Profiles

Celia Cook-Huffman joined Manchester University (IN) as vice president for academic affairs in 2020. She returned to Manchester, her undergraduate alma mater, after spending 30 years at Juniata College (PA), where she began her academic career as a faculty member in peace and conflict studies. During her time at Juniata, Cook-Huffman held the W. Clay […]

Marina Esteve-Offord joined CIC in 2023 and is the executive assistant to the SVPAP and manager of academic programs and HR. In this role, she supports the work and coordinating aspects of leadership development programs and grant-funded projects that fall within the scope of the vice president for academic programs’ role. She also supports certain […]

Walter Earl Fluker serves as Distinguished Professor of the Howard Thurman Center at the Hartford International University for Religion and Peace (CT), and Professor Emeritus of Ethical Leadership (formerly the Martin Luther King, Jr. Chair) at Boston University (MA). He was the founding executive director of the Andrew Young Center for Global Leadership Center and […]

Darby Kathleen Ray is the Donald W. and Ann M. Harward Professor of Civic Engagement at Bates College (ME), where she also is professor of religious studies and director of the Harward Center for Community Partnerships. In this role, she leads institutional strategy and program development in support of the college’s civic mission, teaches in […]

Meghan Sullivan is the Wilsey Family Collegiate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Notre Dame (IN), where she also serves as director of the Notre Dame Institute for Advanced Study, a university-wide research institute that supports faculty, doctoral students, undergraduates, and visiting fellows pursuing cross-disciplinary research on major ethical questions. Her work focuses on […]

Vern Granger is Director of Admissions at the University of Connecticut. In his current role, he works on UConn’s worldwide outreach to high-achieving and diverse students, its selection process, development of the university admission process and practices, the transition of new students, and the advancement of UConn’s position as one of the preeminent institutions in […]

Paulette Granberry Russell, JD, was elected president of the National Association of Diversity Officers in Higher Education in 2020. She is a leading national voice and sought-after presenter on issues related to diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice in higher education and beyond. Granberry Russell retired in 2020 from Michigan State University as senior advisor to […]

Illah R. Nourbakhsh is a professor at the Robotics Institute and inaugural director of the CREATE Lab at Carnegie Mellon University. As a computer scientist and educator, his interests focus on human-robot interaction, artificial intelligence, and community empowerment. He has authored many texts including Robot Futures and coauthored AI and Humanity (2020) with Jennifer Keating. […]

Jennifer Keating serves as a teaching professor and the writing in the disciplines specialist at the University of Pittsburgh. She previously served as assistant dean for educational initiations in the Deitrich College for Humanities and Social Sciences at Carnegie Mellon University. In 2020, Keating coauthored AI and Humanity (2020) alongside Illah R. Nourbakhsh.

Juliette Kayyem is the Belfer Senior Lecturer in International Security at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University (MA). She serves as a senior national security analyst for CNN and holds a weekly security segment on NPR’s Boston station, WGBH Radio. Previously, Kayyem served in the Obama administration as assistant secretary for intergovernmental […]