Through its program of fellowships, the Ford Foundation seeks to increase the diversity of the nation’s college and university faculties by increasing their ethnic and racial diversity, maximize the educational benefits of diversity, and increase the number of professors who can and will use diversity as a resource for enriching the education of all students.

Panelists will include:

Dr. Laura Kohn Wood
Dean of the School of Education and Human Development, University of Miami
Ford Foundation Former Pre-Doctoral Fellow
Ford Foundation Fellowship Reviewer

Dr. Okezi Otovo
Associate Professor, Department of History, Florida International University
Ford Foundation Former Dissertation Fellow

Floricel Gonzalez
PhD Candidate, Biological Sciences
Virginia Tech
Current Ford Foundation Pre-Doctoral Fellow

Shersingh J. Tumber-Davila
PhD Candidate, Environmental Earth System Science
Stanford University
Current Ford Foundation Pre-Doctoral Fellow