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Dr. David J. Leonard, Chair and Associate Professor of the Department of Critical Culture, Gender, and Race Studies, Washington State University
Dr.
David J. Leonard has dedicated his career to interdisciplinary scholarship, transformative teaching, and research that underscores the continued significance of race within popular culture, the structures of politics, and society at large. Dr. Leonard
is an Associate Professor in and Chair of the Department of Critical Culture, Gender, and Race Studies at Washington State University, Pullman, Washington. Dr. Leonard has a B.A. in Black Studies from the University of California, Santa Barbara, and a Master's
and Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley.
Dr. Christine Grant, Associate Dean of Faculty Development and Special Initiatives for the College of Engineering and Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular
Engineering, North Carolina State University
Dr.
Christine Grant has devoted over 30 years to promoting and fostering inclusiveness for underrepresented minorities and females in the chemical sciences and engineering. She is one of only 5 African American women in the U.S. at that rank of Full Professor
in Chemical Engineering. Dr. Grant is an accomplished researcher and serves as an excellent role model for underrepresented minorities and women in STEM. The "Promoting Underrepresented Presence on Science and Engineering Faculties (PURPOSE) Institute" founded
by Grant is celebrating over seven years of promoting careers of minority and women faculty while providing role models for students at all stages in the pipeline. She also serves as Associate Dean of Faculty Development and Special Initiatives in the College
of Engineering at North Carolina State University.
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