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The WVU ADVANCE Center is an academic hub committed to identifying, analyzing and disrupting institutional inequities while promoting social justice and a positive, inclusive culture at WVU and beyond.

Through unique courses and strategic processes, the ADVANCE Center's interdisciplinary team of scholars works with units, departments and colleges across campus to achieve customized goals that will lead to an internal climate characterized by innovation, collaboration, equity, and inclusion.

About

Kasi Jackson

Kasi Jackson

Director and Master Facilitator, ADVANCE
Professor, Women’s and Gender Studies  

Kasi's Bio

Amena Anderson

Amena Anderson

Assistant Professor of Practice & Assistant Director of the WVU ADVANCE Center

Amena's Bio
Oldham, Leah 

Leah Oldham

Graduate Assistant

Leah's Bio

About Master Facilitators

Lisa Dilks

Lisa Dilks

Data Analyst, ADVANCE

Professor of Practice in Data, Connolly Alexander Institute for Data Science (CAIDS), Tulane University

Maja Holmes

Maja Holmes

Master Facilitator, ADVANCE

Director and Professor, School of Public Affairs and Administration, University of Kansas

Melissa Latimer

Melissa Latimer

Master Facilitator, ADVANCE

Associate Provost for Faculty Development And Culture

Professor, Department of Sociology and Anthropology

Jedi Master Team Builder

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Jim Nolan

Jim Nolan

Master Facilitator, ADVANCE

Professor and Chair, Department of Sociology and Anthropology 

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Christy Rittenour

Christy Kunkle

Master Facilitator, ADVANCE

Professor, Department of Communication Studies

Faculty Associate, Women’s and Gender Studies

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About other team members

Heather Henderson

Heather L. Henderson

Master Facilitator, ADVANCE  

Assistant Professor of Health Policy, Management & Leadership,  School of Public Health

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Heather Harris

Heather Harris

Master Facilitator, ADVANCE

Educational Programs Manager, Art Museum of West Virginia University

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Cathy-Jasper

Cathy Jasper

Master Facilitator, ADVANCE

Executive Assistant to the Associate Provost for Faculty Development and Culture and the Associate Provost for Academic Personnel

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Presha Neidermeyer

Presha Neidermeyer

Master Facilitator, ADVANCE

Professor, WVU College of Business & Economics

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