The Council on Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (CEDI)

In 2020, we established The Arcadia Abroad Council on Equity, Diversity & Inclusion (CEDI) as it is seen today. CEDI guides and leads our initiatives, helping us to stay focused on and accountable for addressing challenges and barriers to diversity and inclusion. CEDI is chaired by those highlighted below, but is made up of a cross-functional team of members in the College of Global Studies. We believe that inclusive excellence must be infused not just in our rhetoric, but in the actions we take towards this goal.

The Full Council:

Darius Carey, careyd@arcadia.edu	Mary Rogers, rogersm@arcadia.edu
Polly Penter, penterp@arcadia.edu	Russell Peplow, peplowr@arcadia.edu
Wendy Lombardo, lombardw@arcadia.edu	Tim Barton, bartont@arcadia.edu*
Jessie Guinn, guinnj@arcadia.edu*	Brittani Smit, smitb@arcadia.edu*

CEDI Co-Chairs

Brittani Smit, Ph. D

Brittani has worked as the Resident Director for South Africa and has also supported Arcadia Abroad’s Enrollment and Engagement Initiatives. In addition to serving on the CEDI since 2020, she also leads strategy development for the Center for Teaching, Learning and Mentorship at Arcadia University. As a scholar of the intersections of race, gender and class discrimination, she prioritizes inclusive excellence and approaches all her work with an equity lens.

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Timothy Barton

Tim is the Director of Institutional Engagement and the Intern Philly program. He has been with Arcadia since 2002 and was the first person at The College of Global Studies to receive the University’s annual outstanding staff member award. In previous roles, Tim has overseen student programming and admissions and has continually demonstrated an approach which puts students at the center of every aspect of his work. He has been co-chair of the CEDI since its inception.

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Jessie Guinn, Ph. D

Jessie is the Associate Dean of STEM and has been passionate about AEDI matters since the start of his career in higher education. He has worked with the Urban League of Greater Cleveland for community educational programming and outreach as well as Upward Bound, Upward Bound Math-Science, and McNair Scholars. Jessie has been with Arcadia Abroad since 2013 and has served as co-chair of the CEDI since its inception while also serving as a committee member for the Anti-Black Racism Initiatives Committee (ABRI)

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Each member of CEDI is a part of a working group. Each group is further supported by other members of the College and focus on specific aspects of the CEDI mission. Below are the three working groups we currently have running. Please feel free to contact the representatives listed on this page to learn more about the projects CEDI is working on.

Workshops and Training Working Group:

Members: Jessie Guinn, Russell Peplow

Partnerships with MSI/EDIs Working Group:

Members: Darius Carey, Mary Rogers, Angel Elvin, Leslie Granese

Scholarships Working Group:

Members: Wendy Lombardo, Bridget Donoghue Vornholt, Timothy Barton

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