Who are we?
Director of Diversity Initiatives
Torrell Foree
Torrell Foree, Director of Diversity Initiatives
Torrell Foree serves as the Director of Diversity Initiatives in the School of Biological Sciences. He earned his Bachelors of Arts in History and African American studies with a minor in Sociology at California State University, Fullerton. He also has a Masters of Science in Education, with a concentration in Higher Education from CSUF. He previously served as the Assistant Director of Diversity Education and Campus Partnerships and the Coordinator of the African American Resource Center (AARC) at California State University, Fullerton. He has worked in the Office of Multicultural Student Affairs at Iowa State University. He hopes to provide opportunity where students can have transformative experiences that impacted him as a student. In addition to supporting students, Torrell loves driving stick-shift cars, is a fan of video games, Marvel, and enjoys everything Apple. Torrell is also a member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc.
EDI Committee
The EDI Committee is comprised of faculty representatives from each section, staff representatives, and graduate representatives. It is the school's central point for all EDI matters pertaining to undergraduate and graduate students, faculty and staff. The committee bears key responsibility in supporting the School of Biological Sciences in:
- Developing a shared and inclusive understanding of EDI
- Creating an environment characterized by equal access and respected participation of all groups and individuals regardless of cultural, ethnic, racial, gender, age, language, religious, differences, abilities and disabilities, socioeconomics, and sexual orientation.
The committee has compiled a list of opportunities for faculty to contribute to diversity efforts and developed guidelines for how to organize and report contributions to diversity so that reviewers of faculty files can evaluate their significance.
