Profiles

Matthew K. Oware is chair and professor of sociology and anthropology at the University of Richmond (VA), where he is the Irving May Professor of Human Relations. Previously, he served DePauw University (IN) as the Lester Martin Jones Professor of Sociology, the director of Africana Studies, and chair of the sociology and anthropology department. Oware’s […]

​Matt Burris helps educational entities and businesses understand their legal obligations and address legal challenges at the local, state, and federal level. A former teacher, Burris has concentrated experience advising and litigating on behalf of schools, colleges, and universities on all issues affecting educational institutions in California and across the United States. Burris gained in-house […]

Nicholas Adams is professor of philosophical theology at the University of Birmingham in England. He began his academic career as an expert on German Idealism and its impact on Christian theology, writing on the work of Jürgen Habermas (Habermas and Theology, 2006) and G. W. F. Hegel (Eclipse of Grace: Divine and Human Action in […]

Eddie S. Glaude, Jr. is the James S. McDonnell Distinguished University Professor and chair of the Department of African American Studies at Princeton University. As an author, political commentator, public intellectual, and passionate educator, he focuses on the complex dynamics of the American experience. He is a widely respected scholar of religious studies and has […]

Kathleen A. Mahoney is senior program officer for global development at GHR Foundation in Minneapolis, Minnesota, where her portfolio focuses on the nexus of faith and the well-being of children. She previously served as the president of Porticus North America Foundation, and has provided consulting services for other foundations. Mahoney has served on the boards […]

Susan Llewellyn Deniker is an attorney at Steptoe & Johnson PLLC, where she chairs the Labor and Employment Department and is a member of the firm’s higher education team. She specializes in the areas of labor and employment law, higher education law, and litigation. Deniker’s higher education practice includes counseling on employment issues as well […]

​Jenna K. Templeton, vice president for academic affairs at Chatham University, helped lead the university’s academic reorganization and transition to undergraduate coeducation. Her career in higher education administration has included service as director of online academic and support services, associate dean of distance education, and director of student life. Earlier, her work focused on advising […]

LeeRay Costa is executive director of the Batten Leadership Institute at Hollins University (VA). Her research, teaching, and community activism focus on social justice and a desire to understand processes of social change. Trained as a feminist cultural anthropologist, Costa has conducted ethnographic fieldwork on women’s activism and nongovernmental organizations in Thailand, on transgender youth […]

Eboo Patel is the founder and president of Interfaith America, the nation’s leading interfaith organization. As a civic leader, speaker, and author, Patel advances the notion that diversity is a treasure, and cooperation across our differences is the key for everybody to thrive. His impact extends to serving on Former President Barack Obama’s Inaugural Faith […]

Natasha Baker is a partner with Novus Law Firm, Inc. Baker represents private and public institutions of higher education in a broad range of legal matters, including Title IX; student discipline; FERPA compliance; disability accommodation for students and employees; faculty discipline; and employment matters such as tenure denial and dismissal, harassment, discrimination, and wrongful termination. […]