While our backgrounds and areas of expertise differ, the DEI team of staff and faculty all share a passion for creating a more diverse, equitable and inclusive college. Whether you’re a student, staff member, or faculty, please feel free to contact any of us! We want to hear about your experience so that we can do better, and also know where we are finding success in DEI.

Ruth Hickerson

Ruth Hickerson

An instructor in the Department of Communication, Ruth Hickerson serves as the director of Pathways to Excellence, our summer bridge program for selected incoming first-year students.

She has spent 20 years working to improve the higher education experience for all students, both as an administrator and a faculty member. Hickerson is especially interested in retention and persistence among first-generation students, students with learning differences, non-traditional students, students experiencing economic hardship, and students otherwise underrepresented on campus.

Sara Jamieson

Sara Jamieson

A senior instructor of cultural anthropology in our CMCI Residential Academic Program, Sara Jamieson serves as founding director of Connections: CMCI Summer Academy, a program fostering relationships with Colorado high school students from communities historically underserved by CU Boulder.

In her research with Wayuu indigenous women in Venezuela and Colombia and in her 12-year college teaching career, she has addressed topics including citizenship and inclusion, race and racism, ethnicity, and gender. Though she thrives in the classroom, Sara is especially enthusiastic for the opportunity to put her commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion into practice as founding director of Connections.    
Dave Martinez

David Martinez

Our coordinator of inclusive excellence and outreach, David Martinez, has been devoted to enhancing diversity in the college long before it became CMCI.

He began 28 years ago, in the former School of Journalism and Mass Communication. Martinez cultivates student success by facilitating strong relationships with our students, alumni, faculty and staff, and by bringing people together as needs and opportunities arise. For his commitment to inclusive excellence and community building, he received the President’s Diversity Award in 2013. 

Dave will be in the office from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. If Dave is away from the office, feel free to email him and he will get back to you at his earliest convenience, or leave him a note on his desk. Dave is also available by appointment.

 303-492-4758
Office: CASE W359