Division of Student Affairs

Please join our distinguished panelists for a rich discussion illuminating the intersection of work, diversity, vision, and passion. We’ll explore the attributes, experiences, and perspectives we each bring to an increasingly diverse and complex work place, asking the question “What makes you unique?” If you find yourself thinking often about how you might integrate your passions, personal vision, and value of unique perspectives into your career, this is a discussion you won’t want to miss! Please let us know you will be attending this event by registering below.

Panelists Profiles:

• Sue Hinze, PhD, is an Associate Professor of Sociology and Program Faculty in Women’s Studies. Her research and teaching interests lie primarily in medical sociology, gender, social inequality and the emerging work/family or work/life nexus. Among other research, she is exploring how parental work in a 24/7 global economy influences the daily, lived experiences of children.
• John Flores, PhD, is Climo Junior Professor for the College of Arts and Sciences. He specializes in Mexican American history, and his research interests include modern Mexico; the history of immigration and citizenship in the U.S.; multinational political and labor movements; and ethnic, racial, and national identity formation. He teaches courses on Latina/o Americans, labor, immigration, and racial and ethnic relations.
• Minh-Tri Nguyen was originally born and raised in Da Lat, Vietnam and immigrated to the United States in 1995. He is pursuing a bachelor’s degree in Biology and is involved with USG as the Vice President of Student Life, an executive member of the Relay For Life Planning Committee, a member of Beta Theta Pi, a neurobiology researcher at the Cleveland Clinic, a member of the Student Turning Point Society, and a peer tutor. His interest in diversity has been mostly tied to his early immigrant experiences involving the integration to American culture and the expansive diversity of its people.
• George Sample graduated from John Carroll University in 2002 with a B.S. in Computer Science and is currently working on his MBA at Cleveland State University. George has worked at The Lubrizol Corporation as an Application Developer for seven years before recently accepting his current position as Manager of Diversity and Inclusion. He is a founding member of GOALL (Group of Aspiring Lubrizol Leaders) and is also a founding member of Lubrizol’s African American Resource Group.
• Marilyn Mobley, PhD, is CWRU’s first Vice President for Inclusion, Diversity and Equal Opportunity and earned her doctorate in English at CWRU, working with Professor Gary Stonum as her adviser. She has focused much of her scholarship on author Toni Morrison, African American literature, and women's literature. She served as a founding member and past president of the Toni Morrison Society and serves today as an advisory board member of the Society. 
• Tom Matthews, PhD, is the Director of the Career Center at CWRU.  His dissertation topic, “The Influence of Parental Attachment and Coping Style on the Transition from High School to College,” reflects his professional interests in decision making and developmental transitions. Of particular interest is the developmental stage of late adolescence to early adulthood, including the transitions from high school to college and college to the workplace.

This event is co-sponsored by the Career Center and the Office of Inclusion, Diversity, & Equal Opportunity with support from the Undergraduate Student Government.