Brief Biography: Administrative Management and Leadership Serve on Affirmative Action and Equal Employment Opportunity Committee, assisted with developing compliance template. Served as the minority liaison to the Chancellor and founding chair of Minority Faculty and Staff Network developing Affirmative Action/EEO Trainer Directed Curriculum development and revision project-Ethnic Studies Requirement. Facilitator and trainer American Language Institute. Developed and implemented faculty and staff mentoring program. Developed Student Support Services multi-cultural training model and mentor program. Created and implemented student retention minority cohort model.
Teaching Interests: Building Relationships between Academic Affairs and Student Affairs Served as a member of the Chancellor’s strategic planning retreat team for 3 consecutive years leading diversity initiatives, Plan 2008, Inclusive Excellence, and Equity Scorecard. Developed multiple diversity initiatives to create connections between students, faculty members, and Student Affairs staff on campus. Served as a consultant team member that analyzed the academic environment in the multicultural student affairs, ethnic studies diversity requirement, campus morale task force, and campus climate study. Programming designed to identify topics in which faculty members and student affairs professionals can discuss, teach and program around important issues in a collaborative manner.
Research Interests: Student Programs and Services Developed and implemented Summer Minority Student Bridge programs. Created college access pipeline and family support network. Developed and directed writing lab for Multicultural Student Services office. Developed Minority student peer mentor programs and leadership training institute. Created Academic Success Plan and Minority Mentor Program and Academic Advising. Designed and developed a retention strategy for continuing minority students.
Professional Interests: Leadership Development, Retention, and Advising Coordinated and advised the FYE learning community’s w/TRIO jumpstart. Served as the Minority Faculty and Staff Consultant and Liaison to the Chancellor. Taught in the Ethnic Students Leadership Program and Pre-College Program. Co-coordinated the Academic Success Plans and Advisement for minority students. Designed faculty mentorship program Minority Faculty and Staff (MFSN). Diversity and Multicultural Initiatives (selected) Team Developed the Campus and Community Coalition. (2007-2008) Served as the campus Minority Disadvantaged Coordinator, Plan 2008. Appointed minority liaison to the Chancellor, Plan 2008 Task Force Leader. (2007-2008) Campus Inclusivity Initiative and Diversity Education Committee. (2006-2008). Emerging Leadership Institute for Training Ethnic Students (ELITES) (2007-2008) UW System-Climate Study Fact Finding Focus Group (2007-2008)