Provost's Working Group on Human Remains at Dartmouth

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.

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

• 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.

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

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

Quarterly Reports

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

Members

• Jeremy DeSilva, Professor and Chair of Department of Anthropology

• Alex Diaz, Chief Compliance Officer

• Bruce Duthu, Samson Occom Professor and Chair of the Department of Native American and Indigenous Studies; Faculty Director, Tribal Service Project

• 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 of Art

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

• Kenya Tyson, Vice Provost for Strategic Initiatives and Innovation

• Val Werner, Historical Accountability Student Research Program Coordinator

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 of Art

• Nicole Borges, Edward Tulloh Krumm Professor and Chair 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; Chair of the Department of African and African American Studies

• 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