The Graduate Diversity Steering Committee (GDSC) advises the VPGE on priorities for addressing diversity challenges in graduate education at the university. The Committee is comprised of student representatives selected by their peers, and faculty and staff by invitation of the vice provost. The Committee meets quarterly.
| PATRICIA GUMPORT, Vice Provost for Graduate Education and Professor, Education, Chair |
| SHERI SHEPPARD, Associate Vice Provost, VPGE, and Professor, Mechanical Engineering, Vice Chair |
| ANTHONY LISING ANTONIO, Associate Professor, Education |
| MARTHA CYERT, Professor, Biology |
| SALLY DICKSON, Associate Vice Provost, Student Affairs |
| MICHELE ELAM, Associate Professor, English |
| BERNADINE CHUCK FONG, President Emerita, Foothill College |
| JACQUELINE LEIGH GRANT, Graduate Student, Neurosciences |
| ANIKA GREEN, Director of Educational Programs, VPGE |
| SHANTAL MARSHALL, Graduate Student, Psychology |
| OYEKUNLE OLUKOTUN, Professor, Electrical Engineering |
| JULIANNA PRIETO, Graduate Student, Education |
| RANIA SANFORD, Assistant Dean, Postdoctoral Affairs |
| JUAN SANTIAGO, Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering |
| AADITYA SATIJIA, Graduate Student, Earth Sciences and Law |
| AYODELE THOMAS, Assistant Dean, Graduate and Undergraduate Studies, Humanities & Sciences |
| JENNIFER HARFORD VARGAS, Graduate Student, English |