Āé¶¹ĪŽĀė°ęās Vice Provost and Graduate Dean Marjorie S. Zatz was selected as one of the in Diverse: Issues In Higher Educationās eighth annual special report recognizing the contributions of women to higher education.
The edition, in honor of Womenās History Month, marks the publicationās 35th anniversary by highlighting 35 women who are tackling some of higher educationās toughest challenges, exhibiting extraordinary leadership skills and making a difference in their respective communities.
āMarjorie Zatz is incredibly deserving of this immense honor,ā Chancellor Dorothy Leland said. āThrough her work as a sociologist and administrator for more than 36 years, she has made enormous contributions to social democracy and justice to help ensure that everyone has the opportunity and the resources to excel.ā
In her role at Āé¶¹ĪŽĀė°ę, she is responsible for all aspects of graduate education, including admissions, financial support, recruitment and retention, professional development, diversity and inclusion and graduate program development.
āMy work in pursuit of diversity and inclusion is the most meaningful work that I do,ā Zatz said. āIām honored to be recognized in this group of exceptional women in higher education.ā
Zatz created the Graduate Deanās Advisory Council on Diversity and has been instrumental in developing several other diversity focused programs:
Zatz also proposed the , now in its third year, to expand the campusās commitment to diversity and inclusion among students and faculty and staff members.
āWe must have institutional change if weāre going to have societal change,ā Zatz said. āIām totally committed to seeing Āé¶¹ĪŽĀė°ę lead in this area. Weāve made tremendous progress, but weāve still got a long way to go.ā
Previously, Zatz served as vice provost for Academic Personnel, associate dean in the Graduate College, and director of the School of Justice & Social Inquiry at Arizona State University. She was appointed Fulbright senior specialist to Australiaās Monash University and RMIT University in 2012 and held positions as distinguished visiting professor in the Faculty of Arts at Monash University and as visiting researcher in the Faculty of Law at the University of Havana. From 2012-2014, Zatz served as director of the National Science Foundationās Law and Social Sciences Program.
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Through her work as a sociologist and administrator for more than 36Ģżyears, she has made enormous contributions to social democracy and justice to help ensure that everyone has the opportunity and the resources to excel.
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