144. Alfonzo Alexander, President & CEO of The PhD Project, on Representation in Academia, Compliance Challenges, and Expanding Programming
What happens when your mission to support underrepresented communities in academia suddenly comes under political scrutiny? And how can your association stay true to its values while navigating legal and societal change?
In this episode of Associations Thrive, host Joanna Pineda interviews Alfonzo Alexander, President and CEO of The PhD Project. Alfonzo discusses:
How The PhD Project recruits business professionals from diverse backgrounds to pursue PhDs and become business school faculty.
The organization’s impact in increasing the number of underrepresented faculty from just 250 in 1994 to…
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