Dr. Hayley S. Thomas Senior Diversity Prize

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Dr. Hayley S. Thomas joined the Bryn Mawr community as an Assistant Dean and later became the Acting Director of the College's Office of Institutional Diversity. During her time here, she became an invaluable resource through her facilitation of mentoring programs, direction of diversity seminars and — most importantly — her tireless dedication to supporting Bryn Mawr students. Sadly, the Bryn Mawr Community lost Dean Thomas to cancer in March of 2004.

With this prize, the College community honors those students who personify the characteristics that Dean Thomas exemplified:

• Lifelong learning around diversity
• Demonstrated commitment to and advocacy for inclusion and
• The ability to inspire others to action

Past Recipients of the Dr. Hayley S. Thomas Diversity Prize:

2022
Sa'De Black
Karen Guo
Amirah Hewitt

2021
Khari Bowman
Yesenia Mendez Pacheco
Chinyere Udokporo

2020
Jada A. Ceasar
Daniela Sofia Lopez Lopez
Dalia Khaled Mahgoub

2019
Yeidaly Mejia 
Kamara Simms
Anisha Thornabar

2018
Mercedes Aponte
Alisha Clark
Carrie Filion 

2017
Nkechi Ampah 
Reem Rosenhaj 
Maya Ulin-O'Keefe 

2016
Nicole Barker
Emmett Binkowski
Khadijah Seay

2015
Grace Chung
Alexis De La Rosa
Allegra Massaro

2014
Lauren J. Footman
Ana Gloria Mejía
Jacqueline Hall Handy

2013
Sarah Jenness
Jessica Hyejin Lee
Esteniolla Maitre

2012
Akilah Abdul-Rahman
Mia Chin
Elena Swartz

2011
Charlene Desanges
Katherine Sepulveda
Emily Wiseman

2010
Samar Aryani-Sabet
Lilian Gabrielle Mengesha
Nithya Priya Vasudevan

2009
Lucy Sung
Maggie Larson
Stephanie Kearse-Gaston

2008
Joanna Pinto-Coelho
Adaobi Kanu
Deluwara Ahmed

2007
Kathy Huynh
Jessica Rosenberg
Widade Deguerre

2006
Samantha Martinez
Heather Davis
Alnisa Bell

2005
Nia Turner
Allison Petonic
Maya Costa-Pinto