Task Force on Gender Equity

On March 1, 2018 President DeGioia announced the formation of a Task Force on Gender Equity at Georgetown.

Chaired by Jane Aiken, J.D., Vice Dean and Professor of Law at Georgetown University Law Center, the Task Force is charged with four key areas of work:

• Studying best practices that have contributed to improved gender equity among faculty and senior leadership;
• Assessing our institutional practices and how they impact gender equity among faculty and senior leadership;
• Recommending specific, actionable steps that Georgetown can take to promote gender equity among faculty and senior leadership in the near, medium and long-term; and,
• Recommending mechanisms for accountability to measure the impact of the steps taken toward achieving gender equity and to sustain the progress that is achieved.​

In each of these areas, the Task Force will seek to recognize and reflect on the diverse experiences that comprise our community and the many ways that different identities and backgrounds intersect with gender.

Read the full charge of the Task Force on Gender Equity.

Members

The Task Force is composed of representatives from across each of Georgetown’s campuses.

Chair: Jane Aiken (LLM’85), J.D., Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center

Reena Aggarwal, Ph.D., Vice Provost for Faculty; Robert E. McDonough Professor of Finance, McDonough School of Business

Katherine Benton-Cohen, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of History

Soyica Colbert (C’01), Ph.D., Associate Professor of African American Studies and Theater and Performance Studies; Chair, Department of Performing Arts; Director, Theater and Performance Studies

David Edelstein, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service and Department of Government; Vice Dean of Faculty, Georgetown College

Nada Eissa, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Public Policy and Economics, McCourt School of Public Policy

Kristi Graves, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Oncology, Georgetown University Medical Center

Carole Roan Gresenz, Ph.D., Bette Jacobs Endowed Professor in the Department of Health Systems Administration, School of Nursing & Health Studies

Jose Luis Guerrero Cusumano, Ph.D., Associate Professor, McDonough School of Business

Charles King, D. Phil., Professor of International Affairs and Government, Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service; Chair, Department of Government

Patricia King, J.D., Professor of Law Emeritus, Georgetown University Law Center

Lisa Krim, J.D., Senior Advisor to the President for Faculty Relations

Michelle Ohnona, Professorial Lecturer, Women’s and Gender Studies Program; Program Manager for Diversity Initiatives, CNDLS; Diversity Requirement Coordinator, Office of the Provost

Kathryn Olesko, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Science, Technology and International Affairs, Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service; Department of History

Samantha Pinto, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Departments of African American Studies and English

Elena Silva, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Biology and Interdisciplinary Program in Neuroscience; Vice Dean of Graduate Affairs and Diversity and Inclusion

Lisa Singh, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Computer Science; Research Professor, Massive Data Institute, McCourt School of Public Policy

Ed Soule, Ph.D., Associate Professor, McDonough School of Business

Deborah Tannen, Ph.D., University Professor; Professor of Linguistics

Miriam Toporowicz, M.D., M.P.H., Professor, Department of Pediatrics; Chief of the Division of International Health Programs, Georgetown University Medical Center

Judy Huei-Yu Wang, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Oncology, Georgetown University Medical Center

Jamillah Bowman Williams (B’03), J.D., Ph.D., Associate Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center

Edilma L. Yearwood, Ph.D., PMHCNS-BC, FAAN, Associate Professor of Nursing; Chair, Department of Professional Nursing Practice, School of Nursing & Health Studies

Special Advisors:

Lisa Brown, J.D., Vice President and General Counsel

Rosemary Kilkenny (L’87), J.D., Vice President for Institutional Diversity and Equity

Updates

We invite all members of our community to visit this website for updates on the Task Force.

Messages to the Community and News

Gender Equity Among Faculty, Senior Leaders Focus of New Task Force

Announcing Appointment and Charge of the Task Force on Gender Equity (April 13, 2018)

Announcing the Task Force on Gender Equity (March 1, 2018)