Making A Change For The Next Generation: A Positively Disruptive Convo w/ Dr. Lakeisha Thorpe - Exec Co-Director of Culture, Strategy, & Green Business Planning at Green America | The DEI Disruptors

Join us as we have a conversation about higher ed and making a change for the next generation with Dr. Lakeisha Thorpe - Exec Co-Director of Culture, Strategy, & Green Business Planning at Green America. Gain insights into how her experience of feeling othered pushed her into a career of diversity, equity, and inclusion!

Dr. LaKeisha Thorpe spent 16 years as a higher education administrator and instructor and has spent the better part of a decade researching, teaching, and presenting on diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging and social justice issues. Dr. Thorpe has taught college courses on cultural and racial theories, womanist and feminist theories, and pop culture and arts-based research methods. She is passionate about social justice, cultural humility, and a transdisciplinary approach to the navigation of transcultural spaces. 

Her doctoral research is squarely grounded in the narratives surrounding food habits, food pathways, and their importance to our cultural identities. Her doctoral work, an arts-based research project, theorizes what might happen if we became the culture and ethnicity associated with the food we ingested. Dr. Thorpe is dedicated to ideologies that celebrate differences and is dedicated to creating space for uncomfortable conversations.

She has presented, taught, and/or facilitated conversations on diversity, equity, and Inclusion at Cedar Crest College, Providence College, and Bryn Mawr College, Lafayette College, Moravian University and Princeton University, Chestnut Hill College and Villanova University. Dr. Thorpe has served on several boards and committees throughout northeastern Pennsylvania. She's been an editor, a guest lecturer, and spent 4 years as a radio show host in Philadelphia, Pa. She currently serves as the Executive Co-Director of Culture, Strategy, and Green Business Development at Green America.

The podcast is hosted by Dr. Britney Scott, a physician, black belt in lean six sigma, DEI process improvement thought leader and enthusiast. She is also the founder of The Clinic Doctor consulting practice where they create systems that sustain diverse, equitable, and inclusive workplaces. The podcast is powered by The Clinic Doctor.

The Clinic Doctor is a process improvement consulting firm that specializes in diversity, equity, and inclusion within healthcare. We use process improvement to help you create happier employees and better bottomline. Connect with us at [e-mail] or learn more about us at www.clinicdoctorconsulting.com.

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Dr. Lakeisha Thorpe: Linkedin-https://www.linkedin.com/in/drlakeishalthorpe/