The mission of the Dreamer Committee is to develop equitable policies and practices to promote educational opportunities and improve the lives of undocumented students at Loyola University Chicago. This will be achieved through multidisciplinary collaboration, and the promotion of research, education, advocacy and service that is informed by the lives and experiences of undocumented students seeking higher education.

The DREAMer Committee is a university-wide committee that reviews Loyola’s progress in meeting the needs of undocumented students and students who are part of mixed- status families.* This committee includes members from the various colleges of Loyola University Chicago to discuss areas where the schools could further assist this community of students. The committee also includes student representatives who implement their student experience and discuss where they see the school should intervene to support undocumented students.

The following list includes the members of the DREAMer Committee and the various schools and departments they encompass.

If you’d like to learn more, please visit the Loyola Bioethics blog page and The DREAMer Committee Facebook page. 

*A “mixed-status” family includes members who are of different citizenship or immigration statuses. This may include a family where one or both parents are undocumented and the children are U.S.-born citizens. 

The members of the Dreamer Committee welcome serving as allies and sources of information regarding university policies and opportunities for undocumented students.  Students and applicants to Loyola University Chicago should feel free to contact any one of them via e-mail.

Name	E-mail	Department
Bruce Boyer, JD	bboyer@luc.edu	Co-Chair
Mark Kuczewski, PhD	mkuczew@luc.edu	Co-Chair
Philip Hale	phale@luc.edu	Vice President for Government Affairs
Michael Canaris, PhD	mcanarais@luc.edu	Assistant Professor, Institute of Pastoral Studies
Aurora Chang, PhD	achang2@luc.edu	Associate Professor, School of Education
Kelsey Gerber, MEd	kgerber1@luc.edu	Associate Director of Financial Aid
Ruth Gomberg-Muñoz, PhD	rgombergmunoz@luc.edu	Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology
Will Rodriguez, PhD	wrodriguez1@luc.edu	Assistant Vice President & Dean of Students
Joyce Knight, MDiv	jknight@luc.edu	Associate Dean, College of Arts and Sciences
Judith Jennrich, PhD, RN, APN	jjennri@luc.edu	Associate Professor, Director of the Acute Care Programs
Virginia McCarthy, MDiv	vmccarthy@luc.edu	Stritch School of Medicine Ministry
Thomas Regan, SJ, PhD	tregan1@luc.edu	Dean, College of Arts & Sciences; Associate Professor
Peter Sanchez, PhD	psanche@luc.edu	Professor of Political Science, Graduate Program Director
Paige Gardner, PhD	pgardner@luc.edu	Assistant Dean of Students and Interim Director, Student Diversity and Multicultural Affairs
Maria Vidal de Haymes, PhD	mvidal@luc.edu	Institute of Migration and Global Studies
Katherine Walts, JD	kkaufkawalts@luc.edu	Director of the Center for Human Rights of Children