"I did my master’s degree in college student personnel, where I served as the graduate assistant for Greek life. So I’ve been really involved in fraternity and sorority advising and things like that. Also as a doctoral student, in curriculum studies, I have a really strong background on curriculum development and learning. So when I saw this position and saw that it gave me more responsibility, the opportunity to do more programs in curriculum development, and also the opportunity to grow personally and professionally I thought that this would be a great opportunity for me...
I will work with the risk and safety team here and so I’ll have the opportunity to develop programs for any chapters that are having any types of challenges. I’ll also look at the current educational programs—the new member program, any type of training—and work to incorporate diversity inclusion curriculum in those pieces...
I’m not going to solve all the problems of racism in the world or anything like that because I’m working with people that come to an organization with things that they’ve been taught for 18 years before they even gain membership.
My goal is to increase the conversations, increase the dialogue, and through that create opportunities for learning so that even if you have been taught certain things all your life that when you come to this fraternity and you come to these new member programs and leadership programs that I challenge what your perception is so that you can critically think about what it is that you say and do as it relates to difference."http://www.forharriet.com/2015/07/saes-new-director-of-diversity-is-black.html#ixzz3fW7qGWzo
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