Faces of Michigan

The University of Michigan is built and sustained by thousands of individuals with diverse backgrounds, personal characteristics, opinions, interests, and outlooks. Together, they constitute the Michigan Difference, the essential quality that makes U-M one of the great universities of the world.

This webpage provides links to statements by individual members of the University community. These statements do not necessarily represent the official views or approach of the University.

Note: If you know of someone who would be a good candidate for this page, please contact: DiversityMatters@umich.edu.


Dennis Borel photoDennis Borel (BBA 1974), 2006 recipient of the James T. Neubacher Award, conferred by the U-M Council for Disability Concerns

Bunyan Bryant photoBunyan Bryant, Arthur F Thurnau Professor, Professor of Natural Resources, School of Natural Resources and Environment and Professor of Urban Planning

Bridget Christian photoBridget Christian, Master of Social Work student

Sheldon Danziger photoSheldon H. Danziger, Henry J. Meyer Distinguished University Professor of Public Policy and Co-Director of the National Poverty Center at the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy

Cinda-Sue Davis photoCinda-Sue Davis, Director of Women in Science and Engineering

Frieda Ekotto photoFrieda Ekotto, Associate Professor of French and of Comparative Literature

Derek Griffith photoDerek Griffith, Associate Professor, Health Behavior and Health Education, School of Public Health

Bruce Frier photoBruce Frier, the Henry King Ransom Professor of Law and the Frank O. Copley Collegiate Professor of Classics and Roman Law

Manuel Hernandez photoManuel Enrique Hernandez, Biomedical Engineering student

Lieutenant Colonel Robert Lance Hilton photoLt. Col. Robert Lance Hilton, chair of the University of Michigan Army Officer Education Program

Gerald Hoff photoGerald Hoff, University of Michigan Health System, winner of the 2007 Laurita Thomas Diversity Champion Award

Carol Hollenshead photoCarol Hollenshead, Director, University of Michigan Center for the Education of Women (CEW)

Carol Hollenshead photoJennifer Hsu, Neuroscience student

Marcia Inhorn photoMarcia Inhorn, Professor, Health Behavior & Health Education in the School of Public Health; Professor of Women’s Studies and of Anthropology in the College of Literature, Science, and the Arts (LSA)

Kevin Johnson photoKevin Johnson, Neuroscience/Psychology student

J. Wayne Jones photoJ. Wayne Jones, Arthur F. Thurnau Professor and Professor of Materials and Metallurgical Engineering

Jaya Kalra photoJaya Kalra, Sociology student

Amanda Kupstas photoAmanda Kupstas, Biochemistry student

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Yazhuo (Grace) Liu, Cellular and Molecular Biology/Honors student

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Andrew McBride, Women’s Studies student

robert Megginson photoRobert Megginson, Associate Dean and Professor of Mathematics in the College of Literature, Science, and the Arts (LSA)

Michigan Community Scholars Program photoMichigan Community Scholars Program (MCSP). Shown in photo are four members of the 2007-2008 MCSP community (l- r): Kah Wee Liew, Hamidah Khairiyyah Abdul Rahman, Jelani S. Bayi, Jessica Feldman.

Valerie Myers photoValerie Myers, Assistant Professor, School of Public Health

Deborah Orlowski photoDeborah Orlowski, Training and Organizational Development Consultant, Human Resource Development (HRD)

PALMA photoPALMA (Proyecto Avance, Latino Mentoring Association). Three members of the 2007-2008 PALMA eboard (l-r): Jena Gutierrez, Alex Funt, and Cathe Shubert.

Janice C. Paul photoJanice C. Paul, Associate Professor of Art and of Social Work, director of Community Connections at the School of Art and Design.

Jaimie Philip photoJaimie Philip, Sociology student; College of Literature, Science, and the Arts

Lawrence Reid photoLawrence Reid, Epidemiology student

Kolby Roberts photoKolby Roberts, Biochemistry student

Julia Samorezov photoJulia Samorezov, Biomedical Engineering student

Madeline Stano photoMadeline Stano, History and Sociology student

Tiffany Torres photoTiffany Torres, Sociology, American Culture student

Jim Toy photoJim Toy, Program Associate, Office for Institutional Equity

David Wooten photoDavid Wooten, Associate Professor of Marketing at the Stephen M. Ross School of Business

Lynn Wooten photoLynn Wooten, Clinical Assistant Professor of Strategy and Management & Organizations, Ross School of Business