Dr. Nadine Petty, UNH Chief Diversity Officer and Associate Vice President for Community, Equity and Diversity, joined us to discuss her team's initial steps toward establishing a more open, equitable and inclusive community at the University of New Hampshire. Dr. Petty joined UNH in August of 2020. You can watch the recording and find resources from the presentation below!
Resources from our January 13 talk:
Events and trainings mentioned:
- In-Depth on Inclusion: 4 Steps to Begin an Anti-Racist Education
- Social Justice Educator Series
- In-Depth on Inclusion – Ending Polite Silence
Watch the Recording
About the Speaker
Dr. Nadine Petty earned both a Bachelor of Arts in English and a Master of Arts in Teaching Secondary English Education from the University of Rochester. She completed her Ph.D. in Educational Leadership and Organizational Development with an emphasis in Postsecondary Education from the University of Louisville while serving there as Director of TRIO Student Support Services.
Having spent her early formative years in Jamaica, Dr. Petty comes to New Hampshire and to UNH with an international lens. Dr. Petty has over twenty years of experience in educational settings, including fourteen years in higher education. For the majority of her personal life and professional career, she has devoted herself to a wide-range of diversity and social justice causes and endeavors which include teaching cultural ethnography in college classrooms, serving on and leading various diversity-related committees and boards, creating and strengthening services for individuals with marginalized identities, and providing numerous interactive diversity and social justice workshops and trainings to students, colleagues, and community members.
Prior to arriving at UNH, Dr. Petty served as Executive Director of the Center for Diversity and Enrichment at the University of Iowa, where she led a large team of staff dedicated to the success of students with marginalized identities. Although she has been immersed in diversity, equity, and inclusion work for many years, Dr. Petty believes she has only begun to scratch the surface of available knowledge and research, viewing herself as a lifelong learner and devotee of diversity and social justice issues.
