Diversity Grants Awarded

2021-2022

Social Equity Works
Nicole Benefield, Assistant Professor, Fashion Design
Sandra Markus, Professor, Fashion Design
Mary Capozzi, Adjunct Professor, Fashion Design
Karen Middleton, Assistant Professor, Fashion Design
Black Futures at FIT: Conversations on Art, Activism and Empathy
Alexander Nagel, Assistant Professor, History of Art
Joi Berry, Black Student Union at FIT
I am . We are .
Andrea Reyes, Adjunct Professor, International Trade and Marketing
Ella Whipple, Student Intern, Fashion Business Management
Edvina Ikeljic, Student Intern, International Trade and Marketing
Kalina Przywozny, Student Intern, International Trade and Marketing
Giovanna Sarno, Student Intern, International Trade and Marketing

What is Feminism Now? Art and Activism
Melissa Tombro, Associate Professor, English and Communication Studies
Sandra Markus, Professor, Fashion Design
Kim Cunningham, Assistant Professor, Social Sciences
Katelyn Burton, Assistant Professor, English and Communication Studies
Leslie Blum, Assistant Professor, Communication Design
Beauty in All Cultures
Sarah Wilmot, '18 Illustration
Mark Higden, '18 Illustration
Brendan Leach, Chairperson, Illustration MFA

A Chat with the Central Park Five: Looking Back to Look Forward
Bernard L. Dillard, Science and Mathematics
Black Fashion Designers and Models in Conversation
Ariele Elia, Assistant Curator of Costume and Textiles, The Museum at FIT
Elizabeth Way, Curatorial Assistant, The Museum at FIT
Lohman Museum of Gay and Lesbian Art Lecture Series
Ron Amato, Chair, Photography
Tardis Johnson, Associate Dean for Student Academic Support
Joe Massa, Department Coordinator, Photography
Ames Beckerman, former Residential Life Staff

Impactful Language - Ellen Brennan Hearn, Grants Office; Professor Curtis Willocks, Department of Photography; Professor Christine Shin, Department of Communication Design; and Dr. Brian Fallon, Director, Writing Studio
Film and Media Screening Series - Professor Michelle Handelman, Associate Professor of Film Media
Women and Technology Symposium and Wikipedia Edit-a-thon - Helen Lane, Emerging Technologies Librarian, Goodman Resource Center, Gladys Marcus Library; Stephenie Futch, User Support Assistant III, Technology Development Team.

Cultural Spheres - Professor C. J. Yeh, Communication Design; Professor and Chair Suzanne Anoushian, Communication Design; Professor Curtis Willocks, Photography; Professor Christie Shin, Communication Design
Step Dance Workshop at the Museum at FIT - Tanya Melendez, the Museum at FIT; Melissa Marra, Associate Curator of Education, the Museum at FIT; Dr. Valerie Steele, Director and Chief Curator, the Museum at FIT
Ride the Culture Loop - Dr. Eleanor diPalma, Film, Media and the Performing Arts; Professor Eileen Karp, Fashion Design; Professor Ellen Lynch, Accessories Design; Professor Michael Cokkinos, Advertising, Marketing and Communications; Jim May, Artistic Director, Ana Sokolow Dance Theater Ensemble; and Wendy Perron/Jennifer Stahl, editors at Dance Magazine

Miss Communication - Pansum Cheng, student, Fine Arts/Sculpture Technologist
International Student Speech Contest: Lessons Learned/Advice Offered - Professor Asli Gokhan-Kucuk, Patricia Iacobazzo, Charlotte Brown, Lee Whiting, and Matthew Petrunia, English and Speech
A Queer History of Fashion Symposium - Tanya Melendez, the Museum at FIT (with collaborators Melissa Marra, Tamsen Schwartzman, and Dr. Valerie Steele)

LGBTQ and Ally Training - Vivian Chen and Cody Kirkpatrick, Residential Life
Women in Design-related Technology: Learning from Real-life Stories - Professors Elaine Maldonado, CET; and Karen Pearson, Science and Mathematics
Marriage Equality New York - Professor Ron Amato, Photography; Kevin Campo, Kendra Heisler, Beth Zink, Steven Walsh, Livia Glosikova and Loreal Prystaj, Photography major students.

A New DAWN: Disability Awareness Week Network - Elizabeth Mortensen and Joseph Plutz, Office of Disability Services: FIT-ABLE
ARTSpeak - Professors John Allen and Jean Feinberg, Fine Arts

Foreign Born Faculty Panel - Professor Asli Gokhan, English and Speech
FIT Diversity Oral Histories - Professors Greta Earnest and Karen Cannell, Library; Professors Isabella Bertoletti and James Cascaito, Foreign Languages; Professor Daniel Levinson Wilk, American History; Professor Karen Scheetz, Fashion Design
FIT's Heirloom Recipes: A Cross-Cultural Exchange - Professors Jean Amato, Amy Lemmon, Michael Hyde and Melissa Tombro, English and Speech; Professor Charlotte Brown, Educational Skills

Covering/Discovering - Alex Joseph, Communications and External Relations
Diversity and Learning - Professor Pamela Ellsworth, Global Fashion Management
Photo Talks - Professor Jessica Wynne, Photography
Dynamic Diversity - Professor Charlotte Brown, Educational Skills; Professor Brian Fallon, Writing Studio; and Madeline Meyerson, Academic Advisement Center