Gina Sánchez Gibau
IUPUI
Associate Vice Chancellor for Faculty Diversity and Inclusion and Associate Professor of Anthropology
Gina Sánchez Gibau is Associate Vice Chancellor for Faculty Diversity and Inclusion and Associate Professor of Anthropology in the IU School of Liberal Arts at Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI). She earned a Ph.D. in Anthropology from the University of Texas at Austin, specializing in the African Diaspora. Her research interests include racial and ethnic identity development, multicultural pedagogy, and professional development and advancement of underrepresented groups in higher education.
She is responsible for providing strategic vision to academic units in support of their efforts to attract, recruit, retain, and advance a more diverse faculty at IUPUI. She works collaboratively with deans and chairs as well as with the Graduate School to enhance the pathways toward diversifying the faculty and promoting inclusive excellence at IUPUI. She is the current co-director of the
IUPUI Next Generation 2.0 program, a leadership and professional development initiative for women and underrepresented faculty and staff. She is also Co-PI on
Project EPIC, an NSF ADVANCE adaptation grant, and the IUPUI Team Lead for the APLU
Aspire Alliance IChange Network initiative, through which she also leads the Midwest Experiences in Mentoring Excellence, a collaboration between six regional IChange institutions.
Current projects:Areas of expertise:Faculty diversity, inclusive excellence, social justice
Recent presentations:Rewarding Diversity and Inclusion in Tenure & Promotion: A Case Study Webinar with IUPUIEquity First: Tackling Tenure, Part 2