FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
February 10, 2022
Contact: Ralph Newell
Phone: 703.385.2419
Email: [email protected]
Dr. Eboni Zamani-Gallaher to receive the 2022 Diverse Champions Award
FAIRFAX, Va. — Diverse: Issues In Higher Education is pleased to announce that Dr. Eboni Zamani-Gallaher will be the recipient of the 2022 Diverse Champions Award.
Dr. Eboni M. Zamani-Gallaher is Professor of Higher Education and Community College Leadership and the director of the Office for Community College Research and Leadership (OCCRL) at the University of Illinois Urbana Champaign. She previously served as the university’s Associate Head of the Department of Education Policy, Organization, and Leadership and Associate Dean of the Graduate College. Currently she serves as the Executive Director of the Council for the Study of Community Colleges (CSCC).
During her extensive career in higher education, Dr. Zamani-Gallaher has conducted research on marginalized student populations in marginalized institutional contexts. Namely, her work has focused on access, participation, and equitable postsecondary educational trajectories for diverse collegians in two- and four-year institutions. Zamani-Gallaher's scholarship specifically concerns how underrepresented and underserved students navigate open systems of admissions to further education and/or gainful employment. Her studies span policy relevant inquiry on affirmative action in college admissions, postsecondary prison education, ADA compliance, and campus climate for racially minoritized students, students with disabilities, LGBTQIA collegians, and student veterans.
The March 31, 2022 edition of Diverse will include a tribute to Zamani-Gallaher. And the Diverse Champions Award will be presented to her during the annual meeting of the American Association of Community Colleges.
About this Award:
The Diverse Champions Award recognizes community college leaders who have shown an unwavering commitment to equal opportunity and access for all, particularly at the community college level.
