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First Gen Proud Directory

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First-generation faculty and staff are invited to join the First Gen Proud directory, as are allies who were not first generation themselves but want to support first-generation students.

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Tara Allen

Teaching Professor, Division of Biological & Biomedical Systems School of Science & Engineering
 Email: allent@umkc.edu

(She/her/hers)

Tamara Alvarado

Career and Professional Development Manager, Business Administration
 Email: talvarado@umkc.edu

(She/her/hers)

Amber Andrews

Senior Access Coordinator, Roo Wellness - Student Accessibility Services
 Email: Amber.Andrews@umkc.edu

(She/her/hers)

Becky Bergman

Manager, Roo Advising
 Email: bergmanr@umkc.edu

(She/her/hers)

Sadie Billings

Academic Success Coordinator, Summer Bridge
 Email: sadie.billings@umkc.edu

(She/her/hers)

Lee Braden

Pre-Award Manager, Office of Research Services
 Email: cbraden@umkc.edu

(She/her/hers)

Gina Campbell

Education Program Coordinator III
 Email: campbellgn@umkc.edu

(She/her/hers)

Misty Campbell

Assistant Teaching Professor, Criminal Justice & Criminology
 Email: campbellmis@umkc.edu

(She/her/hers)

Liz Case

Senior Assistant Director - Hospital Hill, Financial Aid
 Email: eacase@umkc.edu

(She/her/hers)

Jordan Davis

Senior Manager of Admissions, UMKC Conservatory
 Email: davisjorda@umkc.edu

(He/him/his)

Richard Delaware

Teaching Professor, Mathematics
 Email: delawarer@umkc.edu

(He/him/his)

Kalyan Durbhakula

Assistant Research Professor, School of Science and Engineering
 Email: kalyandurbhakula@umkc.edu

(He/him/his)

Sandra I. Enríquez

Associate Professor and Director of Public History Emphasis
 Email: enriquezs@umkc.edu

(She/her/ella)

Diane Filion

Vice Provost, Faculty Affairs, Provost's Office
 Email: filiond@umkc.edu

(She/her/hers)

Daniel Folk

Director, Director, Bloch Career Center
 Email: folkd@umkc.edu

(He/him/his)

Chainy Folsom

Senior Advisor HBEJ MAP, Roo Advising
 Email: folsomc@umkc.edu

(He/him/his)

T'Keaya Gaines

Senior Staff Counselor, Student Affairs
 Email: gainestl@umsystem.edu

(She/her/hers)

Kelsey Gardiner

Associate Teaching Professor, School of Nursing and Health Studies
 Email: kgardiner@umkc.edu

(She/her/hers)

Scott Guerrero

STAHR Program Director | School of Medicine
 Email: guerreros@umkc.edu

(He/him/his)

Ile Haggins

Teaching Professor/Director of Field Education, Social Work
 Email: hagginsi@umsystem.edu

(She/her/hers)

Michelle Heiman

Student Services Coordinator II, UMKC School of Graduate Studies
 Email: heimanm@umkc.edu

(She/her/hers)

JaVon Hill

Program Director, The Men of Color Academy
 Email: jmhd49@umsystem.edu

(He/him/his)

Kendra Holliday

Adjunct Professor
 Email: kdr9b7@umsystem.edu

(She/her/hers)

Nancy Hoover

Program Manager, School of Graduate Studies
 Email: hoovern@umkc.edu

(She/her/hers)

Tracey Hughes

Teaching & Learning Librarian; Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, University Libraries
 Email: hughest@umkc.edu

(She/her/hers; They/them/theirs)

Jamie Hunt

Associate Teaching Professor, Health Sciences
 Email: huntja@umkc.edu

(She/her/hers)

Lorena Juanez

Admissions Counselor
 Email: lorenajuanez@umkc.edu

Cassandra Kinder

Assistant Professor, Teacher Education and Curriculum Studies
 Email: c.kinder@umkc.edu
(She/her/hers)

Kristen Kleffner

Assistant Dean, School of Medicine, Student Affairs
 Email: kleffnerk@umkc.edu

(She/her/hers)

Carrie Klusener

Curriculum & Scheduling Coordinator, Registrar's Office
 Email: cklusener@umkc.edu

(She/her/hers)

Kim Kushner

IT Project Manager, UMKC Information Services
 Email: kushnerkim@umkc.edu

(She/her/hers)

Audrey Lester

Assistant Director of Undergraduate Research, Office of Undergraduate Research & Creative Scholarship
 Email: lesterak@umkc.edu

(She/her/hers)

Zhongjin LI

Assistant Professor
 Email: lizhon@umkc.edu

(She/her/hers)

Toya Like

Associate Dean, School of Humanities and Social Sciences | Professor - Criminal Justice and Criminology
 Email: liket@umkc.edu

(She/her/hers)

Brenda Linares

Associate Dean of Library Services, UMKC Libraries
 Email: blinares@umkc.edu

(She/her/ella)

Flor Lizbeth Cruz Longoria

Recruitment and Community Outreach Specialist, Admissions
 Email: flizbethcruz@umkc.edu

(They/them/theirs)

Alicen Lundberg

Senior Coordinator for Academic and Student Programs, School of Humanities and Social Sciences
 Email: lundberga@umkc.edu

(She/her/hers)

Ricardo Marte

Associate Teaching Professor, Psychology
 Email: marter@umsystem.edu

(He/him/his)

Richard Martinez

Residential Life Coordinator, Residential Life
 Email: richard.martinez@umkc.edu

(He/him/his)

Youssef Mekawy

Career Coach
 Email: ymekawy@umkc.edu

(He/him/his)

Davlon Miller

Director, Career Services
 Email: d.miller@umkc.edu

(He/him/his)

Mako Miller

Director, Professional Mobility Escalators; UMKC Alumni
 Email: mako.miller@umkc.edu

(She/her/hers)

Kennedy Mitchell

Senior Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Program Coordinator
 Email: kennedy.mitchell@umkc.edu

(She/her/hers)

Kathleen Moburg

Academic Support, UMKC School of Medicine
 Email: moburgk@umkc.edu

(She/her/hers)

Elizabeth Montelongo

Diversity Coordinator
 Email: emontelongo@umkc.edu

(She/her/ella)

Lee Moore

Assistant Professor School of Law
 Email: moorelee@umkc.edu
(He/him/his)

Julie Myer

Coordinator of International Admissions, ISAO
 Email: myerj@umkc.edu

(She/her/hers)

Ken Novak

Professor, Criminal Justice & Criminology
 Email: novakk@umkc.edu

(He/him/his)

Joseph Parisi

Curators' Distinguished Professor, Conservatory
 Email: parisijo@umkc.edu

(He/him/his)

Jessica Pearson

Director, Academic Support and Mentoring
 Email: jpearson@umkc.edu

(She/her/hers)

Destiny Delgado Peterson

Career Coach
 Email: d.peterson@umkc.edu

(She/her/hers)

Jennifer Phegley

Professor
 Email: phegleyjj@umkc.edu

(She/her/hers)

Brianna Portmann

Curriculum & Academic Policy Specialist, General Education
 Email: portmannb@umkc.edu

(She/her/hers)

Tiffani Riggers-Piehl

Associate Professor of Higher Education
 Email: riggers-piehlt@umkc.edu

(She/her/hers)

Sandy Rodriguez

Associate Dean of Special Collections & Archives, University Libraries
 Email: rodriguezsan@umkc.edu

(She/her/hers)

Meghan Rodriquez

Assistant Teaching Professor, Biomedical Sciences
 Email: meghan.rodriquez@umkc.edu

(She/her/hers)

Jen Salvo

Head of Resource Sharing (Librarian II)
 Email: salvoj@umkc.edu

(She/her/hers)

Sara Saunders

Pathway Programs Specialist/Field Instructor
 Email: saunderss@umkc.edu

(She/her/hers)

Michelle Smirnova

Associate Professor, Sociology
 Email: smirnovam@umkc.edu

(She/her/hers)

Lindy Smith

Head of LaBudde Special Collections
 Email: lms7cc@umkc.edu

(She/her/hers)

Madi Smith

STAHR Program Manager
 Email: madisonsmith@umkc.edu

(She/her/hers)

Cindy Thompson

Dean of Libraries; School of Education Alumnus
 Email: thompsoncym@umkc.edu

(She/her/hers)

Heidi Updike

Office Support Assistant IV
 Email: updikeh@umkc.edu

Tabitha Varvil

Office Support IV, School of Pharmacy
 Email: varvilt@umkc.edu

Shannon Wheeler

Assistant Director, Student Accessibility Services in Roo Wellness
 Email: wheelersr@umkc.edu

(She/her/hers)

Andrica Wilcoxen

First Gen Roo Coordinator
 Email: andricawilcoxen@umkc.edu

(She/her/ella)

Danielle Wilson

Sr. Recruitment and Retention Specialist
 Email: drwilson@umkc.edu

(She/her/hers)

Joseph Workman

Associate Professor
 Email: workmanj@umkc.edu

(He/him/his)

Jerry Wyckoff

Professor and Chair, Div. Pharmacology and Pharm. Sciences; Director of Research and Graduate Studies
 Email: wyckoffg@umkc.edu

(He/him/his)

Hilary Yager

Senior Recruitment Specialist, School of Medicine Admissions
 Email: yagerh@umkc.edu

(She/her/hers)