2014 – Dr. Liza Cariaga-Lo

Dr. Liza Cariaga-Lo was formerly the Associate Provost of Academic Development and Diversity at Brown University. She has dedicated her career to understanding inequality and she is an advocate for more diverse educational systems. She continues a tradition of Asian American activism on college campuses and she focuses her work on addressing inequality in academia. Dr. Cariaga-Lo is a leader in the fields of education program evaluation, minority student development, ethnic minority health care and public policy affecting children and families. She recently completed a book about the identity development of Asian Americans. Her dedication to uplifting the underserved is a testament to Chancellor Chang-Lin Tien’s legacy.  

Dr, Cariaga-Lo was previously the Assistant Provost for Faculty Development and Diversity at Harvard University, the Assistant Dean and Director of the Office for Diversity and Equal Opportunity at the Yale Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, and an Assistant Clinical Professor at the Child Study Center at the Yale School of Medicine.