Robert McKinley Sellers is the Charles D. Moody Collegiate Professor of Psychology and Education at University of Michigan who formerly served as the Vice Provost for Equity and Inclusion & Chief Diversity Officer.
[4] Sellers is one of the founders of the Center for the Study of Black Youth in Context (CSBYC), an organization that researches the development of young African Americans and aims to better understand their strengths in order to give them tools to protect against race specific challenges they may face in their lives.
[5] One of Sellers’ most notable contribution to psychology is his creation of Multidimensional Model of Racial Identity (MMRI) for African Americans authored with Mia A. Smith, J. Nicole Shelton, Stephanie A. J. Rowley, and Tabbye M. Chavous.
This model includes four dimensions (salience, centrality, regard, and ideology), capturing both qualitative meaning, cultural, and historical experiences of African Americans.
Chavous currently holds Sellers' former position as the Vice Provost for Equity and Inclusion & Chief Diversity Officer for the University of Michigan.