Contact: James Carskadon

STARKVILLE, Miss.—Mississippi State is recognizing the university’s inaugural Access, Diversity and Inclusion Faculty Fellows cohort.

Five individuals from MSU make up the spring 2022 class of ADI Fellows and are assisting the Division of Access, Diversity and Inclusion in key initiatives. ADI Fellows are working with efforts to increase diversity among faculty and staff, provide additional support to first-generation, limited-income students, and enhance international student experiences.

“We are incredibly excited to launch the ADI Fellows program with a tremendous inaugural cohort of faculty and staff leaders,” said MSU Vice President for Access, Diversity and Inclusion Ra’Sheda Forbes. “This program will be a great benefit to our division and the entire university as these fellows’ projects will inform and enhance our work and practices.”

 

The Spring 2022 ADI Fellows include:

• Qiana Cutts, assistant professor in the Department of Counseling, Educational Psychology and Foundations in the College of Education;
• Caroline Kobia, assistant professor of fashion design and merchandising in the School of Human Sciences and College of Agriculture and Life Sciences;
• Bindu Nanduri, professor in the Department of Comparative Biomedical Sciences in the College of Veterinary Medicine;
• Lauren Priddy, assistant professor in the Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering in the Bagley College of Engineering and College of Agriculture and Life Sciences;
• Lindsey Storey Shelton, director of graduate admissions and enrollment management in the Graduate School.

ADI Fellows are selected following an application and interview process and work at least 20 hours per month in support of the program. Benefits for the participants include the valuable coaching, career guidance and shadowing experiences, collaboration and networking opportunities with executive leaders, and the opportunity to make a meaningful impact on transformative access, diversity and inclusion initiatives.

For more on MSU’s diversity and inclusion programs, visit www.oidi.msstate.edu/diversity-msstate.

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