Takiyah Nur Amin ’04 has been named the first director of diversity, equity, and inclusion for Virginia Tech's College of Architecture, Arts and Design.
Amin, who started work in mid-August, will advance the college’s diversity strategic plan and help develop new efforts to sustain a culture that embraces and promotes diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) throughout the college.
“The programs in the College of Architecture, Arts, and Design have long promoted inclusive and culturally sensitive practices in hiring faculty and staff; engaging alumni and industry partners; developing research, creative scholarship, and curricula; and teaching and mentoring our students,” said interim Dean Rosemary Blieszner.
Amin’s DEI work started in 2004 as she earned her Master of Fine Arts at Virginia Tech, where she later served as an instructor in the Africana Studies Program and the department of history, as outreach coordinator for the Race and Social Policy Research Center, and interim coordinator of multicultural programs for the Dean of Students Office.
In 2014, Amin launched her own company, Black Girl Brilliance, offering consulting for academic professionals and support to institutions committed to transformational change in curriculum, policy, and practice.
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