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Office of Inclusion

Email:
inclusion​@nau.edu
Call:
928-523-5656

Black, African, and African American Resources and Initiatives

Hello and Welcome to Northern Arizona University!

The creation of the Black Excellence and Student initiatives is an affirming response to the mission statement guiding the Office of Inclusion (IMQ). The goal for Black Excellence and Student Services is to create culturally relevant programs and provide services to advance the holistic support of Northern Arizona University’s Black community.  Through intentional partnerships that will work together to increase the recruitment, retention, academic achievement, and self-advocacy of our Black student population we want our Black/African American Students, Staff, and faculty to celebrate their culture. Through our initiatives, the office of Black Excellence and Student Initiatives is here to address the needs of the Black/African American student community and provide support throughout their time at Northern Arizona University.

Purpose

Black Excellence and Student Initiatives is a student-led, student centered, administratively supported initiative through the Office of Inclusion. Our Black Excellence and Student Initiatives serve our Black, African, African-American student population on Northern Arizona University’s campus and offers events open to all of our students, staff, faculty and the surrounding community.

The primary aim is to reflect and to develop understanding of ethnicity and racial identity, intersectionality and to build community within the NAU campus community. The IMQ hosts meetings, events, workshops, and trainings where attendees can share in fellowship and participate in intersectional dialogues around topics such as race within higher   education, safety, power, privilege, community, and black excellence within and outside of our campus and Northern Arizona Community. Through Black Excellence, we seek to build community through the shared interest and/or identity of blackness.

BLACK Student Clubs, Organizations, and Greek Life Accordion Closed

Visit True Blue Connects for the most up-to-date list of student clubs, organizations, and fraternity/sorority chapters on campus.

  • Black Student Union
  • Phi Beta Sigma
  • Sigma Gamma Rho
  • Zeta Phi Beta
  • Louis Stokes Alliance For Minority Participation (LSAMP)
  • National Society of Black Engineers
  • Ladies Of Truth
  • Gold N Brown Jacks
  • Soul Sugar

Faculty, Staff, and Community Support

*Persons listed have agreed to share personal information along with area of expertise or skills.

**If you would like to connect with someone on this list, please email inclusion@nau.edu or martin.tease@nau.edu and put “Black/African American Resources and Support” in the subject line.

  • NAU Faculty Tab Open

  • NAU Staff Tab Closed

  • Community Resources Tab Closed

NAU Faculty Accordion Open

Dr. Margaret Boatright

Assistant Professor of Practice, Department of Educational Psychology

Also associated with:

College of Education

Margaret.Boatright@nau.edu

 

Debra Edgerton, MFA (she/her/hers)

Assistant Professor, School of Art

Also associated with:

College of Arts and Letters

Debra.Edgerton@nau.edu

 

Dr. Linnea Evans

Part time Faculty, Center for Health Equity and Research

Also associated with:

College of Health and Human Services

Linnea.Evans@nau.edu 

 

Dr. Adrien Gupton

Assistant Clinical Professor, School of Nursing

Also associated with:

Indigenous Research & Teaching Circle

College of Health and Human Services

Adrien.Gupton@nau.edu

 

Dr. Oneil Winston Guthrie

Associate Professor, Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders

Also associated with:

Indigenous Research & Teaching Circle

College of Health and Human Services

Oneil.Guthrie@nau.edu

 

Dr. Ricardo Guthrie

Associate Professor, Department of Ethnic Studies

Also associated with:

Indigenous Research & Teaching Circle

College of Social and Behavioral Sciences

Ricardo.Guthrie@nau.edu

 

Dr. Clement Lambert

Chair, COE: Teaching and Learning

Associate Professor, College of Education, Department of Teaching and Learning

Also associated with:

College of Education

Faculty leadership; guiding curriculum review; quality assurance activities; department resource management while catering to our diverse student population.

Clement.Lambert@nau.edu

 

Dr. Tracye A. Moore

Chair, Dental Hygiene

Associate Clinical Professor, Department of Dental Hygiene

Also associated with:

College of Health and Human Services

Tracye.Moore@nau.edu

 

Kenneth Mitchell Phillips, JD

Assistant Professor of Practice

The W. A. Franke College of Business

Kenneth.Mitchell-Phillips@nau.edu

 

L. Greg McAllister, MA

Lecturer, Department of Ethnic Studies

Also associated with:

Indigenous Research & Teaching Circle

College of Social and Behavioral Sciences

Louis.McAllister@nau.edu

 

Dr. Ishmael Munene

Professor, Department of Educational Leadership

Also associated with:

College of Education

Ishmael.Munene@nau.edu

 

Dr. Patience Ogunbanjo

Part-Time Faculty

The W. A. Franke College of Business

 

Dr. Grace Okoli (she/her/hers)

Assistant Clinical Professor Department of Educational Leadership

Also associated with:

College of Education

 

Dr. Ijeoma Ononuju

Assistant Clinical Professor, Department of Educational Leadership

Also associated with:

College of Education

Ijeoma.Ononuju@nau.edu

 

Dr. Eric Otenyo

Professor, Department of Politics and International Affairs

Also associated with:

Indigenous Research & Teaching Circle

College of Social and Behavioral Sciences

Eric.Otenyo@nau.edu

 

Chris Paige, MS, PMP

Assistant Professor of Practice

The W. A. Franke College of Business

Chris.Paige@nau.edu

 

Dr. April D Petillo

Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology

Part Time Faculty, Center for Health Equity and Research

Also associated with:

College of Social and Behavioral Sciences

April.Petillo@nau.edu 

 

Dr. Nicole Price

Chair, Global Languages & Cultures

Associate Professor, Department of Global Languages and Cultures

Also associated with:

Spanish

College of Arts and Letters

Nicole.Price@nau.edu

 

Dr. Wendy Rountree

Professor, Department of Ethnic Studies

Also associated with:

College of Social and Behavioral Sciences

Wendy.Rountree@nau.edu

 

Dr. Franklin Willis

Professor, School of Art

Also associated with:

Indigenous Research & Teaching Circle

College of Arts and Letters

Franklin.Willis@nau.edu

NAU Staff Accordion Closed

Ashley Martin-Casler (she/her/they/them)

Academic Advisor, Intermediate, University Advising

Ashley.Martin-Casler@nau.edu

 

Timoy Graham

Campus Living Community Coordinator, Cowden Hall

Timoy.Graham@nau.edu

 

Destinee King (she/her/hers)

Social & Cultural Support Services Coordinator, Senior – SPF, Office of Inclusion: Multicultural and LGBTQIA+ Student Services

Destinee.King@nau.edu

 

Bernadine Lewis (she/her/hers)

Program Director

The W. A. Franke College of Business

Bernadine.Lewis@nau.edu

 

Dr. Josh Mackey

Vice President & Chief Human Resources Officer, Human Resources

Also associated with:

Human Resources Administration

Joshua.Mackey@nau.edu

 

Sakenya McDonald

Assistant Director, Academic Programs, Institute for Human Development (IHD)

Also associated with:

College of Social and Behavioral Sciences

Sakenya.McDonald@nau.edu

 

Elyce Morris, JD

Title IX Coordinator, Office for the Resolution of Sexual Misconduct (ORSM): Title IX Institutional Compliance, Prevention, and Response

Also associated with:

Office of Legal Affairs & General Counsel

Elyce.Morris@nau.edu

 

Tommy Newsom II (he/him/his)

Assistant Director, Student Life Experience, Residence Life

Also associated with:

Housing

Tommy.Newsom@nau.edu

 

Dr. Martin L. Tease (he/him/his)

Social & Cultural Support Services Coordinator, Senior – SPF, Office of Inclusion: Multicultural and LGBTQIA+ Student Services

Also associated with:

The University Diversity Fellows

Center for University Access and Inclusion NAU 100, Instructor

NAU Zone Trainings & DEI Workshops

Martin.Tease@nau.edu

 

Desmond Thomas

Campus Living Community Coordinator, Wilson Hall

Desmond.Thomas@nau.edu

 

Kiara Weathersby (she/her/hers)

Manager, Student Development, Indigenous Student Success

Also associated with:

Student Affairs Mentoring Student Affairs Mentoring

Program Design | Coach | Mentor Training | Curriculum Design | Commissioner, Commission for Indigenous Peoples

Kiara.Weathersby@nau.edu

Community Resources Accordion Closed

African Diaspora Advisory Council

Coconino County

219 E Cherry Ave, Flagstaff, AZ 86001

 

Jermaine Barkley, MA

Disaster Services Program Manager

American Red Cross Northern and Central Arizona Chapter

1750 Railroad Springs Blvd, Suite 1, Flagstaff, AZ 86001

 

Deborah A. Harris, M.Ed.

NAU Associate Dean of Students, Retired, 2017

President, Southside Community Association (Operating the Historic Murdoch Community Center)

 

Khara House

Director of Community Engagement, Bella Investment Group, LLC

Khara also volunteers and serves with various local and national groups such as the NAACP, the NAA Diversity and Inclusion Committee, NAA NextGen, Coconino County African American Advisory Council, Flagstaff Housing Commission, and the Executive Board of NAMI Flagstaff.

 

National Advancement for the Association of Colored People (NAACP)

NAACP Flagstaff Branch

PO Box 31263, Flagstaff, AZ 86003

http://www.arizonastateconferencenaacp.org

928.856.2797

Rev. Cemie Clayton, Branch President

 

Carolyn A. Kidd, MBA (she, her, hers)

HR Analyst, Recruitment and Employee Relations

Chair, Diversity Team

Human Resources, Coconino County, Arizona

 

Kuttz Barbershop and College

Jabarha “Kuttz” Nichols

2219 E 7th Ave, Flagstaff, AZ 86004

928.779.6011

 

First Missionary Baptist Church

219 S Elden St, Flagstaff, AZ 86001

928.779.3133

 

Harbert Chapel, AME

424 S San Francisco St, Flagstaff, AZ 86001

 

Riverside Church of God In Christ

419 S Verde St, Flagstaff, AZ 86001

928.774.0493

 

Spring Hill Missionary Baptist Church

624 S O’Leary St, Flagstaff, AZ 86001

928-774-9065

Office of Inclusion
Location
Room 134 Building 30
University Union Fieldhouse
1050 Knoles Dr.
Flagstaff, AZ 86011
Mailing Address
PO Box 5677
Flagstaff, AZ 86011
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Phone
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