Faculty Fellows

UMass ADVANCE Faculty Fellows form an important network that connects UMass ADVANCE to the departments across campus where faculty equity is shaped. We seek one faculty member from each academic department, the libraries, and other campus units with faculty members for a twelve-month term.

The growing network of UMass ADVANCE Faculty Fellows is a key element in the success of our efforts. Faculty Fellows provide recommendations and feedback about priorities to the UMass ADVANCE leadership team and liaise with their departments to promote ADVANCE programs and tools. They also inform ADVANCE about successful equity and inclusion initiatives in their units. We are developing new ways of connecting and collaborating with the Fellows network to shape new resources, forums, and supportive actions.

Since 2018, over 200 faculty have connected their departments with ADVANCE through this role. The 2025-26 ADVANCE Faculty Fellows are:

College of Education:

  • Education Policy, Research and Administration, Sangeeta Kamat
  • Student Development, Carey Dimmitt
  • Teacher Education and Curriculum Studies, Enrique Suárez

College of Humanities and Fine Arts:

  • Architecture, Robert Williams
  • Art, Roopa Vasudevan
  • English, Jimmy Worthy
  • Languages, Literatures and Cultures, Meghan Armstrong
  • Linguistics, Magda Oiry
  • Music and Dance, Erinn Knyt

College of Natural Sciences:

  • Astronomy, Jun Yang
  • Biology, Joshua Lonthair
  • Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Amy Springer
  • Environmental Conservation, Meg Graham-MacLean
  • Earth, Geographic and Climate Sciences, Isla Castañeda
  • Physics, Shubha Tewari
  • Psychological and Brain Sciences, Maureen Perry-Jenkins
  • Stockbridge School of Agriculture, Jianyu Li
  • Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Alissa Rothchild

College of Nursing:

  • Nursing, Celeste Surreira

College of Social and Behavioral Sciences:

  • Anthropology, Felicity Aulino
  • Resource Economics, Rong Rong
  • School of Public Policy, Brittany Houston
  • Sociology, Brian Sargent

Isenberg School of Management:

  • Finance, Lina Han
  • Management, Ulya Tsolomon
  • Marketing, Veronica Martín-Ruíz
  • Operations and Information Management, Arzum Akkas

Libraries:

  • TBD

Riccio College of Engineering:

  • Biomedical Engineering, Cathal Kearney
  • Chemical Engineering, Alexandra Zagalskaya
  • Civil and Environmental Engineering, Sean McBeath
  • Electrical and Computer Engineering, Yuanrui Sang
  • Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Muge Capan

School of Public Health and Health Sciences:

  • Health Promotion and Policy, Liz Evans
  • Kinesiology, Sarah Roelker
  • Nutrition, Chaoran Ma
  • Speech, Language, and Hearing Services, Jasleen Singh

Academic Affairs:

  • Center for Teaching and Learning, Katie Ingraham Dixie