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Provost's Working Group on Human Remains at Dartmouth

Charge:

  • The Provost's Working Group on Human Remains at Dartmouth will solicit and review information from Dartmouth's schools and divisions as well as external consultants pertaining to human remains in Dartmouth's care, including re: 

    • identity of individuals represented (as available); 

    • collection procedures; 

    • conditions of storage; 

    • use in current teaching and research; and

    • existing plans for return/reburial/removal from campus.

  • To oversee the creation of a comprehensive database of human remains present across all Dartmouth schools and divisions.

  • To recommend a framework for the future collection, use, and stewardship of human remains at Dartmouth that conforms to ethical principles and legal requirements as well as best scientific and scholarly practices, particularly in the context of Dartmouth's Toward Equity strategic plan.

  • To provide the provost and the community updates on the group's progress, at least quarterly.

  • To consult with various offices and experts on campus as advisors to the working group.

Chairs:

  • Sonu Bedi, Joel Parker 1811 Professor in Law and Political Science, Hans '80 and Kate Morris Director of the Ethics Institute, & Professor of Government
  • Shontay Delalue, Senior Vice President and Senior Diversity Officer

Membership

Executive Sponsor

  • David Kotz, Provost

Chairs

  • Sonu Bedi, Joel Parker 1811 Professor in Law and Political Science; Hans '80 and Kate Morris Director of the Ethics Institute; Professor of Government 

  • Shontay Delalue, Senior Vice President and Senior Diversity Officer

Staff

  • Alex Diaz, Chief Compliance Officer

  • Dean Madden, Vice Provost for Research; Professor of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Geisel School of Medicine

  • Jami Powell, Associate Director of Curatorial Affairs & Curator of Indigenous Art, Hood Museum

  • James Reed, Director of Anatomy Laboratory, Geisel School of Medicine

  • Kenya Tyson, Vice Provost for Strategic Initiatives

  • Val Werner, Historical Accountability Student Research Program Coordinator

Faculty

  • Jeremy DeSilva, Professor and Chair, Department of Anthropology

  • Bruce Duthu, Samson Occom Professor and Chair of the Department of Native American and Indigenous Studies

Advisors

  • Lisa Adams, Associate Dean for Global Health; Director of the Center for Global Health Equity; Professor of Medicine, Geisel School of Medicine

  • Justin Anderson, Senior Vice President for Communications

  • Emily Andrews, NAGPRA Coordinator, Hood Museum

  • Nicole Borges, Chair and Professor of Medical Education, Geisel School of Medicine

  • Erika Brown, Dean for Faculty Affairs; Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Geisel School of Medicine

  • Daniel Chamberlain, Associate Dean of Libraries for Research and Digital Strategies

  • Matthew Delmont, Associate Dean of International and Interdisciplinary Studies; Sherman Fairchild Distinguished Professor of History

  • Heather Drinan, Director of State Government Relations and Community Outreach

  • Tammy Hickox, Associate General Counsel 

  • Tom Jack, Chair of the Department of Biological Sciences

  • Sue Mehrer, Dean of Libraries

  • John Stomberg, Director of the Hood Museum of Art 

  • Joanna Whitcomb, Director of Campus Planning

  • Staff or Student Representative, Native American Program

  • Staff or Faculty Representative, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Orthopedics or Surgery Orthopedics or Surgery

Support Staff

  • Kerianne Armelli, Program Manager for Osteological Repatriation and Review

Advisors:

The working group will likely need to reach out to various offices and experts on campus, including:

  • Lisa Adams, Associate Dean for Global Health & Director of the Center for Global Health Equity and Professor of Medicine, Geisel
  • Justin Anderson, Vice President for Communications
  • Emily Andrews, NAGPRA Research Assistant, Hood Museum
  • Nicole Borges, Chair of Medical Education, Geisel
  • Erika Brown, Dean for Faculty Affairs and Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Geisel School of Medicine
  • Daniel Chamberlain, Associate Dean of Libraries for Research and Digital Strategies
  • Matthew Delmont, Associate Dean of International and Interdisciplinary Studies & Sherman Fairchild Distinguished Professor of History
  • Heather Drinan, Director of Government Relations
  • Tammy Hickox, Associate General Counsel 
  • Tom Jack, Chair, Department of Biology
  • Sue Mehrer, Dean of Libraries
  • John Stomberg, Director, Hood Museum of Art 
  • Joanna Whitcomb, Director of Campus Planning

and

  • staff or student from Native American Program
  • staff or faculty from DH Orthopedics or Surgery
  • others, as needed.

Administrative support:

  • Kerianne Armelli, Project Manager for Osteology and Repatriation