A year after our initial discussion on the evolving landscape of diversity, equity, and inclusion in higher education, we reconvene to take stock of what’s changed and what hasn’t in the face of increased scrutiny, shifting institutional priorities, and new legislation emerging across the country. Join us for a timely update and facilitated discussion with Leigh-Anne Royster, Director of Education, Partnerships, and Community Engagement at Duke, as we examine how national trends are impacting our own campus and research environments.
Speaker: Dr. Leigh-Anne Royster
Assistant Vice President for Strategy and Education Development
Duke University
Dr. Leigh-Anne Royster is an educator, facilitator, and administrator focused on inclusion and equity development through policy, education and intervention. She comes to Duke from Elon University where she served in multiple roles including the Director of the Center for Equity and Inclusive Excellence and the Director of Health Services. Her work has largely focused on developing and facilitating educational opportunities around issues of diversity, equity and inclusion; climate assessment; and violence/bias prevention. She has also overseen response and compliance systems responding to violence, harassment, and bias. She has experience developing anti-bias and anti-oppression curriculum for students, staff and faculty and has spent years in faculty roles as well. Leigh-Anne has 25 years of experience working with violence response and prevention, and public health activities including time at UNC Chapel Hill’s Institute on Aging, Injury Prevention Research Center, and the North Carolina Institute of Public Health. She also has experience working in the criminal justice system and the non-profit sector. Leigh-Anne holds a B.A. from UNC Chapel Hill, an MPA from the University of Colorado, and a Ph.D. from UNC Greensboro.
The Equity in Research Learning Collaborative series serves as an opportunity for our staff to learn how to make CCFP research more equitable with respect to race, ethnicity, and other forms of diversity at all stages from conceptualization to recruitment to data collection to analysis and reporting of findings.