Services
Dispute Resolution Services (DRS) provides confidential consultations, facilitations and mediations to all UIC faculty, staff, and students. These services are intended to assist in the resolution of interpersonal conflicts. Early intervention can help to resolve problems without extensive and costly investments of time, energy, morale, and money.
Consultation
- Consultations may be requested by faculty, staff, or students, and are private, off-the-record conversations to explore concerns and identify potential courses of action.
Facilitation
- Facilitations involve providing assistance in reaching and sustaining mutually agreeable solutions to a variety of problems. This may include connecting individuals with appropriate contacts or resources, or facilitating a dialogue for individuals to work through an interpersonal conflict.
Mediation
- Mediation is a voluntary process elected by the parties involved to address conflict. Our mediations are led by trained, objective mediators with the goal of producing a memorandum of understanding, signed by each party, to resolve the conflict. Below is our roster of current DRS mediators. All of our mediators contribute their time on a voluntary basis and are committed to improving workplace relations and the overall climate for individuals at UIC.
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Kaamilyah Abdullah-Span
Director of Prevention and Climate (UIUC)
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Geri K. Biamonte
Employee Assistance Practitioner
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Caryn A. Bills
Associate Chancellor
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Sigmund W. Burdin
Institutional Research Data Coordinator
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Aisha El-Amin
Associate Provost and Chief of Staff
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Edna Erez
Professor
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Mayra Ernster
Human Resource Associate (Rockford)
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Lisa Frohmann
Associate Professor
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Keana M. Galloway
Director, Affirmative Action Compliance
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Memoona Hasnain
Interim Head and Professor
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Ronald C. Hershow
Associate Professor of Medicine, Medicine Infectious Diseases
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La Donna Hudson
Director for Human Resource Operations
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Carlotta Johnson
Director of Student Services
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Kathleen Kashima
Senior Associate Dean of Students
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Robert (Bob) Kiser
Associate Director, Clinical Performance Center
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Tim Lacy
Director of Medical Student Learning Environment
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Jacqueline Lawson
Human Resources Specialist College of ACES (UIUC)
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Raina Long
Standardized Patient Coordinator
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Michelle Manno
Director for Diversity Initiatives
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Jacob Mueller
Director of Finance and Administration
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Jennifer Rowan
Director, Finance and Human Resources
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Samantha Smith
Assistant Director, Prevention & Culture Change
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Peggy Wheeler
Associate Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology
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Alba Luisa Woolard
Cross-Campus Liaison and Development Coordinator
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Retired Mediators Heading link
Deborah Eison
Director of Human Resources
Kathy Irving
Mediator
Marelet Kirda
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Emanuel D. Pollack
Associate Professor Emeritus
Graundia A. Smith
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Mo-Yin S. Tam
Professor Emerita