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About
[Pronounced: JE-si-kuh GARR-shuh]
Jessica Garcia, PhD, is the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Manager for the College of Literature, Science, and the Arts at the University of Michigan. She received her doctorate in Sociology from Michigan State University in 2008.
Dr. Garcia collaborates with the Associate Dean of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in leading the DEI 2.0 strategic plan for LSA to increase access, retention, and success for faculty, staff, undergraduate, and graduate students. Additionally, Dr. Garcia reports to the LSA Chief People Officer and partners with the People Team, including LSA HR and the Faculty and Staff Disability Navigators, to ensure that HR policies for the college align with its DEI strategic objectives and values and to build the DEI competencies of its staff. She also designs and facilitates DEI-related professional development opportunities for administrative leadership, faculty, staff, and student employees in the college as well as provides consulting and crisis-management support for the LSA Dean’s Office and departments around emergent DEI-related issues.
She has consulted with and trained thousands of participants (students, faculty, and staff) across more than 100 different disciplines and industries.Training topics include Introductory DEI; Building Inclusive Workspaces; Best Hiring Practices; Implicit Bias and Microaggressions; Bystander Intervention and Addressing Bias; Allyship in the Workplace; Inclusive Leadership; and, Inclusive Teaching.
Prior to joining the University of Michigan, Dr. Garcia held a joint position in the Department of Sociology and the Office for Inclusion and Intercultural Initiatives at Michigan State University.
