On the day of her broader lecture, the Dean's Office is hosting opportunities for College of Education graduate students and assistant professors to participate in an informal conversation with Dean's Distinguished Speaker Dr. Joy Gaston Gayles.
Graduate Student Fireside Chat
March 6, 10 – 11 a.m.
O'Leary Learning Center
10 Education Building
Assistant Professor Fireside Chat
March 6, 2:30 – 3:30 p.m.
O'Leary Learning Center
10 Education Building
Gayles is an Alumni Association Distinguished Graduate Professor of Higher Education and Senior Advisor for the Advancement of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in the College of Education at North Carolina State University. She is internationally recognized for her research and scholarship on women and people of color in STEM fields and her work in the area of intercollegiate athletics in higher education. Issues of equity, inclusion, and justice undergird the collective body of her work.
Gayles is one of the primary thought leaders in her field of study and was recently named as one of 25 innovative women leading higher education in DIVERSE: Issues in Higher Education magazine. She is Immediate Past President of the Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE), the primary professional association for studying post-secondary education issues.
