I have always believed that modern scholars should not only be important parts of their campus, and contribute to the growth of their peers and students in and outside the classroom, but also commit to the communities to which they belong in meaningful and useful ways.

In the past few years, I have dedicated part of my time on campuses I was getting degrees at, both in France and in the United States, to this dual goal of bridging the gap between the town and the gown and helping higher education understand the needs of undergraduate and graduate students better in order to nurture the next generation of leaders in and outside of academia.

With Graduate Student Council President Keila Davis (Fall 2013), and GSC VP-elect Lakshmi Padmanabhan (VP 2014-2015)
With Graduate Student Council President Keila Davis (Fall 2013), and GSC VP-elect Lakshmi Padmanabhan (VP 2014-2015)

You will find here examples of my work  in the form of an overview of content created in the past few years for student affairs projects, but also several advocacy projects I have taken the lead on at Brown and elsewhere. I have worked on a range of issue that I am happily bringing to the classroom everyday: gender, mentoring graduate students, international students and diversity on campus. All of these are issues that I have worked on either as a graduate student liaison for the Graduate School and the Office of Students Life, or that I have tackled in my service as a Graduate Student Council officer.

You will also find here a complete list of Leadership Experience and Campus Job Experience on my Curriculum Vitae page.

Because of my work as a community leader, I was hired in 2014 by the Graduate School and the Office of Student Life to help transform International Orientation for Graduate Students.

I was also selected, in 2013, to take part in a semester long series of seminars as part of the Brown Executive Scholars Training Program (BEST program).

The Brown Executive Scholars Training (BEST) Program is designed to help prepare advanced master’s students and doctoral candidates for careers in higher education administration. Every fall eight to 10 graduate students are chosen to participate in this 12-week mentored, education and training program. This program was established in 2010 and is sponsored by the Graduate School and the Office of Institutional Diversity. 

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Purpose

To help prepare graduate students for future leadership roles in higher education administration through a semester-long, mentored education and training experience.

Objectives

  1. Educate graduate students about university administration and the roles and responsibilities of senior administrators.
  2. Expose graduate students to senior administrators through one-on-one mentoring relationships and professional development activities.
  3. Enhance the leadership skills of graduate students who aspire to pursue careers in academic administration.

 Additionally, the LGBTQ Resource Center at Syracuse University has awarded me the Foundation Award for Outstanding Graduate Student Leadership (in recognition of my efforts in co-facilitating the staff, faculty and grad group Open Doors, as well as my leadership in Safe Space and anti-bullying education), which I was honored to receive in 2009.

At Brown University, I have recently been nominated for a national award, the K Patricia Cross Future Leaders Award (Association of American Colleges and Universities), in October 2014. I am extremely honored that then-Brown University’s Associate Dean of the Graduate School for Diversity, Jabbar Bennett, nominated me for the award, with the support of then-Vice President of Campus Life and Student Services, Margaret Klawunn.

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