massachusetts Amherst
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Crista C. Gray, M.A.
Program Assistant – Women in Science and Engineering (WiSE)
Doctoral Candidate, Cultural Foundations of Education
C.A.S., Women’s and Gender Studies
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Meredith Madden, M.S., M.P.P.
Doctoral Student, Cultural Foundations of Education
C.A.S., Women’s and Gender Studies
Lecturer, Mohawk Valley Community College
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A. Wendy Nastasi, M.S.
Doctoral Student, Cultural Foundations of Education
Regional PAGE Director, Imagining America
C.A.S., Women’s and Gender Studies
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Jermaine Soto, M.S.
Doctoral Student, Cultural Foundations of Education
Graduate Assistant, Office of Multicultural Affairs
Teaching Assistant, LAS 300: Living in a Diverse Society
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Tiffany Steinwert, Ph.D.
Dean, Hendrick’s Chapel
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Diane Swords, Ph.D.
Adjunct Faculty, Intergroup Dialogue, Sociology and Women’s and Gender Studies
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Previous course facilitators – involved with our program – at Syracuse University
George Athanas, Assistant Director, Office of Residence Life
James Duah-Agyeman, Ph.D., Director, Office of Multicultural Affairs, Adjunct Faculty, Cultural Foundations of Education
Lisa Pye, M.A., M.P.A., Doctoral Candidate, Cultural Foundations of Education
Thomas V. Wolfe, Ph.D., Senior Vice President and Dean of Student Affairs
Earlier co-facilitators have continued their work on intergroup dialogue in new positions on other college and university campuses or in community/work settings including: Jacob Bartholomew, Courtney Brewster, Janet Dodd, Rebecca Johnson, Jared Halter, Lauren Hannahs, Judy Hamilton, Adrea Jaehnig, Jennifer Koslovsky, Sacchi Patel, Roslyn Rasberry, Tremayne Robertson, Carolyn Salter, Amit Taneja