Committee on Equity, Inclusion, & Diversity at the University Libraries

Our Mission

Attendees at the Africana Studies 50th Anniversary Commemoration — Attendees at the Africana Studies 50th Anniversary Commemoration (November 2018)

Respect for diversity is a fundamental value of Stony Brook University and the University Libraries, and is identified among the core values of our strategic growth. Working in parallel with the Office of the SBU’s Chief Diversity Officer the University Libraries Committee on Equity, Inclusion and Diversity will strive to:

build, preserve, and provide access to rich and diverse collections
recommend policies and projects that embed diversity and inclusion into the Libraries’ services and work environments
envision events that build cultural awareness and provide the tools needed to strengthen work relationships and build a supportive SBU community
increase awareness and sensitivity among library staff
develop responsive library spaces for diverse user communities

Timothy Long speaking — Music professor Timothy Long discusses Missing, the opera he conducted about missing indigenous women in Canada and the US (February 2018)

Upcoming Equity, Inclusion, and Diversity Events

At the Libraries

04/14/2020
University Libraries Presents: Transpacific Ecological Imagination: Envisioning the Anthropocene in Asian America and the Pacific Islands with Dr. Jeffrey Santa Ana

04/29/2020
Literary Karaoke: Murph Challenge Edition

On Campus

Postponed–Community Workshop with Herstory Writers Workshop
May 5, 2020
Funan: Asian Animation Series
April 30, 2020
Never-Ending Man: Hayao Miyazaki: Asian Animation Series
April 30, 2020
Funan: Asian Animation Series
April 29, 2020

Past Events at the Libraries

03/31/2020
***CANCELLED: Focus on Transgender Health

03/31/2020
***CANCELLED: Art+Feminism Wikipedia Edit-a-thon

03/26/2020
***POSTPONED: Women's History Month Speaker Series: Homophobia after Homonormativity: 'Gender Ideology' and the Right's Attacks on US Universities

Equity, Inclusion, and Diversity Committee 2019-2020

Students and faculty standing behind table — Committee members and students at the Women of Color in Medicine Panel (March 2019)

Chair: Stacey Horath, Executive Assistant to the Interim Dean
Vice-Chair: Claire Payne, Web Services and Data Librarian
Jay Levenson, Library Clerk II, Access and User Services
Laurel Scheinfeld, Health Sciences Librarian
Chris Kretz, Head of Academic Engagement
Mona Ramonetti, Head of Scholarly Communication
Nicki Loder, Southampton Library Supervisor

Past Committees

2018-2019

Chair: Mona Ramonetti
Steven Berbig
Anastasia Chiu
Stacey Horath
Jessica Koos
Chris Kretz
Jay Levenson
Raquel Lynn
Suzanne Natsch
Victoria Pilato

2017-2018

Chair: Mona Ramonetti
Anastasia Chiu
Dana Haugh
Violeta Ilik
Chris Kretz
Jay Levenson
Raquel Lynn
Victoria Pilato
Sarita Sharma
Brian Smith
Gregg Stevens
Giulieta Stoianov

Resources

From the Libraries

From Stony Brook University

Speakers at the UNITI forum — Speakers at the Black History Month UNITI Forum (February 2019)

Reception at the panel discussion of “Chinese Food, Identity, and Diasporic Memory” (September 2018)

A full house for a reading and discussion of Dr. Msia Kibona Clark’s Hip-Hop in Africa: Prophets of the City and Dustyfoot Philosophers (February 2019)