Gender Equity Committee
The Gender Equity Committee is committed to ensuring the equity of all faculty at Georgetown.
Georgetown’s commitment to cura personalis — care for the whole person — demands that we address the structural barriers that limit full participation based on gender. The Gender Equity Committee translates that commitment into action, working with university leadership to implement the President’s Task Force recommendations and build an institution where everyone can thrive.
Activities
The Gender Equity Committee brings together faculty from across the Georgetown University campuses to advance gender equity. The Gender Equity Committee meets regularly to assess and advance gender equity across the University.
Throughout the year, the Committee convenes working groups, gathers and analyzes data, and engages with stakeholders across Georgetown to identify priorities and opportunities for improvement. Monthly meetings are a forum for the myriad of topics that are related to gender equity across campus. Committee memos and the Gender Equity reports document progress to date, highlight ongoing initiatives, and recommend next steps to advance gender equity at Georgetown.
Strategic Priorities
- Pay Equity & Resource Allocation
- Faculty Development & Advancement
- Faculty Experience & Well-Being
- Gender Research, Scholarship, & Teaching
Subcommittees
Pay Equity & Resource Allocation Subcommittee
Aim: Assess, advance, and institutionalize pay equity and transparent resource allocation across Georgetown
Current Work: Mapping existing compensation data, prior reports, and institutional knowledge
Faculty Development & Advancement Subcommittee
Aim: Address professional and academic advancement across the career continuum in a way that promotes gender equity
Current Work: Synthesizing available data on processes and policies that relate to professional and academic advancement of faculty at Georgetown
Faculty Experience & Well-Being Subcommittee
Aim: Document lived experience of and institutionalize support for gender-marginalized faculty
Current Work: Developing survey to assess lived experience and support needs of gender-marginalized Georgetown Faculty
Gender Research, Scholarship, & Teaching Subcommittee
Aim: Map, support and strengthen intersectional gender research, scholarship and teaching at Georgetown
Current Work: Mapping gender initiatives and leaders across Georgetown campuses and departments and supporting collaborations for gender research at Georgetown
Reports & Data
Previous Annual Reports
Faculty Data in the Demographics Dashboard
Staff within OADS have developed an updated and expanded version of the faculty data reporting in the demographics dashboard. These updates significantly expand the data available to users and the dashboard’s functionality. Specifically, the new version:
- Maintains the ability to filter by campus.
- Maintains faculty leadership data by demographic.
- Now includes five years of data (2019-2023). The previous dashboard only included one year of data. Data can be viewed by a single year or as a trend.
- Now includes race/ethnicity demographic data, in addition to gender. The previous dashboard only included gender data.
- Now includes additional faculty types: Adjunct, Emeritus, and Faculty Executive. The previous dashboard only included tenure-line and non-tenure-line faculty types.
- Now provides the ability to filter by full-time or part-time.
- Now provides the ability to filter by academic discipline.
- Now reports faculty rank information.
The updated dashboard is available online. OADS welcomes feedback on the dashboard, which can be provided via the ‘Feedback’ link in the dashboard itself.
Members
Kate Chandler
Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service
Senate Appointee, June 2025 – June 2028
Nadia E. Brown
Georgetown College, Department of Government and Women and Gender Studies Program
Presidential Appointee, June 2021 – June 2028
Kristi Graves
Georgetown University Medical Center, Department of Oncology
Presidential Appointee, June 2018 – June 2026
Tiffany Jeffers
Georgetown University Law Center
June 2025 – June 2028
Shareen Joshi
Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service
June 2025 – June 2028
Michael O’Leary
McDonough School of Business
June 2025 – June 2026
Signey M. Olson
Georgetown University Medical Center, School of Nursing
Senate Appointee, June 2023 – June 2027
Joel Michael Reynolds
Georgetown College, Department of Philosophy, Kennedy Institute of Ethics, Disability Studies Program, and Medical Humanities Initiative
Georgetown University School of Medicine and Medical Center, Pellegrino Center for Clinical Bioethics and Department of Family Medicine
June 2025 – June 2028
Ashley VanMeter
Georgetown University Medical Center, Department of Neurology
June 2025 – June 2028
Special Advisors
Rosemary E. Kilkenny, J.D.
Vice President, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion and Chief Diversity Officer
Jamillah Bowman Williams, Ph.D., J.D.
Professor of Law
Associate Vice President of Gender Equity & Chair of Gender Equity Committee
June 2025 – June 2028
Staff Support
Anu Ramdin, J.D.
Gender Equity Researcher