Under the leadership of the Division of Student Affairs, the Student Advocacy Advisory Team is responsible for educating and supporting student activists on- and off-campus, coordinating the appropriate level of response for different events, and serve as the primary liaisons between administrators, law enforcement, and students. The team develops initial response strategies and approaches activist students with customized intervention plans prior to controversial demonstrations, including but not limited to:
- Connecting with event organizers, protesters and counter-protesters,
- Identify trusted faculty and staff to aid in facilitating conversations, and
- Provide support for logistics and de-escalations tactics.
The team also provides “just-in-time” guidance in the event of spontaneous demonstrations or those that are unknown to the team including:
Student Advocacy Advisory Team Members
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Ton’Yea Mason, Student Representative
Makaylah Michels, Student Representative
Lakshmi Gurram, Student Representative
Jared Williams, Student Representative
Sean Stallings, Vice President for Student Affairs
Sharon Blanton, Vice President for Information Technology
Adam Carlson, Director of Student Conduct & Off-Campus Services
Jordan Shyi, Director of Intercultural Affairs
Crystel Maldonado, Director of Equal Employment Opportunity Programs
Marissa Bellino, Assistant Professor, Department of Education Administration & Secondary Education
Janet Gray, Professor, Department of Women’s, Gender, & Sexuality Studies
Timothy Grant, Chief of Campus Police
Kevin McCullough, LT of Campus Police
Chelsea Jacoby, Director of Sexual Misconduct | Title IX Coordinator
Kelly Hennessy, Assistant Vice President for Student Affairs
Jamal Johnson, Senior Assistant Director of Student Mentoring & Retention
Beth Gallus, Associate Dean of Students
Avani Rana, Director of Leadership Development
Audrey Perrotti, Director of Brower Student Center
Melissa Andreas, Assistant Director of the Brower Student Center
Luke Sacks, Head Media Relations Officer
Tom Mahoney, Vice President & General Counsel (Advisement)
Michael Canavan, Deputy General Counsel (Advisement)