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Entrepreneurship Faculty Fellowship

The Entrepreneurship Faculty Fellowship program is focused on broadening participation in the innovation process and integrating an entrepreneurial mindset across campus. This interdisciplinary program is intended for full-time faculty at UNC Charlotte that identify...

Gambrell Fellowship Recipient

Awarded a Gambrell Fellowship in 2021. The research will focus on using employee ownership to address the racial wealth gap in Charlotte. This project has great potential to impact the long-term racial wealth disparities here locally.

Inclusive Innovation Leadership Academy

A collaboration of Ventureprise and City Startup Labs, is a learning program that educates, empowers and inspires women and other underrepresented minorities to utilize their expertise and potential for social and economic impact and growth while advancing an...

Research Projects

1.Kaniuka, A., Job, S.A., Brooks, B.D., Guo, Y....

SACNAS Links: Connecting STEM Students to Peer Mentors

The objective of this program is to help build a network of support for incoming, underrepresented students by pairing them with undergraduate and graduate students who have or are successfully navigating the University system. All student participants will receive...

Award/Recognition: Distinguished Fellow of the National Academies of Practice (NAP) in Social Work

I am being inducted as a Distinguished Fellow of the National Academies of Practice (NAP) in Social Work in recognition of my practice and research in interprofessional healthcare specifically contributions in multiple sclerosis, child, adolescent and adult mental...

CHHS Dean's Faculty Fellow. (Focus on DEI in Strategic Plan this year)

For the second academic year, Dean Catrine Tudor-Locke appointed a CHHS Dean's Faculty Fellow to assist with a special project in the Dean's Office. This year, the 2021-2022 CHHS Dean's Faculty Fellow is Dr. Diana Rowan. She is focusing on exploring metrics to...

CHHS Diversity, Inclusion & Equity (DIvE) Commitee (Dr. Dante Bryant, Chair)

This is a standing Committee in the CHHS. It is comprised of representatives from units across the College, and is composed of faculty and staff who are committed to promotion of DEI. The mission is as follows: "The purpose of the DIvE committee is to assist with...

Mental Health Research and Practice Division

Vision The vision of the Mental Health Research and Practice Division is to serve as an international center of excellence and pipeline for the implementation of affirmative, strengths-based research and practices that aim to heal and transform diverse individuals...

Needs Assessment to Inform Mecklenburg County Communitywide Child Abuse Prevention Plan

This grant (funded by Mecklenburg County) initiative is to conduct the Mecklenburg County Needs Assessment to Inform the development of the Mecklenburg County Communitywide Child Abuse Prevention Plan.