EVMS Diversity and Inclusion holds an annual speaker series focused on diversity, inclusion and equity and its impact on Hampton Roads.
Past Speaker Series
Why Academia Needs LHS+ Identified Faculty and Leaders
John Paul Sánchez, MD, MPH
Executive Associate Vice Chancellor, Office for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, University of New Mexico, Executive Director, LMSA National Inc.
Co-Founder/President of Building the Next Generation of Academic Physicians (BNGAP)
The Role of Healthcare Professionals in Documenting Human Rights Abuses and Advocating for Asylum Seekers
Adeyinka M. Akinsulure-Smith, PhD
Senior Staff Psychologist, Bellevue Program for Survivor of Torture
Professor of Psychology, The City College of New York and The Graduare Center, CUNY
Hawtorne Smith, PhD
Director, Bellevue program for Survivors of Torture
Associate Clinical Professor. NYU School of Medicine
Rising to the Challenges of Race, Gender, and Being Human: Stereotype Threat and Imposter Syndrome
Joshua Aronson
Associate Professor of Applied Psychology
New York University
Norfolk: The Enduring Legacies of a Racially Bifurcated Society and the Hope for Change
Cassandra L. Newby-Alexander, PhD
Dean, College of Liberal Arts, Professor of History
Director, Joseph Jenkins Roberts Center for African Diaspora Studies
Norfolk State University
From Equity Talk to Equity Walk: Higher Education
Tia Brown McNair, EDD
Vice President for Diversity, Equity, and Student Success and
Executive Director for the TRHT Campus Centers
Office of Diversity, Equity, and Student Success
Association of American Colleges and Universities
At the Intersection of Equity, Science and Social Justice: Role of the Academic Health System
Joseph L. Wright, MD, MPH
Senior Vice President & Chief Medical Officer
Capital Region Health
University of Maryland Medical System
