The Art of Change Agency Lead & Collaborators

The Art of Change Agency collaborates with these agents of change on select projects.

Lead Coach & Consultant

Mel Michelle Lewis is Vice President for People, Justice, and Cultural Affairs at American Rivers. Dr. Mel was Associate Professor and Director of the Ecosystems, Sustainability, and Justice Program and Project Director for the Natural Dye Initiative at Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) where they co-founded of The Space for Creative Black Imagination: An Interdisciplinary Research and Making Institute and Chaired the Humanistic Studies Department. She has also served as Director of the transdiciplinary Center for Geographies of Justice and as Associate Professor of Women, Gender, & Sexuality Studies and Africana Studies at Goucher College. Their roles have also included Associate Professor and Director of Ethnic Studies at Saint Mary’s College of California and Interim Executive director of the National Women’s Studies Association. Originally from Bayou la Batre, Alabama, their creative work explores queer of color themes in rural coastal settings.

collaborator

Nana Osei-Kofi is Professor of Women, Gender, & Sexuality Studies, and Director of the Difference, Power, & Discrimination Program at Oregon State University. She has developed and delivered faculty development programs and workshops for over a decade, and regularly serves as a national consultant on higher education initiatives informed by commitments to equity, access, and justice. She accumulated 15 years of professional experience as a project consultant to small and large organizations prior to her entry into the academy.

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