The following interdisciplinary team of faculty, staff, students and community educators collaborated to design and implement the Miami Dream Keepers Initiative. These collaborators bring a variety of expertise and insight to this interdisciplinary effort, including student development, culturally relevant pedagogy, cross-cultural communication, leadership, youth development, curriculum development, mental health expertise, critical literacies, and significant experience working with high school students.

Denise Taliaferro Baszile
Director of Diversity Initiatives, Division of Education, Health and Society
Associate Professor, Educational Leadership

Gwendolyn Etter-Lewis
Professor, English, Black World Studies, Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies

Erin Harper
Assistant Professor, School Psychology

Anthony James
Assistant Professor, Family Studies and Social Work

Tammy Schwartz
Director, Urban Teaching Cohort
Instructor

Dara Marshall
Assistant Professor, Accounting

Chamina Smith
Assistant Professor, Business Technology Miami Hamilton

Michelle Thomas
Director of Student Organizations and Diversity, Farmer School of Business

Chasity Dittman
Learning Specialist and Academic Coordinator, Rinella Learning Center

Lamar Johnson
Assistant Professor, Teacher Education

Community Educators 

Andrea Sutton, Ph.D.
Director of Distinguished Eagles, Hamilton, OH

Celeste Didlick-Davis, J.D., M.S.,
Director of Legacy, Middletown, OH