Marlo Goldstein Hode, PhD, currently serves as the Senior Manager of Strategic Diversity Initiatives for UMSL’s Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. Dr. Goldstein Hode provides in-person and online educational opportunities for faculty and staff in topics such as unconscious bias, constructive communication, and inclusive classroom practices. She developed the first-of-its-kind online diversity course for faculty and staff at all four campuses of the University of Missouri System, and continues to hold a courtesy faculty position in the Department of Communications at UM–Columbia. She is the author of many peer-reviewed journal articles and book chapters on various topics, including sexual harassment, neurodiversity, racial issues on campus, and the effectiveness of online professional development courses. She also serves on the editorial board of the
Journal of Diversity in Higher Education.
Darvelle Hutchins,PhD, serves as the Senior Director of Culture, Diversity, and Inclusion with the New Orleans Saints and New Orleans Pelicans. His research focuses on diversity, power, and stigmatized identities in organizational contexts and has been featured in multiple journals, books, and digital outlets, including the
Journal of Diversity in Higher Education,
Organizing Inclusion: Moving Diversity from Demographics to Communication Processes (Routledge), and the Association of College and University Educators’ (ACUE’s) inclusive teaching toolkit. Darvelle has designed and taught courses on organizational culture, communication, and diversity in academic settings, corporate workplaces, and the United States Armed Forces.