External Advisory Board
Anthony Appiah, Professor of Philosophy and Law, New York University
Lawrence E. Bobo, W.E.B. Du Bois Professor of the Social Sciences, Harvard University
Sumi Cho, Professor of Law, DePaul University
Stephanie A. Fryberg, Associate Professor of American Indian Studies and Psychology, University of Washington
Thelma Golden, Director and Chief Curator, Studio Museum in Harlem
Patricia Y. Gurin, Nancy Cantor Distinguished University Professor Emerita of Psychology and Women’s Studies, University of Michigan
Ira Katznelson, President and Ruggles Professor of Political Science and History, SSRC and Columbia University
Gary Orfield, Professor, Education, and Co-Director, Civil Rights Project/Proyecto Derechos Civiles, University of California at Los Angeles
Scott E. Page, Leonid Hurwicz Collegiate Professor, Complex Systems, Political Science, and Economics, University of Michigan
George J. Sanchez, Professor of American Studies and Ethnicity, and History, and Vice Dean for Diversity and Strategic Initiatives, University of Southern California
Claude M. Steele, Professor of Psychology, University of California, Berkeley
Susan P. Sturm, George M. Jaffin Professor of Law and Social Responsibility, Columbia University Law School
Thomas J. Sugrue, Professor of Social and Cultural Analysis and History, New York University
Beverly Daniel Tatum, President Emerita, Spelman College
Marta Tienda, Maurice P. During ’22 Professor, Demographic Studies, and Professor, Sociology and Public Affairs, Princeton University
Sarah E. Turner, Chair, Department of Economics, University of Virginia
Internal Advisory Board
Saleem Badat, Program Director, The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
Armando I. Bengochea, Program Officer, The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
Nancy Cantor, Co-chair, Chancellor, Rutgers University-Newark
Makeba Morgan Hill, Deputy to the President and Chief Planner, The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
Cristle Collins Judd, Senior Program Officer, The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
Earl Lewis, Co-chair, President, The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
Doreen N. Tinajero, Program Associate and Project Manager, The Andrw W.Mellon Foundation
Eugene M. Tobin, Senior Program Officer, The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
Michele S. Warman, Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary, The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
Laura Washington, Director of Communications, The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
Mariët Westermann, Executive Vice President for Programs and Research, The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation