About the Awards
The 2025 Diversity and Inclusion Impact Awards is proud to recognize faculty and staff members from the College of Arts and Sciences, School of Leadership and Education Sciences, Hahn School of Nursing and Health Science, Knauss School of Business, School of Law, Joan B. Kroc School of Peace Studies, Shiley-Marcos School of Engineering, Division of Professional and Continuing Education, and Copley Library.
Awardees were nominated and selected for their outstanding contributions and exceptional leadership in advancing diversity, equity, inclusion and social justice on- and off-campus. All awardees have provided exemplary service to the university community, worked tirelessly to support students and have demonstrated a sustained commitment to making the University of San Diego a more diverse, equitable and anti-racist institution. The awards program celebrated the numerous contributions of each awardee, and expressed the university's gratitude and appreciation for their sustained commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion and social justice.
A new category has been added to recognize an outstanding unit for inclusive excellence in programming. The Outstanding Unit Award honors exemplary programming in a college, department, or unit that embodies the principles of diversity, inclusion, equity, and social justice. The award highlights the unit’s collective efforts to bring transformational and substantial change to the University of San Diego community through programming that is collaborative, sustainable, and linked to the University’s mission, vision, and values.
2025 Award Recipients
- Greg Prieto, PhD
- Gabriela Ortiz Flores
- Nicole Martinez, PhD, RN, FNP-BC, ENP-C, PHN, FAANP
- Gina Mazella
- Suzanne Stolz, EdD
- Marcela Meave
- Nichole Wissman, PhD
- Nakeisha Lewis, PhD
- Tammy Lin, JD
- Melissa Abernathy, JD
- Briana Mawby
- Rick Olson, PhD
- Michelle Sztupkay
- Diana BuDoff, MA
- Jordan Kobayashi
- Gail F. Baker, PhD
- Civil Discourse Initative
Faculty Award Recipient
College of Arts and Sciences
Greg Prieto, PhD, is a Professor of Sociology in the College of Arts and Sciences. As a sociologist, Dr. Prieto studies the way law and legal institutions reproduce or reduce inequality in the cases of (undocumented) immigrants, police, and queer youth.
Working with a team of researchers at the Stanford Walkout Lab for Youth Justice, Greg’s current research examines the way that police, courts, and community service providers channel queer youth of color into and out of the juvenile justice system.
On campus, Greg’s service has focused on supporting queer and undocumented students in programs like the student drag show and our campus-wide Undocumented Student Support Network.
In the wake of a recent cancer diagnosis and medical leave, Greg writes about their experience navigating chronic illness, death, and dying. Greg looks forward to returning to campus to offer a course on the topic.