Two Black Men Named to High-Level Diversity Officer Positions

Reg Stewart_350Reg Chhen Stewart is the new chief diversity officer at the University of Nevada at Reno. He has been on the staff at the university since 1996, serving most recently as director of the Center for Cultural Diversity and director of diversity initiatives.

Dr. Stewart holds a bachelor’s degree in sociology and a master’s degree in counseling education from San Francisco State University. He earned a second master’s degree and a doctorate in educational leadership from the University of Nevada.

Jones-NormNorm J. Jones was appointed associate chief diversity officer and deputy director in the Office of the Assistant to the President for Institutional Diversity and Equity at Harvard University. He was associate vice president of student development and dean of institutional diversity at Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. He has been on the staff at Dickinson since 2001.

Dr. Jones is a graduate of Morehouse College in Atlanta, where he majored in English and linguistics. He earned a master of public administration degree and a doctorate in workforce education and development from Pennsylvania State University.

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