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Dr. Charles Breithaupt
Executive Director, University Interscholastic League
breithaupt@mail.utexas.edu
512-471-5883
UIL 1.110
Dr. Charles Breithaupt serves as the executive director of the University Interscholastic League (UIL). Breithaupt is the seventh executive director in the 100-year history of UIL. Breithaupt joined the League in June of 1992 after 17 years in coaching and currently serves on the NFHS Basketball Rules Committee and served as liaison to the NCAA Football Rules Committee for the past 10 years. He has also served as an athletic director, assistant principal, high school principal and as a school board member throughout his career. He coached football, basketball, baseball, track and field, and cross- country and taught English and History. He has been named Coach of the year nine times and was named State Coach of the Year by the Texas Association of Basketball Coaches in 1991. He was inducted into the Texas High School Basketball Hall of Fame in 2003 and the Southeast Texas Coaches Hall of Honor in 2001. He was inducted in the Texas High School Coaches Hall of Honor in 2005.
Mrs. Robiaun Rogers Charles
Assistant Vice President for Development
rcharles@austin.utexas.edu
512-471-5977
FAC 402D
Robiaun Charles provides strategic direction and oversees the development operations for the division. She and her team are responsible for the identification, cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship of major, special, and annual gifts to benefit the Division of Diversity and Community Engagement and work to establish partnerships between the DDCE and the community. Charles has 15 years of experience in development, communications and marketing. She most recently served as the Special Assistant to the President and Director of Diversity Initiatives at the University of Evansville where she advised the President on a range of diversity issues. Her office was responsible for the implementation and management of diversity related university-wide policies, practices, procedures and processes, including student, faculty and staff recruitment and retention, campus climate, supplier diversity and community outreach. Prior to this appointment, Charles was the Director of Annual Giving and Development Services at the University of Evansville and Director of Development and Major Gifts for Johnson C. Smith University where she was a Kresge Foundation Fellow. Other past professional experience includes employment with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and United Cerebral Palsy of Greater Atlanta.
A native of Atlanta, GA, Charles earned her BA in philosophy from Rollins College where she was honored as an Algernon Sydney Sullivan Scholar. She later earned her MPA from The Andrew Young School of Policy Studies at Georgia State University, and completed the Management Program for Higher Education Professionals at Harvard University. Charles is currently working on a doctorate in higher education leadership and policy.
Melissa M. Chavez, M.Ed.
Executive Director, The University of Texas Elementary School
m.m.chavez@austin.utexas.edu
512 495-9705
2200 East Sixth Street
Austin, TX 78702
Melissa Chavez is the Executive Director of UT Elementary School. She began her career with UT Elementary School in its inception as the assistant principal and created the special education and reading programs. She was promoted to principal in 2006, helping the school to earn several Exemplary titles. Melissa became Executive Director of UT Elementary School in 2009 and continues to serve in that role. Prior to coming to UT Elementary, Melissa taught first grade in Austin ISD and quickly rose to Assistant to the Associate Superintendent, before being recruited to help open The University of Texas Elementary School in 2003.
Melissa has a bachelors degree in curriculum and instruction and a masters degree in educational administration from The University of Texas at Austin College of Education. Her masters specialization was the principalship program – a highly competitive program ranked in the top five in the nation. Currently Melissa is pursuing a doctorate degree at The University of Texas, and her dissertation focuses on behavioral momentum theory and its application to increasing positive student behavior.
Dr. Ge Chen
Assistant Vice President
gechen@austin.utexas.edu
512-232-4850
SSB 4.418
Dr. Chen leads the division-wide assessment efforts and initiatives for institutional effectiveness. She serves as a liaison to the Graduate School, Office of Admissions, and Office of Student Financial Services for diversity outreach, recruitment, and retention. She is also a consultant to the Longhorn Center for Academic Excellence and currently serves as the Interim Director of the Gateway Scholars Program. Before she joined DDCE, she was the Assistant Dean of Students with the Academic Enrichment Services (AES) in the Office of the Dean of Students at UT-Austin, where she directed seven academic success programs geared toward facilitating the growth and development of underrepresented college students. Prior to her appointment as Assistant Dean of Students in 2003, Dr. Chen served as coordinator for the Gateway Program, one of the oldest programs in AES that supports the academic development of primarily first-generation undergraduate students. In addition, Dr. Chen’s instruction and administration experiences include teaching critical thinking, research methods and reading at three institutions of higher education and a TRIO appointment at Lyon College in Batesville, Arkansas. Born in China and immigrated to United States in the late 1980s, Dr. Chen has taught and administered in higher education across two cultures for over two decades. She is actively involved in the Asian and Asian Pacific American affairs, co-founding and currently serving as the President of the Asian and Asian American Faculty and Staff Association at the University of Texas at Austin. Dr. Chen’s honors include the Award for Outstanding Caring Services for Students at Lyon College in 1999, the Eyes of Texas Excellence Award at the University of Texas at Austin in 2006, and 2008 RAISE Award (Recognizing Asian & Asian American Faculty and Staff Instilling Strength and Excellence) by AAAFSA. Dr. Chen earned her doctorate and master’s degree from the University of Arkansas College of Education, Fayetteville, Arkansas and bachelor’s degree from Jilin Normal University in Siping, China.
Dr. Richard A. Cherwitz
Director, Intellectual Entrepreneurship Consortium (IE)
Professor, Department of Communication Studies and Department of Rhetoric and Writing
spaj737@uts.cc.utexas.edu
512 471-1939
CMA 7.228
Dr. Cherwitz is the founder and director of the Intellectual Entrepreneurship Consortium (IE). IE is a cross-disciplinary initiative of the Colleges of Communication, Liberal Arts, Fine Arts, Natural Sciences, Law, Education and Pharmacy and the Schools of Information, Business, Engineering, Public Affairs and Social Work, that is designed to educate "citizen-scholars"--individuals who leverage knowledge for the social good. IE's Pre-Graduate School Internship brings underserved students into the graduate school pipeline and helps them select an appropriate field of study and experience their academic career as innovators and agents of change. IE has won national acclaim--including recognition by the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation, Fast Company Magazine, the Council of Graduate Schools, Excelencia in Education and the New England Resource Center for Higher Education--and has been the focus of nearly 200 newspaper, magazine, and scholarly articles. The IE model of education and public scholarship has been imitated by other research universities and has become part of national discussions about education and the public good and the role of entrepreneurial thinking in higher education. Dr. Cherwitz has concretely employed his concept of intellectual entrepreneurship to produce real change, assisting the university in partnering with members of its community to tackle complex problems such as overcrowding of emergency rooms. Dr. Cherwitz is also a fellow for UTs Institute for Innovation, Creativity & Capital (IC2) and the John T. Jones, Jr. Fellow in Communication and has served as the Associate Dean of the Graduate School . He received his masters degree and doctorate in Communication from the University of Iowa.
Ms. Deb Duval
Executive Director for External Relations
debduval@austin.utexas.edu
512-232-7599
FAC 4.402H
Deb Duval serves as the executive director for external relations and is responsible for the division’s strategic communications, including marketing, branding and special events. Prior to her appointment in DDCE, she worked in the UT Office of Community Relations. Prior to UT, she served as director of student life at Austin Community College, associate director for United Way-Capitol Area, and faculty member at Cisco Community College. She holds a bachelor’s degree from Abilene Christian University.
Ms. Katherine Antwi Green
Assistant Vice President
Office of Institutional Equity
katherine.antwi.green@austin.utexas.edu
512-471-1849
NOA 4.302
Katherine Antwi Green serves as the assistant vice president for the Office of Institutional Equity and is responsible for the strategic oversight of the compliance, programmatic, and administrative operations of the unit. She also serves as the Title VI Coordinator, Deputy IX Coordinator and co-chair for the Campus Climate Response Team. Prior to UT, she served in various legal capacities including in-house counsel, general counsel, and litigation attorney with UT System, the Texas Commission on Human Rights and the Office of the Attorney General. She holds a law degree from Gonzaga University and a bachelor’s degree from the University of Texas at Austin.
Dr. Jennifer Maedgen
Senior Associate Vice President and Chief of Staff; Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Educational Psychology
maedgen@austin.utexas.edu
512-232-2910; FAC 402
Dr. Maedgen has oversight responsibility for the Office of Institutional Equity (OIE) and disability efforts on campus, as well as information technology services and space allocation within the division. She also serves as the vice president's liaison to the Hogg Foundation for Mental Health, the University Interscholastic League, and the associate vice presidents. Dr. Maedgen received her bachelor’s degree in psychology from the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) and her master’s degree and doctorate in clinical psychology from the University of Texas at Austin. She completed her predoctoral internship at the University of Virginia Health Sciences Center in Charlottesville, Virginia, where she worked in children's rehabilitation, adult/child neuropsychology, and forensic settings. She also completed her post-doctoral fellowship at the University of Virginia, during which time she worked in the neuropsychology clinic in the Department of Psychiatric Medicine and at the Learning Needs and Evaluation Center (LNEC). She was later appointed as the director of the LNEC, and served in this role and as an assistant professor of clinical psychiatric medicine for three years. Dr. Maedgen returned to The University of Texas at Austin in 2003 as an assistant dean of students and director of Services for Students with Disabilities (SSD). She joined the DDCE in January 2007. In addition to her administrative role, she teaches courses on critical thinking, psychological assessment, and disability. She has published articles and book chapters on issues relating to attentional disorders and disability accommodations and is a licensed psychologist in the state of Texas.
Dr. Octavio N. Martinez Jr.
Executive Director, Hogg Foundation for Mental Health
HOGG-ED@austin.utexas.edu
512-471-7199
LAC 4.404A
A native Texan and licensed psychiatrist, Dr. Martinez is the fifth executive director and the first Hispanic to lead the Hogg Foundation for Mental Health since its creation in 1940. The foundation’s grants and programs support mental health services, research, policy analysis and educational projects in Texas. He is a clinical professor with an appointment in the School of Social Work at The University of Texas at Austin and a guest lecturer at the Harvard School of Public Health. His academic interests include minority health, health disparities, and workforce issues. In addition to his administrative and academic duties, he is on the board of the National Partnership for Action to End Health Disparities Region VI Health Equity Board, a commissioner on the Supreme Court of Texas Permanent Judicial Commission for Children, Youth and Families, a member of the Texas Department of State Health Services’ Texas Implementation of Medication Algorithm Advisory Council, and a member of the University of Texas – University Charter School Advisory Board. He is a Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association and also a member of the American College of Mental Health Administration, the National Hispanic Medical Association, the Texas Society for Psychiatric Physicians, the Harvard Faculty Club, and The Reede Scholars, a network of public health leaders who have completed The Commonwealth Fund/Harvard University Fellowship in Minority Health Policy at Harvard Medical School. He is licensed to practice medicine in Texas and North Carolina and is a diplomate of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. He has a master’s degree in public health from Harvard University’s School of Public Health, a doctor’s degree in medicine from Baylor College of Medicine, and master’s and bachelor’s degrees in business administration with a concentration in finance from The University of Texas at Austin.
Ms. Linda Millstone
Associate Vice President
lindam@austin.utexas.edu
512-471-1849
FAC 402M
Linda Millstone serves as the ADA Coordinator, Section 504 Coordinator, and Electronic Information Resources Accessibility Coordinator. She has maintained certification as a Senior Professional in Human Resources since 1999 and is a trained mediator. Linda joined the University of Texas at Austin in April 1977 in the unit now called the Office of Institutional Equity. Linda was promoted to Associate Vice President for Institutional Equity and Workforce Diversity in 2006.
Currently serving as Vice President of the Central Texas Diversity Council, Linda participated in the Governor's Executive Development Program as well as Leadership Austin. Ms. Millstone received her master's degree in Public Affairs from the University of Texas at Austin's LBJ School of Public Affairs in 1984.
Dr. Leonard Moore
Associate Vice President for Academic Diversity Initiatives and Pre-College Youth Development and Executive Director
Longhorn Center for Academic Excellence; Professor, Department of History, College of Liberal Arts
leonardmoore@mail.utexas.edu
512-471-3212
Dr. Moore supervises the UT Outreach Centers, Neighborhood Longhorns Program, Longhorn Center for Academic Excellence, TRIO Programs and the Pre-College Academic Readiness Programs. Additionally, he is a professor in the Department of History. Prior to coming to the University of Texas, he spent nine years as a professor and administrator at Louisiana State University. His teaching and research interests include African-American urban history, civil rights, Black nationalism and hip-hop and American culture. He has provided commentary and his opinions have been solicited for a number of national and international media outlets including Frontline, ESPN, CNN, NPR, 60 Minutes, USA Today and the New York Times. He earned his Ph.D. in American History from Ohio State University in 1998 at the age of 26. He received his bachelor’s degree in history from Jackson State University in 1993.
Dr. Wanda Nelson
Special Assistant for Academic Diversity Initiatives and Pre-College Youth Development
wnelson@austin.utexas.edu
512-232-4630
6207 Sheridan Ave.
Dr. Nelson’s portfolio acts as an umbrella for a group of programs that offer a continuum of services from elementary school through graduate school. Services assist first-generation and low-income students prepare for university-level academic work, successfully transition to the university campus and find support systems that allow them to succeed academically, develop leadership skills, explore diverse experiences in a safe environment and ultimately graduate. Prior positions held at the University of Texas at Austin include Associate Dean of Students for Retention Services in the Office of the Dean of Students and Executive Director for University Outreach Centers in the Division of Community and School Relations. Dr. Nelson received her Ed.D. from Northern Illinois University, her Ed.S. from Louisiana State University, her master of arts from Ball State University and her bachelor of arts from Grambling State University.
Mr. Enrique Romo
Deputy to the Vice President
eromo@austin.utexas.edu
512-471-1781
MAI 12
Enrique Romo serves as the Deputy to the Vice President of Diversity and ’s schedule, including external committee meetings and numerous special projects. Mr. Romo is the division’s liaison for processing financial transactions and communicating with the Human Resource Department. Enrique volunteers with many organizations in Austin and also contributes to his community as an interpreter/translator. He received his master’s degree in communications with an international communications emphasis from Texas State University in 2005. Additionally, Enrique holds a bachelor’s degree in communications from the University of Texas at El Paso and is currently completing coursework for his doctorate in higher education administration at the University of Texas at Austin.
Dr. Sherri L. Sanders
Associate Vice President for Campus Diversity and Strategic Initiatives; Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Educational Administration, College of Education
sherri.sanders@austin.utexas.edu
512-232-2864
FAC 402W
Dr. Sanders oversees the campus diversity and strategic initiatives portfolio that provides leadership for the advancement of an equitable campus culture by engaging in divisional strategic planning, campus diversity planning, campus climate assessment and incident response, diversity education initiatives, research, and special projects. In this role, she serves as the primary point person in the development and implementation of the division’s strategic plan and the institution's diversity planning process. Also as part of this role, Dr. Sanders provides administrative direction, on behalf of the vice president, to the campus-wide Campus Climate Response Team (CCRT). She represents the institution within key chief diversity officer associations including the National Diversity Officers in Higher Education, Big 12 Diversity Officers, and the Texas Association of Diversity Officers in Higher Education. Dr. Sanders also serves as the vice president’s liaison to the UT Elementary School and directs on-going efforts of the Barbara Jordan Statue Project and the Barbara Jordan Statue Project Endowed Scholarship. Finally, she is a Clinical Associate Professor within the Department of Educational Administration. During her tenure at UT, Dr. Sanders has received numerous awards and recognitions including the Margaret C. Berry Outstanding Contribution to Student Life Award and the Parents' Association Outstanding Student Affairs Staff Merit Award. In 1999, she was chosen as the University's representative to Leadership Texas and in 2004 was selected as a participant in the Fulbright Scholar Program for International Education Administrators. She received her Ph.D. in educational administration from the University of Texas at Austin, her master's degree in college student personnel from Bowling Green State University and her bachelor's degree in psychology from Louisiana State University.
Ms. Stella Smith Special Assistant for University Relations
stella_smith@austin.utexas.edu
512-232-4851
MAI 12
Stella Smith serves as the special assistant for university relations in the Division of Diversity and Community Engagement. A University of Texas at Austin alumna, Stella has worked at the university for more than ten years in various departments. In addition, she has served on numerous university committees and has been active in various university staff organizations. She holds a bachelor’s degree in microbiology and a master’s degree in organizational management from the University of Texas at Austin.
Dr. Shannon Speed (Chickasaw),
Assistant Vice President for Community Engagement, Associate Professor of Anthropology, College of Liberal Arts
sspeed@austin.utexas.edu
471-0061
SAC 5.120
Dr. Speed directs the DDCE Community Engagement Center in East Austin and is responsible for community collaborations through the Community Engagement Incubator, the Volunteer and Service Learning Center (VSLC), the Regional Foundation Library (RFL), and Art and Social Engagement (ACE). In addition, she coordinates the Indigenous Studies Initiative (ISI) and the DDCE Faculty Fellows. Her research and teaching interests include human and indigenous rights, gender, feminist theory, and activist research. She has worked for the last decade and a half in Mexico, and has published numerous articles and four books, including Rights in Rebellion: Human Rights and Indigenous Struggle in Chiapas (Stanford University Press 2007), Human Rights in the Maya Region (Duke University Press 2008) and Dissident Women: Gender and Cultural Politics in Chiapas (UT Press 2005). Dr. Speed received her doctorate in Anthropology and Native American Studies from the University of California, Davis. She also holds an MA in anthropology from UC Davis, an MA in Latin American Studies from the University of Texas, and a BA in International Relations from San Francisco State University.
Dr. Angela Valenzuela
Associate Vice President for School Partnerships; Professor, Departments of Curriculum and Instruction and Educational Administration, College of Education
valenz@mail.utexas.edu
512-232-6008
SZB 528L
As Associate Vice President for School Partnerships, Dr. Valenzuela serves as director of the Texas Center for Education Policy (TCEP). TCEP is a university-wide research and policy center that advances equity and excellence in public elementary, secondary and higher education, as well as connecting the university's intellectual resources to educational issues facing the state. She is also a professor in the Departments of Curriculum and Instruction and Educational Administration in the College of Education. Her previous teaching positions were in sociology at Rice University in Houston (1990-98), as well as a visiting scholar at the Center for Mexican American Studies at the University of Houston (1998-99). For 2007-08, she is the recipient of a Fulbright Award and she taught in the Law School this fall at the University of Guanajuato, Guanajuato, Mexico, where she conducted research in the areas of globalization, immigration, and binational relations.
Dr. Valenzuela also currently directs the National Latino/a Education Research and Policy (NLERAP) project. NLERAP’s specific goal is to establish a community-based, university-connected, “grow-your-own,” teacher educator pipeline for Latina and Latino high school youth in the following six states throughout the country: Texas, Arizona, California, Wisconsin, Chicago, and New York. With support from a fifteen-month, $300,000.00 grant from the Ford Foundation to the University of Texas at Austin Texas Center for Education Policy, she spearheads the planning phase of these institutes through the formation of a regional infrastructure for NLERAP. Project outcomes are expected to have local-, state-, and national-level policy implications for addressing the vexed Latino/a education student and teacher pipeline with a focus on the kinds of programmatic elements, policies, and curriculum development, that needs to be in place for the effective preparation of teachers.
Her research and teaching interests are in the sociology of education, race and ethnicity in schools, urban education reform, educational policy and immigrant youth in schools. She is the author of Subtractive Schooling: U.S. Mexican Youth and the Politics of Caring, winner of both the 2000 American Educational Research Association Outstanding Book Award and the 2001 Critics' Choice Award from the American Educational Studies Association. Dr. Valenzuela received her doctorate from Stanford University.
