Adi joined IDP in 2015 as the Program Director. She became the Executive Director for Undergraduate Diversity Education in June 2019. Working closely with a variety of academic units on campus, Adi develops and leads multi-phase and multi-party educational opportunities that are rooted in core intergroup dialogue processes and tailored to the needs of different constituencies. By creating optimal conditions for intergroup interactions and meaningful peer-to-peer academic learning, Adi leads the expansion of IDP in a direction that supports the evolving needs of the University and provides strategic guidance to the Vice Provost of Undergraduate Education on the development and implementation of diversity education processes. Show MoreAdi’s doctoral research examined the Israeli Left and political activism in Israel/Palestine. As a graduate student at Cornell University, she taught classes on the politics of protest and issues related to social justice. Before coming to Cornell she served as the Academic Administrator for Experiential Learning at Brandeis University, where she worked with faculty to incorporate experiential learning and reflective practice into their courses, and created opportunities for students to construct knowledge from direct experience. In Israel she worked with students and educators from different communities and backgrounds on issues related to identity, leadership, and community building. Adi received her Ph.D. in Anthropology from Cornell University, her M.A. in Cultural Production from Brandeis University and her B.A. in History from Tel Aviv University.

After serving as a Geospatial Engineer in the U.S. Army, Bryan completed his Bachelor’s degree in Emerging Media from Ithaca College and went on to pursue a Masters in Cartography and Geographic Information Systems from the University of Wisconsin, Madison. Bryan specializes in user experience and creates digital products that seek to make social inequity and environmental issues accessible and engaging. He is excited to work with IDP to create digital content which supports the program’s educational and outreach goals.

Jumoke Warritay is a sociologist, facilitator, and diversity specialist. As Associate Director of the Cornell Interactive Theatre Ensemble, she uses theatre and facilitated discussion to promote discussion about diversity, inclusion, and social justice issues in academic and corporate workplaces. Jumoke completed doctoral studies in the Department of Development Sociology at Cornell University; her dissertation looked critically at African print textiles and fashion markets as a lens into political economy, dress cultures, and capitalist development in West Africa. Before graduate school, Jumoke worked in education research at the Spencer Foundation in Chicago. She is a graduate of Northwestern University with a dual degree in Education and Social Policy, and International Studies.

Rachel arrived at Cornell as a Ph.D. student in the Department of Human Development, where her dissertation focused on the development of purpose in life and identity among college students and adults. Through subsequent roles in a nonprofit organization and then at Cornell’s Bronfenbrenner Center for Translational Research she collaborated with youth work practitioners to use data as a tool for understanding and informing programmatic decisions. In January 2017 Rachel participated in the second IDP session for graduate/professional students and postdocs; she’s been grateful to continue her involvement with IDP since then, first as a co-facilitator/coach and now as associate director. Show MoreRachel is responsible for assessing IDP’s transformative impact on individual participants and the campus community. She also collaborates on the development and delivery of meaningful learning opportunities, focusing primarily on offerings for faculty and staff, in addition to serving as co-instructor of IDP’s credit-bearing course for MBA students.