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The Office of Faculty and Staff Affirmative Action
is located on campus in the Surge Building Room 339. Office of Faculty & Staff Affirmative Action
Gladys Brown, Assistant Vice Chancellor, Diversity, Excellence & Equity Gladys Brown has over 11 years of experience at the University of Maryland College Park as Director of Human Relations in the Office of the President, and as the Campus Compliance Officer on Affirmative Action. Her education includes a J.D. from the University of Maryland School of Law and a B.S. from Morgan State University, complemented by the Harvard Development Management Program and the Bryn Mawr Summer Institute for Women in Higher Education. More recently, she directed the American Association of University Women (AAUW) and the (ACE) American Council on Education, Office of Women. She has been a Senior Fellow at the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators (NASPA), a Fellow at the Center for Higher Education Transformation (CHET) in South Africa, a member of the American Council on Education (ACE)'s Commission on Women in Higher Education, and a member of the American Psychological Association (APA)'s Board of Advocacy and Public Policy Interest (BAPPI). And, she co-founded the Washington Regional Taskforce Against Campus Prejudice, a coalition of 15 universities. She is a Senior Fellow at the James M. Burns Academy of Leadership, University of Maryland, (UMD), Co-Coordinator of the HERS Bryn Mawr Summer Institute for Women in Higher Education, and Co-Director of the University of Maryland Study Abroad Program in the Cameroon. Currently, she serves on several boards-the Goddard College Board of Trustees, the Diversity and Leadership Project of the National Council on Research for Women (NCROW) in NYC, the Cotty College Diversity Transformation Project, the Saint Mary's Center for Women's Intercultural Leadership and the Harbour Square Housing Co-op, a 450 unit development in D.C. Her publications include "Diversity Blueprint: A Manual for Colleges and Universities" (1998) in partnership with the Association of American Colleges and Universities (AACU) and several ACE publications: "From Where We Sit: Presidential Perspectives Programs on the Presidency" (2001), "Breaking the Barriers: Presidential Strategies for Enhancing Career Mobility" (2001) and "Breaking the Barriers: A Guidebook of Strategies" (2002). She has received numerous awards, including a citation from the White House for having one of the best campus diversity programs and websites in the US; and from the ACE NETWORK for a three-book series for university presidents on women's leadership and careers. In addition, she has conducted hundreds of workshops and keynotes on institutional transformation, diversity, equity, and leadership development throughout the United States and in Germany, China, Norway, South Africa and Cameroon. Email: gladys.brown@ucr.edu Brian Murphy, Equity Administrator Brian Murphy, formerly of the Chancellor's office, has joined the Office of Faculty & Staff Affirmative Action (OFSAA) to become OFSAA's new Equity Administrator. Brian spent the past two years as a policy researcher and writer for the Chancellor. His previous experience includes 30 years in government, law and communications. A member of the Washington State Bar, he has worked for the Washington State Legislature and the County of Orange with extensive experience in complaint investigation and conflict resolution, as well as policy setting and compliance capacities. In addition, he has handled sexual harassment litigation and has been the editor of a newsletter on sexual harassment law. Brian handles tracking, investigation and resolution of complaints of discrimination; ensures the legal compliance of campus affirmative action plans and acts for Director of OFSAA in case of her absence. Email: brian.murphy@ucr.edu Oluwatope Fashola, Principal Analyst Oluwatope Fashola has over eight years experience in qualitative and quantitative research in stratification within K-12 education and undergraduate education. She is a Ph.D. candidate in sociology and research methods at Indiana University—Bloomington. She received a double degree with distinction in American ethnic studies and sociology from the University of Washington—Seattle in 2004 where she was a research assistant for the qualitative project entitled UWSOUL: University of Washington Study of Undergraduate Learning and the quantitative Beyond High School project research group and the Social Development Research Group. She is a recipient of a Mary Gates Research Grant, a Ronald E. McNair Post baccalaureate Achievement Program Grant, a McNair Presidential Grant, Disciplinary Based Studies in Education traineeship, a McNair Graduate Fellowship from Indiana University, and a Indiana University Graduate Merit Award. Her master’s thesis was on the effects of symbolic and traditional racism on White and African Americans’ racial policy attitudes. Her research presentations include the University of Washington Undergraduate Research Symposium, as well as the University of Washington Institute for Teaching Excellence, the Association for Institutional Research, the Midwest Sociological Society, Indiana University’s Race, Class, and Gender research group, University of California Irvine’s Southern California Conference on Undergraduate Research, the University of Oregon NIDA research group, The University of Washington Research Symposium, and The Ronald E. McNair presidential Scholars Research Symposium. Oluwatope’s publications include “Attitudes About Diversity: 2001 Interviews” with Catharine Beyer and “Is there a Burden of “Acting White” Keeping African American Students from Academic Success?” Her 2006 Masters thesis was entitled "Something New? The Effects of Symbolic and Traditional Racism on White and African Americans’ Racial Policy Attitudes." Currently, she is co-authoring with Donna Eder a book, Rabbit Tales (Tails): Kenyan Stories with Many Meanings. Email: oluwatope.fashola@ucr.edu Amanda Matus, Administrative Assistant Amanda provides administrative support to Gladys Brown, AVC and Office of Faculty and Staff Affirmative Action (OFSAA) Director. She is responsible for managing the office as well as for the handling of OFSAA’s Recruitment Plans and Academic Waivers for the campus, and assisting with data management. Amanda is a graduate from California Baptist University with a BA in Communications, Journalism and Mass Communications. She formerly worked at the University of California, Riverside Extension’s Education Department where she provided data and marketing support for three non-profit Early Childhood programs. She also has experience in political consulting, running grassroots campaigns, public relations, marketing, graphic design and journalism. Email: amanda.matus@ucr.edu |
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