Provost's Working Group on Human Remains at Dartmouth

Communications

To 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.

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

Jeremy DeSilva, PhD, Professor & Chair, Department of Anthropology
Alex Diaz, Chief Compliance Officer
Bruce Duthu, Samson Occom Professor & Chair, Department of Native American and Indigenous Studies
Val Werner, Historical Accountability Student Research Program Coordinator
Dean Madden, Vice Provost for Research and Professor of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Geisel
Jami Powell, Assoc. Director of Curatorial Affairs & Curator of Indigenous Art, Hood Museum
James Reed, Director of Anatomy Laboratory, Geisel School of Medicine
Kenya Tyson, Senior Assoc. Provost

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

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Administrative support: