The Multicultural Resource Center Advisory Board was created in the summer of 2007.  Its purpose is to: 

• Ensure historical and contextual continuity for the MRC.
• Receive updates on the work of the MRC.
• Provide guidance as the MRC builds upon current successes and identifies new opportunities for collaboration between the MRC and the college community.
• Advocate on behalf of the MRC within the college community and beyond. 

MRC Advisory Board Membership 2008-2009 

Chair (fall of 2008): Pablo Mitchell, Associate Professor of History and Comparative American Studies

Chair (spring of 2009): Gillian Johns, Associate Professor of English

Liaison: Eric Estes, Associate Dean and Director, Multicultural Resource Center; Adjunct Assistant Professor, Comparative American Studies and History

Adrian Bautista, Associate Dean of Student Life and Dean for Class of 2008

Yeworkwha Belachew, Ombusperson and Director, Oberlin College Dialogue Center

Johnny Coleman, Associate Professor of Art and African American Studies

Jan Cooper, Associate Professor of English and John C. Reid Associate Professor of Rhetoric and Composition

Pawan Dhingra, Associate Professor of Sociology (Chair) and Comparative American Studies

Meredith Gadsby, Associate Professor of African American Studies

Caroline Jackson Smith, Associate Professor of Theater and African American Studies (Chair)

David Kamitsuka, Associate Professor of Religion (Chair)

Clayton Koppes, Professor of History and former Dean of Arts and Sciences

Anuradha Needham, Donald R. Longman Professor of English and Chair, Oberlin Shansi Board of Trustees

Gina Perez, Associate Professor of Comparative American Studies (Chair)

Meredith Raimondo, Associate Professor of Comparative American Studies

Eve Sandberg, Associate Professor of Politics and former member of Oberlin City Council