MISSION
C.R.E.A.T.E at Sewanee stands for Conversation-Rich Education for Anti-racist Teaching and learning Environments. C.R.E.A.T.E at Sewanee seeks to model how to have challenging conversations about race, acknowledging that we cannot confront racism unless we can talk about it.
Current goals of creatE as of 2024
The C.R.E.A.T.E at Sewanee Initiative has pivoted to focuses on engaging in conversations around anti-racism with individuals who come from outside of the Sewanee gates. The pivot of the initiative allows for the Sewanee campus and community to see how to model anti-racist conversations and/or have a safe place to ask questions regarding anti-racism.
The C.R.E.A.T.E at Sewanee Initiative falls under the Division of DEI and lives in the Office of Equity and Equal Opportunity. To contact a member of the CREATE Team, please email deicreate@sewanee.edu.
ORIGINAL CREATE TEAM MEMBERS who helped to form the initiative, prior to 2024
- Betsy Sandlin, Interim Dean of the College
- Cassie Meyer, Assistant Dean for Student Equity and Career Readiness
- Chris Champion, Director, Human Resource Administration
- Faith Vaughn, Assistant Director of Admission
- Jeffrey Guerra, C'24, Student Program Assistant
- Jessica Welch, Director, Human Resource Development
- Liesl Allingham, Chair, Department of German and German Studies
- Matt Brown, Director of ADA
- Sylvia Gray, Senior Director of Equity, Equal Opportunity, & Title IX
- Tanya Ingvoldstad, Sewanee Dining
