Atiya Stokes-Brown Ph.D.
Atiya Kai Stokes-Brown is Professor of Political Science at Coastal Carolina University (CCU). A dynamic leader with more than 15 years of experience working in higher education, Dr. Stokes-Brown has worked collaboratively in numerous capacities across college communities, demonstrating strong academic and administrative leadership, and a deep passion for liberal arts education. Most recently, she provided campus-wide leadership regarding the importance of diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging to the educational mission of CCU, serving as Vice President for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion. In this role, she was responsible for advancing strategies and policies that advance diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging as key parts of the institution’s strategic plan. She led the Division of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion and ran the division’s administrative and faculty/staff facing office, the Office of Diversity and Inclusion (ODI). She also provided administrative supervision for the office of Intercultural and Inclusion Student Services and the office of Accessibility and Disability Services. Prior to working at CCU, Dr. Stokes-Brown served as a tenured full professor in the Department of Political Science at Bucknell University and held several administrative positions including Interim Associate Provost for Diversity, Faculty Fellow in the Office of the Associate Provost for Diversity, and Assistant Dean of the College of Arts & Sciences. Dr. Stokes-Brown received her Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Maryland, College Park and her master’s in Political Science from Temple University. She graduated Phi Beta Kappa with bachelor degrees in Politics and Dance from Randolph-Macon Woman’s College (currently known as Randolph College). Dr. Stokes-Brown is also a graduate of several competitive leadership programs including the Penn State Center for the Study of Higher Education Academic Leadership Academy; the National Association of Diversity Officers in Higher Education (NADOHE) Standards of Professional Practice Institute, and Higher Education Resource Services (HERS) Bryn Mawr Summer Institute.