Director of Admissions and Financial Aid
Indiana University Jacobs Scool of Music

With more than a decade of experience in higher education administration, Jensen most recently served as associate director of admissions at the Jacobs School. His previous work at IU included academic advising in both the College of Arts and Sciences, and University Division.

He has developed an active performance career, appearing frequently as a solo and chamber musician in the United States and in his native country. In addition to collaborating with numerous artists, he has released two solo CDs.

Jensen has also remained an avid educator, particularly at the Jacobs School of Music’s Latin American Music Center, where he led the Latin American Popular Music Ensemble.

Associate Dean of Equity and Inclusion; Professor of Music Leadership
Eastman School of Music

Dr. Crystal Sellers Battle previously served as the Dean of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion and Chief Diversity Officer at Juniata College in Huntingdon, PA before coming to Eastman in June 2022. In her role, Crystal works to advance programs and policies that promote mindsets and behaviors that value and support equity, diversity, and inclusion. She co-founded DIEMA (Diversity, Inclusion and Equity in Musical Arts) Consulting Group LLC, to help schools of music address DEI related challenges and initiatives. She has presented to several groups around the country about DEI in music including the Northeastern Regional Conference of College Music Society.

Crystal holds a Doctor of Musical Arts degree in voice performance with a specialization in Singing Health from The Ohio State University and a Bachelor of Music from Bowling Green State University, a Master of Music degree from Chicago College of Performing Arts at Roosevelt University and a Postgraduate Diploma from Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester, UK.

Assistant Dean of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Peabody Institute

Dr. China L. Wilson currently serves as the inaugural Assistant Dean of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at the Peabody Institute of The Johns Hopkins University. In this role, Dr. Wilson provides strategic leadership to create and sustain a culture that embraces and promotes justice, diversity, equity, and inclusion. As an initiative-taking, committed, and authentic leader, Dr. Wilson has over 15 years of experience in a variety of areas including career counseling, change management, civil rights, social justice, public policy, Title IX compliance, diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI), and anti-racism. Dr. Wilson is also a former performing artist with professional vocal, dance, and theatre training and experience.

Most recently, she served as the Equity and Civil Rights Compliance Specialist at the Maryland State Department of Education. In this position, she oversaw and provided statewide leadership, technical assistance, and guidance to colleges on a federal civil rights monitoring program that evaluated the equity, access, and program quality of college programs. Additionally, she co-created and facilitated a professional learning series to help college leaders set the stage for equity, conduct a percentage-point gap analysis using institutional data, identify growth opportunities for DEI, conduct root cause analysis, and create plans of action.

Previously, she led a department at Trinity Washington University serving students from various underrepresented groups. She developed effective programs, policies, and services to address barriers students faced because of race, gender, ethnicity, low income, or immigration status. During her tenure, she integrated anti-oppression frameworks to strengthen student academic participation, progression, and performance and unprecedentedly increased the usage of services, partnerships, and advocacy for underrepresented students.

As an inner-city, first-generation college student, Dr. Wilson knows first-hand the issues faced by many underrepresented students and it is her mission to use her personal and professional experiences to advance equitable learning for all students. Dr. Wilson earned her Ph.D. in Educational Management from Hampton University and takes pride in the role she plays to create strategic partnerships that promote the development of holistic programs and policies that mitigate and resolve issues around diversity, equity, and inclusion. Dr. Wilson contributes to the core principles of higher learning in ways that redound to the benefit of communities locally, nationally, and globally and is frequently called upon by multiple outlets to discuss her work in the community.

Deputy General Counsel
Johns Hopkins University

Tiffany R. Wright joined the Office of the Vice President and General Counsel as Deputy General Counsel in May 2023. Prior to joining Johns Hopkins, Ms. Wright served as Associate Counsel to the President in the Office of the White House Counsel. In that position, she provided strategic and legal advice to the President, Vice President, and senior White House advisors on a wide array of legal issues, including Title IX, gender and LGBTQ+ equity, reproductive rights, clemency, and religious liberty.

Prior to her White House service, Ms. Wright directed the Civil Rights Clinic at the Howard University School of Law, and practiced in the Supreme Court and Appellate practices at two international law firms. She served as a law clerk to Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor on the U.S. Supreme Court, Judge David S. Tatel on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, and Judge Royce C. Lamberth on the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.

Ms. Wright earned her law degree, magna cum laude, from the Georgetown University Law Center, and completed her undergraduate studies at the University of Maryland at College Park. Ms. Wright’s life and work have been profiled by the Washington Post, C-SPAN, USA Today, Reuters, and national podcasts.