Program Overview
As a demonstration of Florida International University’s commitment to institutional transformation, faculty have the opportunity to serve as AWED Faculty Fellows.
Faculty Fellows with the Office to Advance Women, Equity & Diversity receive either a one or two course release for a one-year term, depending on responsibilities.
Faculty Fellows gain experience with university leadership and administration and make valuable contributions to increasing diversity and improving the climate at FIU. Fellows participate in all aspects of FIU ADVANCE project initiatives, as well as assume leadership within one of the four major activities of the Office to Advance Women, Equity & Diversity.
For more information about the Faculty Fellows Program, email awed@fiu.edu.
Our current Faculty Fellows
Anamika Prasad, Ph.D.
Faculty Fellow; Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering
anprasad@fiu.edu
Arun Upadhyay, Ph.D.
Faculty Fellow; Eminent Scholar and Associate Professor of Finance
arun.upadhyay@fiu.edu
Caroline Simpson, Ph.D.
Associate Director, AWED; Faculty Equity Advisor, CASE; Professor, Physics
305-348-1565
simpsonc@fiu.edu
Darryl Dickerson
Faculty Fellow; Equity Advisor for CEC
ddickers@fiu.edu
Debra VanderMeer, Ph.D.
Business Faculty Equity Advisor/AWED Faculty Fellow
305-348-2931
vanderd@fiu.edu
Kirsten Wood, Ph.D.
Associate Director, AWED
woodk@fiu.edu
Julia Janewa Osei-Tutu
Faculty Fellow; Equity Advisor; Dean for Diversity for Law
joseitut@fiu.edu
Melissa McCartney
Faculty Fellow; Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences
mmccartn@fiu.edu
Mohammed ElZomor, Ph.D.
Faculty Fellow; Assistant Professor of Construction Management and Graduate [...]
melzomor@fiu.edu
René Price, Ph.D.
Faculty Fellow; Professor, Earth and Environment; Center for Aquatic [...]
pricer@fiu.edu
Stephen Secules
Faculty Fellow; Assistant Professor in School of Universal Computing [...]
ssecules@fiu.edu
Xuan Jiang, Ph.D.
Faculty Fellow; Faculty Administrator and Assistant Director, Center for [...]
xjiang@fiu.edu