Office of Mission and Diversity

The Office of Mission and Diversity is responsible for working with all constituencies of NDNU to strengthen and deepen the University's commitment to diversity, social justice and global peace.  The Director works collaboratively with the Academic Success Center, Campus Life, and faculty on projects that help link the University's mission to curricular and co-curricular projects.  Under the guidance of the Provost, the Director also conducts regular campus climate surveys.  These surveys are part of a longitudinal study that measures how well the University's personnel, programs, and activities support racial, ethnic, and gender diversity.  The Office is located on the Quad, adjacent to the Academic Success Center.

The primary issues the office is currently working on include: facilitating our campus's continuing anti-racism work with Crossroads Ministry , strategies and policies to recruit and retain more faculty members of color, and efforts to further integrate the values and vision of the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur into the fabric of the campus community.

About the Director

Bobby Vaughn is Assistant Professor of Anthropology (Department of Psychology and Sociology).  A San Francisco native, his research and teaching interests center around Latin America, Mexico, and race and ethnicity.  He has researched in rural Mexican communities for the past 15 years and is an acknowledged expert on Afro-Mexican history and culture.  In addition to his faculty and Mission and Diversity work, Vaughn co-directs NDNU's Guadalajara Summer Service Learning project, along with Professor Ruth Victorino Zuca.