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 |
| AARON FULK, Graduate Student, Education |
| JACQUELINE GRANT, Graduate Student, Neurosciences |
| ANIKA GREEN, Director of Educational Programs, VPGE |
| MICHAELA RAIKES, Graduate Student, Education |
| INGA MGHEBRISHVILI, Graduate Student, Graduate School of Business |
| OYEKUNLE OLUKOTUN, Professor, Electrical Engineering |
| VIRGINIA PRESTON, Graduate Student, Humanities and Sciences |
| RANIA SANFORD, Assistant Dean, Postdoctoral Affairs |
| JUAN SANTIAGO, Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering |
| AYODELE THOMAS, Assistant Dean, Graduate and Undergraduate Studies, Humanities & Sciences |