WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Tiffany G. Townsend, Ph.D. is keen to strengthen Purdue University Global’s sturdy repute as a frontrunner in on-line training. She has been employed as vp of organizational tradition and chief variety officer, starting July 1 and reporting to Chancellor Frank Dooley as a member of the college’s senior management workforce.
On this newly created place, Townsend will assist Purdue College International’s mission and technique by fostering a studying atmosphere that’s various, inclusive and equitable for all college students, college, employees and directors. She’s going to information and implement variety, fairness and inclusion initiatives at each the institutional and division ranges, whereas supporting and constructing methods of inclusion by means of insurance policies, procedures, practices, customs and management. As well as, Townsend will foster collaborative relationships inside the Purdue College system to align methods and initiatives.
“As a web-based, public college that’s tied to a really sturdy academic legacy, Purdue College International is properly positioned to dramatically change the panorama of upper training, notably because it pertains to making training extra accessible and reasonably priced to an unlimited array of scholars,” Townsend mentioned. “I’m extraordinarily excited to hitch the workforce at Purdue International, and I sit up for working with the Purdue International group to reimagine larger training.”
As a clinician and scholar, Townsend has labored for over twenty years to make sure that all people, no matter ethnicity, intercourse or socio-economic standing, have entry to the data and sources essential to facilitate wholesome functioning and general wellbeing.
“The whole college is worked up that Dr. Townsend is bringing her experience, expertise and insights to Purdue College International,” Dooley mentioned. “Together with her as a key member of our workforce, we can be a greater and extra related college.”
Townsend involves Purdue College International from Augusta College, the place she has held twin positions of chief variety officer and affiliate professor of psychological sciences since 2019. She established a complete DEI coaching program that included a set of variety programs, in-person workshops and on-line coaching modules to make sure that all college students, employees and college have been uncovered to elementary DEI ideas and ideas.
Townsend additionally at present serves as president of the Georgia Affiliation of Variety Officers in Increased Schooling and has been chosen as a fellow with the Nationwide Affiliation of Variety Officers in Increased Schooling.
“Through the search course of, I used to be very impressed by Purdue International’s dedication to creating an equitable work and studying atmosphere for its college students, employees and college,” Townsend mentioned. “I need to thank the search committee, members of the college group and particularly Chancellor Dooley for entrusting me to be the primary to guide this effort.
“My position because the inaugural chief variety officer can be to harness the vitality for DEI that’s already current on the college and work to co-create a plan with the Purdue International group to comprehend its fairness imaginative and prescient.”
Previous to Augusta College, Townsend was senior director of the Workplace of Ethnic Minority Affairs for the American Psychological Affiliation from 2011-19. She beforehand held college positions at Georgetown College Medical College (2006-19) and Penn State College (1998-2006).
Townsend earned her bachelor’s diploma in psychology from Spelman School. She earned her grasp’s and doctoral levels in medical psychology from George Washington College. Her work has been featured in a number of journals, books and media shops, together with the Washingtonian, Los Angeles Occasions and San Diego Union-Tribune.
About Purdue College International
Purdue College International delivers personalised on-line training tailor-made to the distinctive wants of adults who’ve work or life expertise past the classroom, enabling them to develop important tutorial {and professional} abilities with the assist and adaptability they should obtain their profession objectives. It presents personalised paths for college students to earn an affiliate, bachelor’s, grasp’s or doctoral diploma, based mostly on their work expertise, desired tempo, army service, earlier school credit and different issues – irrespective of the place they’re of their life journey. Purdue College International is a nonprofit, public college accredited by the Increased Studying Fee. It’s affiliated with Purdue College’s flagship establishment, a extremely ranked public analysis college positioned in West Lafayette, Indiana. Purdue College additionally operates regional campuses in Fort Wayne and Northwest Indiana, in addition to serving science, engineering and know-how college students on the Indiana College-Purdue College Indianapolis (IUPUI) campus. For extra info, go to purdueglobal.edu.
Media Contact: Tom Schott, tschott@purdue.edu
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