Dodge appointed assistant vice provost for Minority Affairs

COLUMBUS – Mac Stewart, vice provost for Minority Affairs, has appointed Georgina Dodge as assistant vice provost for Minority Affairs.

In that position, Dodge will coordinate diversity efforts on campus and in area communities. Among other projects, Dodge will direct a Diversity Leaders Group to identify opportunities for collaboration, will compile and produce an annual diversity publication to create awareness of initiatives and appointments at Ohio State, and will continue ongoing efforts to recruit and retain students.

"I am really excited to work with a unit as active and involved with diversity as the Office of Minority Affairs," she said. "My primary goal is to help Ohio State make diversity a matter of everyday life rather than an afterthought."

From September 2002 to April 2005, Dodge served as director of the Department of African American and African Studies Community Extension Center, a conduit between the university and the residents of Columbus. Dodge, an expert in African American and multi-racial literature, was a faculty member in Ohio State's Department of English before joining the center as director. She earned her bachelor's degree at the University of California at Irvine and her master's and doctoral degrees in English at the University of California at Los Angeles.

In addition, Dodge is a member of the Ohio African American Hall of Fame Board of Trustees, vice chair of the university's Multicultural Center Advisory Council, and a member of the Board of Trustees for Planned Parenthood of Central Ohio.

Stewart says her experience, particularly as director of the Community Extension Center, has prepared her well for the position.

"Georgina brings a tremendous amount of expertise to the position," he said. "Her community involvement and experience at the university has made her an ideal selection. I am confident that she has the breadth of skills necessary to continue her efforts of using the university's resources to reach out to the Columbus community."