Faculty and Staff Affinity Groups
Purpose
The purpose of ALAAMEA is to provide a place for Tulane faculty and staff from historically marginalized communities (e.g., Black, Indigenous, Latinx, Asian/Pacific Islander, Middle Eastern, Mixed Race, LGBTQ+, people living with disabilities, people raised in working class and other marginalized class backgrounds, age) to connect and thrive together, fostering our own resilience and resistance to interlocking oppressions. We welcome our important allies, co-conspirators, and accomplices into ALAAMEA as important partners in creating nourishing and liberatory environments at Tulane.
History
ALAAMEA was originally formed in 2015 to "provide strategic advocacy to Asian, Latino, African American, Multi-Ethnic, and LGBTIQ faculty and staff," while also serving as a space for allies to these communities at Tulane. Although the ALAAMEA umbrella has expanded to include multiple other faculty and staff affinity groups, we retain the ALAAMEA name to honor and recognize the early ALAAMEA faculty and staff founders, leaders, and members who championed equity and justice work across our university. Tulane is an equal opportunity employer and educator.
We welcome the formation of new affinity groups. If you are interested in starting a faculty and staff affinity group underneath the ALAAMEA umbrella, please contact Anneliese Singh and Carolyn Barber-Pierre. Participation in all of our affinity groups is open to employees regardless of their race, color, national origin or sex.
Our current Faculty and Staff affinity groups underneath the ALAAMEA umbrella include the following:
To sign up for the ALAAMEA listserv, please send an email to ALAAMEA-L@listserv.tulane.edu
ALAAMEA Faculty and Staff Umbrella Co-Chairs
Carolyn Barber-Pierre
Assistant Vice President for Student Affairs & Intercultural Life
pierre@tulane.edu
Anneliese Singh, Co-Chair
Associate Provost for Diversity and Faculty Development/Chief Diversity Officer
anneliese@tulane.edu
To sign up for the Asian, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Faculty and Staff Group listserv, please send an email to AAPI-L@listserv.tulane.edu
Asian, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Faculty and Staff Group Facilitators
Cecilia Gambala, MD
Assistant Professor, MFM
Program Director of Medical Student Education Assistant Dean for Clinical Education
cgambal@tulane.edu
Julie Qiu
Office Administrator, Newcomb Institute
jqiu@tulane.edu
Prabal Kumar Singh
Developer IV, Information Technology
psingh1@tulane.edu
To be added to the affinity group listserv, please follow this link.
Black Faculty and Staff Affinity Group Co-Facilitators
Kelly Howard
Senior Administrative Program Coordinator, Office of Advancement
khoward6@tulane.edu
Reggie Parquet
Clinical Associate Professor, School of Social Work
rparque@tulane.edu
To sign up for the Chinese Faculty and Staff Affinity Group listserv, please send an email to ACP_TULANE@tulane.edu
Chinese Faculty and Staff Affinity Group Facilitators
Yi-ping Chen
Chair in Cell and Molecular Biology and Professor
The John L. and Mary Wright Ebaugh Chair in Science and Engineering
ychen@tulane.edu
Tony Hu
Weatherhead Presidential Chair in Biotechnology Innovation
Director, Center of Cellular and Molecular Diagnosis, School of Medicine
tonyhu@tulane.edu
Shusheng Wang
Professor of Cell and Molecular Biology, School of Science & Engineering
swang1@tulane.edu
To sign up for the Faculty and Staff Living with Disabilities Affinity Group listserv, please send an email to FSDIS-L@listserv.tulane.edu
Faculty and Staff Living with Disabilities Affinity Group Co-Facilitators
Cathy Lazarus
Associate Dean for Student Affairs & Records
claza1@lsuhsc.edu
Andrea Vassar
Executive Director of Campus Accessibility & ADA/504 Coordinator
avassar@tulane.edu
To sign up for the Indigenous Faculty and Staff Affinity Group listserv, please send an email to FSINDIGENOUS-L@listserv.tulane.edu
Indigenous Faculty and Staff Affinity Group Facilitators
Judith Maxwell
Professor of Anthropology, School of Liberal Arts
maxwell@tulane.edu
John DePriest
Staff Instructor, Center For Global Education
jdepries@tulane.edu
To sign up for the Latinx Faculty and Staff Affinity Group listserv, please send an email to FSLATINX-L@listserv.tulane.edu
Latinx Faculty and Staff Affinity Group Facilitators
Eddy Cruz
Assistant Dean and Executive Director, Newcomb-Tulane College Career Services
ecruz@tulane.edu
Nichole Valenzuela
Assistant Director of Immersions & Interprofessional Education, School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine
nvalenzuela@tulane.edu
To sign up for the LGBTQ+ Faculty and Staff Affinity Group listserv, please send an email to LGBTQFACSTAFF-L@listserv.tulane.edu
To sign up for the LGBTQ+ Research Collective listserv, please send an email to LGBTQRESEARCHCOLLECTIVE-L@listserv.tulane.edu
LGBTQ+ Faculty and Staff Affinity Group Facilitators
Colin Foret
Program Coordinator, School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine - Office of Student Experience
cforet1@tulane.edu
Middle Eastern Faculty and Staff Affinity Group Facilitators
Laila L. Hlass
Clinical Professor of Law and Associate Provost for International Affairs
lhlass@tulane.edu
Patrick Rafail
Associate Professor
prafail@tulane.edu
Multiracial Faculty and Staff Affinity Group Facilitators
Anneliese Singh
Associate Provost for Diversity and Faculty Development/Chief Diversity Officer
anneliese@tulane.edu
Jennifer A. Manuzak
Assistant Professor of Microbiology and Immunology
jmanuzak@tulane.edu
Tulane University Women's Association (TUWA) Facilitators
Alexandra Zaballero Sims, PhD
Senior Professor of Practice
asims1@tulane.edu
Rebecca Kelly
To sign up for the Veterans Faculty and Staff Affinity Group listserv, please send an email to TUVETS-L@listserv.tulane.edu
Veterans Faculty and Staff Affinity Group Facilitators
David Bankston
Director of Community and Veteran Engagement, Center for Sport
dbankston1@tulane.edu
Rebecca Rouse
Professor of Practice and Associate Director, Emergency & Security Studies
School of Professional Advancement
rrouse1@tulane.edu
Michael Wallace
Program Director, Professor of Practice, Emergency & Security Studies
School of Professional Advancement
mwallac4@tulane.edu
To sign up for the White Anti-Racist Learning Community Affinity Group listserv, please send an email to Rachel Stein rstein7@tulane.edu
White Anti-Racist Learning Community Affinity Group Facilitators
Máille Faughnan
Professor of Practice and Associate Director for Social Innovation, Phyllis M. Taylor Center for Social Innovation and Design Thinking
mfaughna@tulane.edu
Susanne Hackett
Senior Program Coordinator, Center for Public Service
shackett@tulane.edu
Julia Lang
Professor of Practice and Associate Director of Career Education and Life Design, Phyllis M. Taylor Center for Social Innovation and Design Thinking
jlang@tulane.edu
Nadia Slisarenko
Protocol Analyst, Institutional Animal Care & Use Committee Office, Tulane National Primate Research Center
nslisare@tulane.edu
Rachel Stein
Scholarly Engagement Librarian, Tulane University Libraries
rstein7@tulane.edu