Diversity Action Council

The Diversity Action Council (DAC) was established in 2008. One of the most important DAC functions is to bring together UNC Asheville employees with responsibility for diversity in their job description. This group creates a regular time and place to convene and share initiatives and create effective collaboration. Our first shared task was to develop a common campus definition of diversity:

At UNC Asheville, diversity means creating and supporting an inclusive and sustainable community, one in which people of all backgrounds interact respectfully and in which each member is valued. To reach this goal requires that we enhance the range of human diversity on campus, including but not limited to dimensions such as race and ethnicity, age, religion, disability, socio-economic status, gender expression, gender and sexual identity, national origin, culture and ideological beliefs. (2009)

Diversity Action Council  Members 2016-17

• William Haggard, Vice Chancellor, Student Affairs, DAC Co-Chair | bhaggard@unca.edu
• Dee James, Professor of Literature, DAC Co-Chair | djames@unca.edu
• Joseph Urgo, Provost and Vice Chancellor of Academic Affairs | jurgo@unca.edu
• Marquis McGee, Assistant Director of Academic Programs| mmcgee@unca.edu
• Edward Katz, Associate Provost and Dean of University Programs | ekatz@unca.edu
• Joy Duran Gevedon, HR Systems Technician  | jduran@unca.edu
• Brittany Privott, Admissions Counselor |bprivott@unca.edu
• Agya Boakye-Boaten, Director, Africana Studies | aboaten@unca.edu
• Dahlia Hylton, Director, Intercultural Center | dylton@unca.edu
• Deborah Miles, Director, Center for Diversity Education | dmiles@unca.edu
• Robin Hamilton, Community Director of Residential Education | rhamilt2@unca.edu
• Trey Adcock, Education Department Laision to Eastern Band of the Cherokee | ladcock1@unca.edu
• Anne Janson, Assistant Professor, Literature and Language| ajansen@unca.edu
• Evelyn Chiang, Associate Professor of Psychology | echiang@unca.edu
• Andrea Martinez, Director of Pre-College Outreach & GEAR UP Grant Coordinator | amartine@unca.edu
• Gabriella Porcaro, Student Affairs Case Manager | gporcaro@unca.edu
• Megan Underhill, Assistant Professor of Sociology and Anthropology| munderhi@unca.edu
• Tim Hussey, Student | thussey@unca.edu
• Shelby Ingram, Student | singram2@unca.edu
• Amina Kone, Student | akone@unca.edu
• Harley Kranock, Student | dkranock@unca.edu
• Mason  Logan, Student | mlogan@unca.edu
• Karmen Kurtz, Student | kkurtz@unca.edu
• Liz Torres, Student | ltorres1@unca.edu
• Devyn Smith, Student | dsmith9@unca.edu
• Charles White, Student | cwhite5@unca.edu

Past Members