Jeannette Johnon-Licon

Jeannette Johnson-Licon, Director of the Office of Multicultural Affairs, came to  DePauw in 1999 from Duke University, where she worked as the Program Coordinator at  the Center for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) Life.  She received her   BA in Political Science/Philosophy from the University of Texas-El Paso, led LGBT   youth groups, and researched and volunteered in HIV outreach/prevention efforts in El  Paso and Durham, NC, before completing her Masters in Public Policy at the Sanford  Institute at Duke. Her job at DePauw involves designing programs, services, and  advocacy for students of color and other historically marginalized identity/affinity groups, and promoting dialogues on the intersections of race, class, culture, gender and sexual orientation.  Her most recent accomplishment was organizing the 2001 Great  Lakes Colleges Association's LGBT Roundtable, which brought together scholars,  teachers, students, and administrators from around the Midwest for presentations and  workshops.  She has collaborated with Dr. Meryl Altman on a  winter term  course titled, “Forbidden '50s.”

jjlicon@depauw.edu