Angela D. Dillard
Angela D. Dillard is the Richard A. Meisler Collegiate Professor of Afroamerican and African Studies in the Residential College, and Professor of History. She is an interdisciplinary scholar trained in history and political theory with a Ph.D. in American studies, from the U-M’s Department of American Culture. She specializes in American and African-American intellectual history, particularly around issues of race, religion and politics—on both the left and the right sides of the political spectrum. As the former associate dean for undergraduate education for the College of Literature, Science, and the Arts she chaired the 2015-2016 review of LSA’s Race and Ethnicity requirement, and remains active in various campus initiatives to promote diversity, equity, inclusion, and access. She is also the co-author, with Whitney Peoples, of “5 Lessons from a Race-and-Ethnicity Requirement,” which appeared in the September 2, 2020 edition of The Chronicle of Higher Education.
Whitney Peoples
Whitney Peoples serves as a Director of Educational Development & Assessment Services and Coordinator of DEI Initiatives & Critical Race Pedagogies at U-M’s Center for Research on Learning and Teaching (CRLT). At CRLT, Dr. Peoples’ work focuses on anti-racist and critical race pedagogies as well inclusive teaching and issues of diversity, equity, and inclusion in the classroom. Beyond CRLT, she has over fifteen years experience in feminist and critical race research, activism, and teaching, and holds a Ph.D. in women’s, gender, and sexuality studies from Emory University. Her research and writing outside of faculty development primarily concerns the intersections of race, gender, health, and popular culture. Most recently her work has appeared in The Chronicle of Higher Education and in the a co-edited volume Radical Reproductive Justice: Foundations|Theory|Practice|Critique.