Marshall Center Staff

Raquel Ramos
Dean, Marshall Center
[email protected]
508-286-3534
Dean Ramos provides leadership and supervision of the Marshall Center. She coordinates the services provided by the staff, developing appropriate resources and support for academic, cultural and social programs fostering awareness and appreciation of diversity at Wheaton. Raquel collaborates with the Provost and Student Affairs divisions on the development of college-wide diversity initiatives and inclusion of issues of diversity across the curriculum. She also keeps a working relationship with the Advising Center and works with faculty members on students’ academic planning and programming.

Angelica Mirandou
Assistant Director for Campus Dialogue and First-Generation Student Success
[email protected] 
508-286-3456

Jennifer Faber
Administrative Assistant
[email protected]
508-286-3532
Jen is responsible for all the general duties at the Marshall Center.  She provides budget management, support for the various programs including our Intercultural Early Arrival Program, assists with events, and provides general support for the staff and students at the Marshall Center. Jen is also responsible for the hiring, training, and supervising of our student workers.

Mike Pratt
Assistant Director of Social Justice and Community Impact (He/Him/His)
[email protected]
508-286-3384
Office location: Cole Memorial Chapel R014
Operating hours: Monday – Friday, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. | Virtual on Mondays

Mike Pratt currently serves as the Assistant Director of Social Justice and Community Impact, having formerly held the title of LGBTQ+ Engagement Coordinator since 2018. Mike works with student, staff, faculty and community members to expand queer-focused programming, education and general support on campus. Within the Assistant Director role, he hopes to widen the scope of these engagements and make Wheaton College a place where intentional and empowering dialogue around a variety of DEIB themes can be a permanent reality. Mike continues to oversee the creation, implementation and expansion of the Safe Zone training program, advises five student groups via Pride Circle, and sits as a co-convener of The Network for LGBTQ+ Inclusion, Support, and Advocacy. Feel free to drop a line or stop by The Base if you’d like to talk about collaboration or support.

Outside of Wheaton, Mike is also a published writer and working actor. In his free time, you can probably find him listening to his record collection with his beloved cat, Kiki, going to botanical gardens, or trying to stay blonde.

Amanda J.G. Napior
Assistant Director of Religious & Spiritual Life (She/Her/Hers)
[email protected]
508-286-3689
Office location: Cole Memorial Chapel R017
Operating hours: Monday – Friday, 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.

Amanda Napior supports religious literacy and social justice education, community dialogue, and myriad religious, spiritual, multicultural and interfaith student groups at Wheaton College. She comes to Wheaton with an eclectic background as a religion scholar working in critical prison studies as a teacher of writing and spiritual care, and if you go back far enough, as a hairstylist. As a scholar-practitioner, Amanda is passionate about creating inclusive and collaborative learning spaces through reflexivity, ritual and play and leans on her training in ethnography, conflict mediation, and feminist, antiracist pedagogy to foster curiosity and connection. For inspiration, Amanda draws from the long history of religiously-motivated movements for collective liberation, led most often by directly-impacted people.

Amanda holds a doctorate in religious studies and a certificate in Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies from Boston University, an MDiv from Harvard Divinity School, and a BA in religion from the University of California at Santa Barbara. She has published widely for scholarly and general audiences, for anthropologists and trauma-informed yoga teachers. In her “spare” time, Amanda can be found finishing her book manuscript, painting or tiling something, and trail running with her fearsome, 33-lb Corgi-Jack-Pit.