DEI Committee
The DEI Committee (DEI-C) is a group of faculty, staff, and students that meets monthly to work on tasks and
priorities related to diversity, equity and inclusion. Student members are elected by their peers. During 2022/23 we meet the third Friday of each month from 9 – 10am. If you’d like to contact the DEI-C or have a DEI-related concern you’d like us to
address, please email Professor Ben Roth (rothbj@sc.edu).

Ben Roth
Ben Roth, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor at the COSW and the Interim Associate Dean
for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion. Roth works closely with the DEI Committee and
is a member of the UofSC’s Council of Academic Diversity Officers (CADO).

Parthenia Luke
Parthenia Luke is a Doctoral Candidate at the COSW and the College’s Diversity Fellow.
In her role as Diversity Fellow, Luke works closely with the DEI Committee and the
AD for DEI.
2022 Diversity Fellow
PhD student Parthenia Luke is the newly appointed Social Work Diversity Fellow. She
will assist COSW in developing a long-term strategic plan for improving DEI at the
College.
Although she is the current Fellow, Luke is not new to this work. As an instructor,
she works with Social Work students to create a positive and dynamic learning environment
in the college. As a task force member and adviser last year, she helped organize
the teach-in for faculty, staff and students. In her new role she’ll build on this
work to enhance advocacy and diversity at the College.
Parthenia brings insight, experience, and a deep commitment to the work. We’re very
fortunate to have her on the team!
-Associate Dean of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Ben Roth