Dr. Araceli Frias has been named assistant dean for diversity, equity, and inclusion in the Krieger School of Arts & Sciences at The Johns Hopkins University.
Currently the assistant dean for diversity in The Graduate School at the University of Utah, Frias will help to shape the campus-wide effort to recruit, retain and support a diverse faculty, postdoctoral, staff, and undergraduate/graduate student body.
Among her many duties, Frias will assist in the success of departmental diversity action plans and collaborate with the university's chief diversity officer on a number of strategic initiatives.
Frias earned a bachelor's degree and master's degree from Eastern Washington University in psychology and a Ph.D. in Education with a specialization in Cultural Studies & Social Thought in Education from Washington State University.