Members and Affiliates

Anti-Oppression Committee members include CHaSS faculty, staff, and students. Faculty and staff members serve three-year terms. Students or faculty who are interested in serving on the Anti-Oppression Committee should contact one of the current members listed below. 

Current Members

Faculty
Directory
English
Technical Communication Graduate
Anti-Oppression Committee
Technical Communication and Rhetoric
Avery Edenfield

Avery Edenfield

Associate Professor; CIGSR Director (he/him/his)

(435) 797-5791

avery.edenfield@usu.edu

English Literature
English Graduate
Directory
Anti-Oppression Committee
English
English undergraduate
Faculty
Administration Staff
Keri Holt

Keri Holt

Professor; Associate Department Head (she/her/hers)

(435) 797-8946

kerin.holt@usu.edu

Director of Graduate Studies
Anti-Oppression Committee
Faculty
Directory
sociology
faculty and staff
Guadalupe Marquez-Velarde

Guadalupe Marquez-Velarde

Interim Director of Graduate Studies | Assistant Professor

435-797-1241

guadalupe.marquez-velarde@usu.edu

Anti-Oppression Committee
Faculty
Social Work
Directory
Cris Meier

Cris Meier

Assistant Professor | Extension Community Resource and Economic Development Specialist

cris.meier@usu.edu

Department Liaison:

Mind-Body Bridging
Anti-Oppression Committee Liason
Social Work
Directory
I-Systems Institute
Faculty
Certified Practitioner
Derrik Tollefson

Derrik Tollefson

Professor | Director I-System Institute for Transdisciplinary Studies

(435) 797-9296

derrik.tollefson@usu.edu

Student representative: Kayleen Lam, Sociology and Social work major, Criminal Justice minor (2020-present)

Past committee members

Jess Lucero, chair (2018-2021), member (2016-2021)
Yesola Kwan (2020-21)
John Gamber (2020-21)
Nate Straight (2020-21)
Mollie Murphy (2017-2021)
Chris Gonzalez (2018-2020)
Christy Glass, chair (2016-2018)
Tammy Proctor (2016-2018)
Kristina Scharp (2016-2018)

Affiliated Groups

Center for Intersectional Gender Studies and Research

Latinx Cultural Center

USU Inclusion Center