A Powerful Conversation with Keona Lewis, Ph.D.
Given that demographers estimate that the United States will be a majority-minority country by 2048, what does that mean for the changing face of leadership? Angela Logan, Ph.D., St. Andre Bessette Academic Director of the Master of Nonprofit Administration Program at the Mendoza College of Business and Keona Lewis, Ph.D., assistant provost for academic diversity and inclusion and assistant professor of the practice in the Institute for Social Concerns at the University of Notre Dame, sit down for a fireside chat about a new framework of business leadership and how Lewis works to foster an academic environment where faculty and staff feel a strong sense of belonging and respect.
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Tuesday, March 25, 2025 12:00 pm
Given that demographers estimate that the United States will be a majority-minority country by 2048, what does that mean for the changing face of leadership? Angela Logan, Ph.D., St. Andre Bessette Academic Director of the Master of Nonprofit Administration Program at the Mendoza College of Business and Keona Lewis, Ph.D., assistant provost for academic diversity and inclusion and assistant professor of the practice in the Institute for Social Concerns at the University of Notre Dame, sit down for a fireside chat about a new framework of business leadership and how Lewis works to foster an academic environment where faculty and staff feel a strong sense of belonging and respect.
This event continues the ThinkND series Powerful Conversations where Logan and Black women who lead organizations will discuss the importance of race, gender, and faith to the work of leadership. Powerful Conversations is co-sponsored by Mendoza College of Business, the Office of the Provost, the Office of Institutional Transformation, the Notre Dame Initiative on Race and Resilience, Notre Dame Research, and the Black Alumni of Notre Dame.
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MoreMeet the Faculty: Keona Lewis, Ph.D.
Keona Lewis is assistant provost for academic diversity and inclusion at the University of Notre Dame. She oversees the vision, strategy, and community-building programs for academic diversity and inclusion. Lewis helps ensure that the academic core is an environment where faculty and staff feel a strong sense of belonging and respect and where differences are celebrated, partnering closely with the vice president and associate provost for faculty affairs.
In addition to her role as assistant provost for academic diversity and inclusion, Keona Lewis holds an appointment as assistant professor of the practice in Notre Dame’s Institute for Social Concerns.
She joined Notre Dame from the Georgia Institute of Technology, where she was associate director of research and evaluation for diversity, equity and inclusion. In this capacity, she played a lead role in developing, supporting and evaluating programs for faculty, staff and students. She also chaired the Diversity Champion Awards Committee and co-chaired the Georgia Tech Police Department Community Council. Lewis previously served as program review and research manager for diversity, equity and inclusion at Georgia Tech. Prior to joining Georgia Tech, she taught in the anthropology and criminology departments at Kennesaw State University in Kennesaw, Georgia.
Lewis has an impressive record of leading training programs on a variety of topics, including assessing conscious and unconscious biases and microaggressions. With research interests that include higher education, the African Diaspora, ethnicity, gender and educational outcomes, she has previously taught courses in anthropology, U.S. cultural diversity and perspectives in criminal justice. Lewis earned her bachelor’s and master’s degrees in criminology and her doctorate in applied anthropology from the University of South Florida in Tampa.