About Byrd
Publications & Consulting
*Publications:
-Pipeline Programs in Higher Education
(May 2021, Lever Press)
-Innovative Strategies for Diversifying the Professoriate
-Creative Recruitment in Race-Sensitive Environments
*Consulting:
Educational, Non-Profit, and Corporate Change Management
Experience & Research
*CEO & Co-Founder, Academic Pipeline Project, LLC
*Special Advisor to the Provost, Georgia State University
*Research Associate/Consultant, HBCU STEM Undergraduate Success Center, Morehouse College
*Assistant Dean/Sr. Associate Director of Graduate Admissions, Clark Atlanta University
*University of Florida, Georgia State University, University of
*Georgia, Arizona State University, and Iowa State University
*Ronald E. McNair Post-Baccalaureate Achievement Program
*NAGAP Enrollment Management Research Grant
*Council of Graduate Schools/Petersons Inclusiveness Grant
~ SEE CV/ RESUME BELOW ~
Education
*EdD, Adult Education Leadership University of Georgia
*MEd, Higher Education Iowa State University
*BS, Psychology Iowa State University
SPOTLIGHT: UGA HONORS DR. BYRD
February 2021: "60 at 60 honors College of Pharmacy community members who have advocated for a more equitable and inclusive society." Learn more: rx.uga.edu/college-of-pharmacy-60-at-60/
NEW BOOK from lever press
ACADEMIC PIPELINE PROJECT
The book, Academic Pipeline Programs: Diversifying Pathways from the Bachelor's to the Professoriate (Lever, 2021), will serve as a comprehensive resource guide to support the readership’s (i.e., parents, undergraduate and graduate students, post docs, faculty, college/university and graduate school administrators) awareness of pipeline programs that recruit individuals from diverse ethnic, gender, and economic backgrounds. We are focusing on groups that are categorized as underrepresented relative to their representation in colleges and universities.
This guide will illustrate initiatives that prepare individuals for the journey from the undergraduate degree to careers in academe. This resource will provide an in-depth discussion regarding these pipeline programs using the newly created THRIVE Index which will contextualize each program into comparable and quantifiable frameworks for the reader.
Learn More
AUTHORS
Dr. Curtis D. Byrd
Research Associate/Consultant, HBCU STEM-US Center, Morehouse College
&
Dr. Rihana S. Mason
Research Scientist,
Georgia State University
FOREWORD
Dr. Freeman A. Hrabowski
President, UMBC
University of Maryland, Baltimore County
AFTERWORD
Dr. Ansley A. Abraham
Founding Director, SREB Doctoral Scholars Program
BOOK DETAILS
webinars
Diverse Issues in Higher Education
Story about Sage Press Webinar Series
Webinar Series Panel #1
Panelists: Drs. Curtis Byrd, Rihana Mason, Ansley Abraham (Director, SREB State Doctoral Scholars Program), and Taiese Bingham-Hickman (Associate Director, Leadership Alliance) Link
Webinar Series #2
Dr. Curtis D Byrd is the Special Advisor to the Provost on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at Georgia State University. Dr. Rihana S Mason is a Research Scientist at the Urban Child Study Center at Georgia State University. Link.
Webinar Series #3
Panelists: Drs. Curtis Byrd, Rihana Mason, Freeman Hrabowski (President, University of Baltimore County), and Jamal Watson (Editor, Diverse: Issues In Higher Education) Link
Recent Seminars & Workshops
Vision for Georgia State and DEI: Where Do We Go from Here?
GSU 2021 Groundbreaker Lecture (Host). The Sword and the Shield: The Revolutionary Lives of Malcolm X and Martin Luther King, Jr.
February 11, 2021
GSU Diversity Dialogue 4 (Host): Georgia State University's Role in the Future of Atlanta--An International City
January 28, 2021
Town Hall with Ambassador Andrew Young (Host)
July 15, 2020
HBCU STEM-US Center & CEEQA Conference (Host)
July 11-12, 2019
Seattle University Faculty & Administrators (Guest Speaker)
November 20, 2018
Jamestown, LP Inclusion Seminar (Guest Speaker)
August 17 & 24, 2018