CFPA Accessibility Diversity Equity Inclusion (ADEI) Committee

This standing (permanent) committee is comprised of representative staff, and students and faculty from each department of the college. We are here for you - our community. We are charged with advising, promoting, and mentoring the efforts of the college to advance the accessibility, diversity, equity, and inclusion of its practices, pedagogies, policies, and procedures. Our mission is growing and changing as we continue to learn and implement processes throughout the college in order to create and support a culture of greater inclusion.

Please let us know if you have any thoughts or concerns about ADEI in the college. We’re here for you!

What we do

  • Discuss known or potential concerns, successes and insights gained which affect our college community.
    • Identify those issues that are best addressed at the College level for further review.
  • Assess current ADEI efforts and programs underway within the College.
  • Consider best practices from other successful organizations and universities.
  • Encourage robust and frank conversations within and throughout the CFPA community.
  • Assist the Dean in planning and implementing ADEI initiatives and policy improvements.
    • Submit a draft ADEI plan to the Dean with short and long-term goals and aspirations by the end of the Spring Quarter.
    • The draft ADEI plan will be reviewed by the CFPA Faculty Governance Council at the beginning of Fall Quarter.
  • Maintain this webpage and a shared digital space that documents the Committee’s work.

Celebrate accessibility with us

If you're on campus January 7 through March 22, visit the Western Gallery for the Embodiment exhibition. In this exhibition, 16 artists confront the social perceptions of disability. They draw upon their own experiences: the pleasures and difficulties of their daily lives.

A person wearing a backpack sits on a log over a river surrounded by lush forest

We acknowledge that the work we do is on the unceded and traditional territories of The Coast Salish Peoples, and many other First Nations. This acknowledgment does not take the place of authentic relationships with indigenous communities, but serves as a first step in honoring the land we occupy. Please continue to learn more about the true stewarts of the area Western Washington University is facilitated from.

ADEI Resources at Western

Additional Resources for Improving ADEI

Creating and sharing accessible digital content

Accessibility in Pedagogy

ADEI Committee

Felicia Youngblood, PhD

Associate Professor of Musicology/Ethnomusicology, Musicology Area Coordinator

she/her/hers

Ezra Anisman, MFA

Instructor | Sound Design

They/Them

Seiko Atsuta Purdue, MFA

Professor of Art, Fibers/Fabrics

360-650-4832

FI 226

Christina Gutierrez-Dennehy, PhD

Assistant Professor of Theatre History and Theatre for Youth

she/her

360-650-2362

PA 395

Justene Merriman

Multimedia Designer

any pronouns

360-650-3266

Remote. In-person by appointment

Austin Shaw

Associate Professor

he/him/his

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