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Committee on the Status
of Representation and Diversity

A reformation of the Diversity committee originally established in 1998, the new Committee on the Status of Representation and Diversity is tasked by the 2011 Governing Council to focus on underrepresented groups within ISA.

About

Terms

• Five members serve three-year, staggered terms
• Terms officially begin with the start of the ISA Annual Convention meeting of the first year listed and end with the closing of the ISA Governing Council meeting of the final year listed

Selection

• Permanent standing committee
• The Committee is appointed by ISA President with approval by ISA Governing Council
• Executive Director of ISA will serve as ex-officio member
• Previous Diversity Committee Chair (Dai) will serve 1 year in transition

Responsibilities

The Committee aims to work jointly with other groups and caucuses to promote the diversity enterprise of the ISA as a whole. This includes sponsoring and hosting conference events and panel with ISA groups and caucuses.

Members

Sara McLaughlin Mitchell CHAIR | APR 2012 - MAR 2014 University of Iowa sara-mitchell@uiowa.edu
Yahia Zoubir MEMBER | APR 2012 - FEB 2015 Euromed Management, Ecole de Management, Marseille yahia.zoubir@euromed-management.com	Arturo Sotomayor MEMBER | APR 2012 - MAR 2014 Naval Post-Graduate School acsotoma@nps.edu
Maria Hermíni Tavares de Almeida MEMBER | APR 2012 - FEB 2015 University of Sao Paulo mhbtdalm@usp.br	Christian Davenport MEMBER | APR 2012 - MAR 2014 University of Notre Dame cdavenp1@nd.edu
Xinyuan Dai MEMBER | APR 2012 - APR 2013 Uni of Illinois @ Urbana-Champaign xdai@illinois.edu	Thomas J. Volgy EX-OFFICIO International Studies Association University of Arizona isa@isanet.org