Kudos: Doctoral student selected to serve on national higher education task force
Marques Dexter, a fifth-year doctoral student in the Department of Kinesiology, was invited to serve as a student representative on the National Association of Diversity Officers in Higher Education’s (NADOHE) Creating a Framework for Advancing Anti-Racism Strategy on Campus task force. He will be one of two graduate students to serve.
The task force will have the latitude to recommend a framework that is built upon existing scholarship, input from Town Hall participants, and content expertise from NADOHE’s board of directors and members. Dexter will provide insights from a student perspective and be considered a full committee member to assist in crafting the overall framework in addition to highlighting anchors in the designated focus areas of the plan.
“Our country is filled with diverse individuals from many different cultures," he said. “We can no longer rely upon traditional ways of operating. New strategies must be implemented so that institutions can ensure everyone feels as if they can both thrive and belong, regardless of their identities. The framework resulting from this task force will undoubtedly allow for institutional leaders to do just that.”