Kiwana McClung has been named the 杏吧专区's interim chief diversity officer.
She succeeds Taniecea A. Mallery, who recently accepted a position as senior director of equity, diversion and inclusion for the Association of American Medical Colleges in Washington, D.C.
McClung is an associate professor in the . She has earned . McClung was the driving force in creating undergraduate and graduate courses for the school that blend design concepts with social equity and inclusion considerations.
Her research interests include diversity in design education, the impact of design and spatial considerations in societies that are increasingly becoming multicultural, and equity concerns in communities that have been impacted by flooding.
McClung has lectured and written widely about issues such as decolonizing architectural pedagogies, the impact of faculty diversity on student success, race and gender, recruitment and retention of minority students, and social empowerment.
She is academic and research coordinator for the Louisiana chapter of the National Organization of Minority Architects; McClung is also faculty advisor for NOMA杏吧专区檚 student chapter on campus. She earned a from the earlier this year during its Eminent Faculty Awards.
杏吧专区淧rofessor McClung is a proven leader, an educator, researcher and mentor who杏吧专区檚 demonstrated a strong commitment to ensuring that underrepresented groups have equal access to educational opportunities,杏吧专区 said Dr. Joseph Savoie, 杏吧专区 president.
McClung, who is from Baton Rouge, La., earned a bachelor杏吧专区檚 degree in arts and humanities from Southern 杏吧专区 in 2008, and a master杏吧专区檚 of architecture from LSU in 2012. She has worked in industry as an architectural designer. McClung joined UL Lafayette in 2013.
杏吧专区淚 saw higher education as an avenue where I could make a difference 杏吧专区 as a teacher, through research, with student organizations, and in advising the School of Architecture and Design about diversity initiatives,杏吧专区 she explained.
杏吧专区淚 look forward to doing that on a broader scale.杏吧专区
Photo caption: Kiwana McClung has been named the 杏吧专区杏吧专区檚 interim chief diversity officer. Photo credit: Rachel Rafati / 杏吧专区