HIGHER EDUCATION LEADERSHIP
Higher education has been radically transformed in the United States as education spending has dwindled and diminished the opportunities for social mobility that once characterized the "American Dream." This stark reality has led me to find ways to preserve the best of our country's educational legacy for all students by fortifying faculty governance structures, creating pathways for faculty success, and ensuring that faculty are supported from hiring, to retention and promotion, and beyond. I served as the inaugural Associate Provost for Faculty at the University of Richmond from 2015-18. While on sabbatical from Richmond for the 2018-19 academic year I am currently serving as an American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU) "Millennial Presidential Leadership Protégé,” and as a Research Fellow in Latino higher education leadership at the Center for Latin American and Latino Studies at American University.
Much of my administrative work, research, and leadership centers on creating the necessary scaffolding to promote diversity in all of its dimensions, ensuring that equity is central to our collective work, and to promoting an inclusive environment that allows for the thriving of a diverse professoriate which we know is key for the educational success of all students. I'm particularly interested in building capacity for the recruitment, mentoring, and thriving of "STEAM" faculty. STEAM, which stands for "Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics," integrates what are often perceived to be separate educational skill-sets -- the contemplative liberal arts tradition v. STEM competencies -- that are actually complimentary: the flourishing of one, ensures the flourishing of the other. Imagine if someone like Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg had the ready qualities of a STEAM education to logically see the implications and disastrous results of massive data collection without an understanding of ethical democratic practice dispensed for the common good as opposed to being sold to the highest bidder?
Much like we've done in ensuring greater proportional representation in the student body, we need to do the same for the professoriate. The links below provide information on programs, fellowships, and opportunities for building STEAM connections through a truly diverse and inclusive professoriate. The undergraduate student-to-faculty pipeline organizations, programs, post-docs, and initiatives below are a small sampling of where we can go to in order to help build a 21st c. professoriate that mirrors the world around us.
"Pipeline" Sites for Faculty Recruiting, Postdocs, Internships, and DE&I Programs
Consortium for Faculty Diversity
University of Maryland Graduate Diversity Initiative
AAAS Mass Media Science & Engineering Fellows Program
Summer Program in Neuroscience, Excellence and Success (SPINES)
NIH School Loan Repayment Program
MinorityPostdoc.org
AAAS Project 2061 Professional Development Workshops
International Center for Professional Development (ICPD) SMDP Scholars Program
Stanford Postdoctoral Recruitment Initiative at the School of Medicine (PRISM)
Union of Concerned Scientists
NIGMS Postdoctoral Research Associate (PRAT) Program
2017 Postdoctoral Preparation Institute
C3 Postdoctoral Fellowship Program
Society for the Advancement of Chicanos/Hispanics and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS)
Fellowships, Scholarships, Awards, and DE&I Programs
AAAS Early Career Award for Public Engagement with Science
B1G Academic Alliance Professional Advancement Initiative
Neuroscience Scholars Program
Burroughs Wellcome Fund Postdoctoral Enrichment Program
IRACDA: Institutional Research & Academic Career Development Award
NCI Transition Career Development Award to Promote Diversity (K22)
C3 Postdoctoral Fellowship Program
Alliance for Building Faculty Diversity in the Mathematical Sciences
AGEP Post-Doctoral Engineering Education Researchers (AGEP PEERs)
Postdoctoral Research Fellowships in Biology (PRFB)
California Alliance Postdoctoral Fellowship Program
Ford Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowships
Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute (CHCI) Graduate Fellowship Program
Hanna H. Gray Fellows Program
L’ORÉAL USA for Women in Science
NSF Special Programs for Postdoctoral Fellows
NIH individual Fellowships search engine
Grants, Awards and Funding Search Engine
Society for the Advancement of Chicanos/Hispanics and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS)
SCHOLARSHIPS FOR UNDERREPRESENTED STUDENTS (compiled from UNC D & I Site)
Ron Brown Scholar Program
FastWEB Scholarship Search
The Harry S. Truman Scholarship SiteThe Hispanic College Fund
Jackie Robinson Foundation Scholarships
Marine Corps Scholarships
McDonald’s Education Scholarships
Frito Lay Arts Scholarship
Gates Millennium Scholars Program
Hallmark/UNCF Scholars Program
Intel/UNCF Scholarship Program
United Water Corporate Scholars Program
Liberty Mutual Responsible Scholars Program
Academy for Educational Development Fellowships
American Institute of CPAs Scholarship for Minority Accounting Students
American Society for Microbiology Undergraduate Fellowships
Bristol-Myers Squibb Minority Fellowships in Academic Medicine
The Roothbert FundCoca Cola Scholarships
State Farm Insurance Achievement Scholarships
State Farm Insurance Hispanic Scholarships
McNair Scholars Program
National Institutes of Health Undergraduate Scholarship Program
Catching The Dream – Native Student Scholarship
Military Tuition Support
NACME Scholarship Program
NCAA Ethnic Minority and Women’s Enhancement Scholarship
Leonard M. Perryman Communications Scholarship
Methodist Scholarships
Project Excellence Scholarships
Intel Science Talent Search
Alpha Kappa Alpha Scholarships
Discover Student Loans Scholarship Award
Jennings Randolph Peace Scholarship Dissertation Program
APA Scholarships and Fellowships
Udall Foundation Scholarship for Native Students
American Sociological Association Minority Fellowship Program
Americorps Funding Opportunities
Student Inventors Scholarships
Ayn Rand Essay Scholarships
Brand Essay Competition
Xerox Technical Minority Scholarship Program
National Assoc. of Black Journalists Scholarships (NABJ)
Thurgood Marshall Scholarship Fund
FinAid: The Smart Students Guide to Financial Aid (scholarships)
Microsoft Scholarship Program
Sallie Mae Scholarship Search
William Randolph Hearst Endowed Scholarship for Minority Students
Dell Scholars Program
Jacki Tuckfield Memorial Graduate Business Scholarship
Burger King McLamore Scholars Program
Siemens Westinghouse Competition
GE and LuLac Scholarship Funds
RMHC/HACER Scholarship Program
HBCU “Packard” Sit Abroad Scholarships (for study around the world)
INROADS internships
Courage to Grow Scholarship (Awarded Monthly)
DoSomething.org Scholarships
Epsilon Sigma Alpha Foundation Scholarships
NAACP Legal Defense Fund Scholarship
Horatio Alger Scholarship
HSF General College Scholarship
Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Scholarship
Nissan North America, Inc. Scholarship
ProofReading.com Scholarship Program
P.L.A.Y. Scholarship
Kim and Harold Louie Scholars
SME Education Foundation Manufacturing and Engineering Scholarships
CANFIT Program Scholarships
RTDNA Carole Simpson Broadcast Journalist Scholarship
Surety and Fidelity Industry Intern and Scholarship Program
James E. Webb Internship Program
WHOI Minority Fellowship Program
ALA Spectrum Scholarship
APS Scholarship for Minority Undergraduate Physics Majors
AMS/Industry Minority Scholarships
American Chemical Society Scholars Program
Microbiology Undergraduate Research Fellowship
LAGRANT Foundation Undergraduate Scholarship
LPGA Phyllis G. Meekins Scholarship
National Press Club Scholarship for Journalism Diversity
Chips Quinn Scholars Program
IIE UPS Scholarships for Minority Students
Allison E. Fisher Scholarship
SHPE Foundation General Scholarships
CHCI Scholarship
NACA South Student Leadership Scholarship
Dr. Juan Andrade Scholarship for Young Hispanic Leaders
American Indian College Fund
Ford Blue Oval Scholars
KATU Thomas R. Dargan Scholarship
Morgan Stanley Scholarships
DAR American Indian Scholarship
AAIA Scholarships
American Indian Graduate Center Scholarships
AXA Achievement Community Scholarship
Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation Scholarships
Scholarship America Dream Award
