Teaching and Advocating to Prepare Student Leaders for a Diverse Workplace

Mary Alice Trent, PhD, serves as the Director of Education and Learning for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) at a large healthcare system in the American Midwest. She provides DEI training and education, professional development, and coaching for over 16,000 employees. Prior to her work in healthcare, she worked over 25 years as a university administrator, professor, scholar, editor/author, DEI advocate and strategist, and grant writer at universities in the Midwest and in the South of the USA. Dr Trent's work extends beyond the United States to include China, Australia, and Lithuania. Dr Trent has edited five books through both national and international publishers. Peggy Stevenson Ratliff, PhD, is the Chair of the English Department and Professor of English and the former Dean of the School of Humanities and Social Sciences at Claflin University, USA. As a grant writer, she has ranked in over 3 million dollars from UNCF/Mellon Institute, National Endowment for the Humanities, and the Lilly Foundation, to name a few. She has been published in a number of academic journals, and she has one edited book from an international publisher.