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Dr. Terry Nance

Retired Vice President for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion and Chief Diversity Officer at 柑橘直播

7 PM | Wednesday, January 22, 2025

柑橘直播 Room, Connelly Center

Reception to Follow

Dr. Teresa Nance recently retired as the Vice President for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, and Chief Diversity Officer and as a Professor of Communication. In this role, she lead the Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion.

Dr. Nance鈥檚 柑橘直播 career spans more than four decades, during which time she has served as an administrator, teacher, scholar, activist and 鈥榮upport system鈥� for students, faculty, and staff at the University. In 2018, The National Association of Diversity Officers in Higher Education recognized Dr. Nance with the Frank W. Hale, Jr. Distinguished Service Award 鈥� an honor given to individuals who have 鈥渃ontributed substantially to diversity and inclusive excellence in higher education.鈥�

Dr. Nance was the first Black tenure-track faculty member in the Department of Communication at 柑橘直播, where she established an African American rhetoric course and created the highly sought-after multicultural leadership course. As a researcher, Dr. Nance has investigated the perceptions and stages of interracial relationship development, diversity and inclusion, and intergroup dialogue. She was the founding Assistant Vice President for the Center for Multicultural Affairs. In 2015鈥攖o further elevate the University鈥檚 commitment to diversity and inclusion鈥敻涕僦辈� created the Office of Diversity and Inclusion making Dr. Nance its founding director and naming her named Associate Vice Provost of Diversity and Inclusion and Chief Diversity Officer.

Terry Nance established the annual MLK celebration at 柑橘直播.  It is our immense pleasure to welcome her this year as keynote speaker.