After working several years in higher education and focusing on issues of diversity and inclusion, Liliana E. Delman became the new Assistant Director for Diversity Education on March 18, 2019.
Although Delman was born and raised in Northern California, she grew up frequently traveling the world, where she found herself spending time in locations such as Australia, Switzerland, and England. Her family is from New York and New Jersey, so she is thrilled to now be living in the same area.
She earned her Master of Science degree from Miami University (MU) with a concentration in Diversity, Equity, and Culture. During her undergraduate years, she had the opportunity to work as a research assistant and interned with the Office of Diversity Affairs at MU. During her time as an assistant, she was able to help students launch an inaugural Multicultural Student Leadership Conference. Additionally, she helped reboot an intergroup dialogue facilitator training program. This program was to help students have better conversations about social justice topics. Before coming to Stevens, Delman served as the Coordinator of Mentoring and Diversity Initiatives at Colorado College.
She was motivated to take this position at Stevens due to the many different opportunities to engage with people. Delman believes that there is so much potential to build “a culture of inclusion and increase our ideas of innovation around social justice.” Currently, she is having a wonderful time here at Stevens. She loves seeing how many people are interested in collaborating to expand diversity and inclusion on campus. Delman is already working on building partnerships with student organizations and departments.
Delman strives to create an inclusive culture at Stevens. She hopes to partner with faculty and staff as she serves as a diversity and inclusion subject-matter specialist for students. Not only will she educate the campus on issues of inequality and systems of oppression, but she will also oversee the development of programming in the Lore-El Center for Women’s Leadership. Delman will continue to work collaboratively with her fellow colleagues in hopes of empowering the sense of solidarity at Stevens.
Though Delman has done a lot in her first few months at Stevens, she has already made a few long term goals. “My main goal is to increase opportunities for intergroup dialogue across campus, and develop a social justice facilitators training program,” she said. She also plans to continue improving the SafeZone Ally Training Program. Her overall goal is to create a Stevens community where everyone feels empowered and affirmed in their unique identities.
When asked about the Student Government Association (SGA), Delman said she has heard about the efforts on campus to create an Intercultural Center and has spoken to students about the proclamation written by the SGA Diversity and Inclusion Committee. She remains very interested to learn more about this potential center.
Besides spending her time here at Stevens, Delman also has hobbies outside of the workplace. She enjoys spending time with friends and family, playing with dogs, and messing around with interior design.
Delman is grateful to be here at Stevens and is excited to do work that is so meaningful; she is striving for a positive change. She looks forward to meeting more people at Stevens and in the surrounding communities.
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