Leadership Team

We are an eclectic and experienced group of faculty and staff developing partnerships that will create sustainable changes in the UNM climate, contributing to increased success and satisfaction for women and minority faculty.

Julia Fulghum

Director

Mala Htun

Deputy director

Mary Jo Daniel

Co-principal investigator

Felipe Gonzales

Co-principal investigator

Melanie Moses

Co-principal investigator

Sandy Rodrigue

Program Manager

Social Science Research Team

This team is responsible for the implementation and analysis of the social science research project, which focuses on the application of the Dobbin and Kalev model of Managerial Engagement to the university context. Members also conduct qualitative interviews with university leadership and departing faculty. This team is guided by Advance’s deputy director Mala Htun and co-principal investigator Felipe Gonzales.

Lisa Marchiondo

Team member

Kamilla Venner

Team member

Steve Verney

Team member

Charlie Christian

Team member

Karlyn A. Edwards

Graduate Research Assistant

Teagan Mullins

Graduate Research Assistant

Additional Faculty Leadership

We brought together this diverse group of faculty to help provide insight into different experiences on the UNM campus and guide ADVANCE at UNM program activities.

Steve Verney

Faculty member

Tina Takacs-Vesbach

Faculty member

Susan Bogus Halter

Faculty member

External Advisory Board

This group of prominent scholars and practitioners meets formally once a year to monitor the project, to assess progress toward project goals, provide recommendations for improvements to the project and offer suggestions about additional resources and opportunities.

Frank Dobbin

External advisory board member

Sonya Smith

Chairwoman, external advisory board member

Denise Sekaquaptewa

External advisory board member

John Nieto-Phillips

Member, External Advisory Board

Internal Evaluation Team (Center for Education Policy Research)

This team is responsible for monitoring the quantity and quality of project activities and providing on-going feedback to the leadership team to strengthen implementation as well as supporting to the external evaluation team with data collection and analysis.

Elizabeth Yakes Jimenez

Team member

Ruth Juarez

Team member

Internal Advisory Board

This rotating group of UNM faculty meets formally once a semester to provide feedback on current efforts, suggest program activities and participants, and coordinate ADVANCE activities with other activities on campus related to project goals.