Speaking Engagements
Stokes Strategy & Consulting delivers dynamic keynote addresses. With years of collective experience, our facilitators have served on panels, and moderated discussions on diversity, equity, and inclusion. We engage audiences both virtually and in-person. We empowers audiences to own their role in building a more equitable and inclusive environment. Our philosophy is "it takes more than a diversity officer".
Past Speaking Engagements
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: Is it Real or Theatre Panel, We Mean Business Summit, National Women's Collaborative
San Juan, PR
September 2023
Measuring Belonging: Survey Strategies, Millennium Leadership Initiative, American Association of State Colleges and Universities, Washington, DC (w/ Andrew Ho)
June 2023
Implicit Bias in the Scientific Community, SPIE Photonics West
San Francisco CA
January 2023
Genuine vs Performative Allyship: Moving from Words to Action
Recruitment, Retention, and Advancement of Minority Groups in the Field of Biomedical Optics Seminar, Wellman Center for Photomedicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Virtual
February 2021
Recruitment, Advisement and Creating Community - How it has Changed in 2020 Panel
Helping STEM Students Thrive Webinar, University of Buffalo, Virtual
November 2020
The CBO as Partner in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Work Panel
Eastern Association of College and University Business Officers Annual Meeting, Virtual
October 2020
Equity and Inclusion: Moving from Words to Sustainable Action
Towards a More Inclusive Academia Seminar, University of Southampton, Virtual
September 2020
It Takes More than a Diversity Officer: A Collaborative Approach to Diversity Planning and Implementation
2020 Diversity Promising Practices Conference, Auburn, AL
February 2020
Adaptive Pedagogies: Supporting Students during Challenging Circumstances (w/ Pamela Pollock)
Harvard Initiative for Learning & Teaching Conference, Virtual
October 2020
It Takes More than a Diversity Officer
Women Accelerators, Cambridge MA
February 2020
Leadership for Promoting Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging
W.K. Kellogg Social Leadership Program, Cambridge, MA
May 2019
Harvard Administrative Fellows Program: A 28-year Integrative Approach to Diversifying Leadership (w/ Teresa Malanzo)
2019 National Association of Diversity Officers in Higher Education Conference, Philadelphia, PA
March 2019
Keynote: Creating an Inclusive Culture: It Takes More than a Diversity Officer.
2018 Alabama Association of Higher Education Officers Conference, Mobile, AL
November 2018
Keynote: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion: Intent vs Impact in the Classroom
2018 Southeast Regional Robert Noyce Connections: Convening a Community of Learners Focused on STEM Pre-Service Teacher Education, Mobile, AL
June 2018
An Explanatory Model of First Year Retention (w/ Dr. Colin Coyne)
2018 Association of American University Administrators Leadership Seminar, Chester, PA
June 2018
Media
Racism, Coronavirus, and African American, The Harvard Gazette, June 2020
Towards More Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in Academia, University of Southampton, September 2020
