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Anneke McEvoy

Auburn,NY

Summary

Experienced educator and DEI professional with more than twenty years of service building inclusive educational communities; skilled in programming, training, intergroup dialogue, restorative practice, compliance, Affirmative Action planning, investigation procedures and understanding laws, policies, regulations, and guidelines related to Title VI, Title VII, Title IX, and the Americans with Disabilities Act as well as GENDA and NYS Human Rights Law 296.

Overview

21
21
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Deputy CDIO, AAO, Title VI Coordinator

Office of Diversity and Inclusion
11.2023 - Current
  • Support all functions of the Office of Diversity and Inclusion as needed
  • Report to President on Affirmative Action Plan and ongoing faculty and staff recruitment efforts
  • Participate on Strategic Plan DEI Implementation Planning Committee
  • Guide work of faculty and staff search committees including training on inclusive search processes
  • Lead key DEI committees including campus Bias Prevention and Response Team (BPRT), LGBTQIA+ Implementation Team, and Restorative Practices work group
  • Respond to and investigate internal complaints of discrimination
  • Conduct Title VI evaluation of bias and discrimination prevention and response
  • Assist in developing University policies: interpret Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity policies and regulation; develop and implement programs to ensure University compliance
  • Educate University community on the University's Affirmative Action objectives and commitment to providing a work environment that supports equal opportunity
  • Utilize Restorative Practices in providing mediation and problem-solving facilitation when needed among all constituencies
  • Conduct needs assessment as necessary; recommend corrective action
  • Support faculty and staff development and understanding of compliance issues as well as equitable and inclusive practices

Staff Fellow

Office of the President
11.2022 - 11.2023
  • Participated in year-long fellowship to develop my leadership skills and knowledge through hands-on learning and engagement in key meetings, events, and projects in the office of the president
  • Wrote successful grant application and continue to serve as Co-PI of SUNY Oswego Opportunity Partnership: Instructor Bootcamp in Support of Regional Workforce Capacity Building, a two-year Empire State Development (ESD) grant awarded to upskill trade instructors in teaching practices to prepare a diverse workforce for regional economic development needs
  • Prepared briefings and resources on relevant issues, such as due process in higher education
  • Assisted with research and writing related to key internal and external projects such as 2022-2023 SUNY Oswego Annual Report

Associate Director

Triandiflou Institute, ODI
09.2019 - 11.2023
  • Developed DEI programming and workshop curriculum for all constituents of campus community on topics including inclusive pedagogy, social identity, intersectionality, implicit bias, empathy, microaggressions, non-violent communication and cultural humility
  • Oversaw roll-out of the Oswego Dialogue Project pilot, now a five-year plan, in partnership with the El-Hindi Center for Dialogue and Action at Interfaith Works to build campus capacity for intergroup dialogue
  • Key activities included: SUNY Oswego University Police Officers Intragroup dialogue; Training 30+ dialogue facilitators; Co-facilitating dialogues on race and identity with ALANA student leaders, School of Business students, and Residence Life and Housing directors
  • Coordinated American Association of Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) Truth, Racial Healing, and Transformation Campus Center leadership and planning team, resulting in SUNY Oswego’s designation as a Truth, Racial Healing and Transformation Campus Center
  • Developed and supervised 13 campus-centered, project-based undergraduate DEI internships
  • Developed, launched, and maintained Triandiflou Institute social media and website

Title IX Deputy Coordinator

Office of the President
09.2019 - 11.2022
  • Conducted investigations of Title IX complaints involving students, faculty, and/or staff and draft findings of investigations for hearing board
  • Interviewed reporting individual, respondent, and associated parties and discuss investigations with relevant campus entities
  • Assisted in case management
  • Compiled data for Title IX, Article 129B, Clery, State DV and required reporting

Say Yes Coordinator

Office of the President
09.2012 - 12.2021

• Served as liaison between SUNY Oswego, regional Say Yes to Education collaborative partner colleges, Syracuse City School District High Schools, and affiliated community-based college access organizations

Bridges TESOL Professional Development Coordinator

School of Education
11.2012 - 06.2015

• Collaborated with program directors to develop and conduct ongoing professional development workshops for SCSD TESOL mentor teachers and undergraduate teacher candidates participating in NYSED funded, clinically rich teacher preparation pilot

O-RITE Project Co-Director

School of Education
01.2012 - 06.2015

• Implemented $2.2 million NYSED funded, graduate-level, clinically rich teacher preparation pilot
• Screened and advised potential applicants, enrolled and placed candidates
• Built and maintained relationships with mentor teachers, administrators, and participating school districts across the state as well as allied community-based organizations
• Developed professional development focused on co-teaching and mentoring
• Coordinated data collection / reporting to NYSED; communicated with Student Accounts, Financial Aid, Office of Research and Sponsored Programs to manage grant budget

Instructional Experience

SUNY Oswego
09.2014 - 05.2019

08/2018 - 05/2019: Instructor | Intensive English Program Extended Learning

03/2019 - 08/2019: Instructor | Teaching, Learning, & Sustainability in Costa Rica travel course

01/2017 - 12/2018: Visiting Assistant Professor | Curriculum and Instruction

09/2014 - 12/2016: Adjunct Instructor | Curriculum and Instruction

Adjunct Instructor

Cayuga Community College
09.2014 - 12.2016

English 101, English 102, Creative Writing

English and ENL Teacher

New Explorers High School
08.2004 - 08.2009

Education

Master of Arts - Teaching English To Speakers of Other Languages

School For International Training
Brattleboro, VT
05-2003

Bachelor of Arts - English Literature

Wells College
Aurora, NY
05-1997

Accomplishments

Selected Grants and Special Projects

Winter 2024 (Pending): Writing proposal to secure $250K NYS DOL grant to support CNY Inclusive Futures: TGNCNB Socioeconomic Pathways program in partnership with Oswego County Workforce Development and Oswego County Opportunities LGBTQIA+ Drop-In Center

Winter 2023: Wrote successful proposal to secure $340K in ESD Office of Strategic Workforce Development funding to support Instructor Bootcamp to prepare trainers for regional trade

Winter 2022:Secured $17k from Shineman Endowed Fund to launch Oswego Dialogue Project

Spring 2022: Developed successful proposal for SUNY Oswego to become an AAC&U Truth, Racial Healing, and Transformation Campus Center

Summer 2013: Collaborated on successful proposal to secure $500,000 NYSED grant to support clinically rich teacher preparation for undergrad TESOL candidates


SUNY Oswego Committee work

Chair: Restorative Practices workgroup

Co-Chair: Bias Prevention and Response Team

Co-Chair: Inclusive Practices LGBTQIA+ Workgroup

Chair: Athletics TIX Equity Review – Fall 2022

President’s Council

SUNY Oswego Strategic Plan DEI Implementation Planning Committee

Artswego Oversight Committee

Workgroup on Accessibility Practices


Community Committee Work / Board Memberships

January 2024 - Present: Board member, Baltimore Woods Nature Center

Summer 2021 - Spring 2022: Advisor, Phoenix School District DEI Committee

Spring 2017 - Fall 2022: On Point for College Career Services Advisory Council


Selected Presentations

  • How Implicit Bias Perpetuates Myths about Poverty, Oswego County LIFT Poverty Initiative in-service day, August 9, 2022
  • From RTF to Hire: Embedded Practice to Recruit Diverse Faculty and Staff, with Mary Toale, Rodmon King, Nancy Concadoro. Accepted to AAC&U 2022 Conference on Diversity, Equity, and Student Success (DESS), More than Just Words, New Orleans, LA, March 17-19, 2022
  • Difficult Dialogues. Phoenix School District Staff Development Day, November 5, 2021
  • Exploring Identity and Bias, Leadership Oswego County Human Needs Conference, October 29, 2021
  • Transforming TESOL Teacher Preparation: Clinically Rich Model, Promises and Challenges, with Jean Ann, Long Peng, and Pat Russo. AACTE 67th Annual Meeting, Advancing the Imperative, Atlanta, GA, February 28, 2015
  • Professional Development in a Clinically Rich Teacher Preparation Model, Innovative Educator Preparation: Moving Toward Sustainability: A Statewide Convening of the SUNY Teacher and Leader Education Network (S-TEN), November 18, 2014
  • Oswego Residency Initiative for Teacher Excellence: A Way to Teach Where You’re Needed Most, with Barbara Garii. NYS Board of Regents, Albany, NY, April 2013


Publications

McEvoy, A (2024). Visioning in the Midst of Transition. In McNair, T.B. (Ed.), Strengthening Campus Communities Through the Truth, Racial Healing, and Transformation Framework (1st ed.). New York: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003448389


Bargainnier, S, McEvoy, A, Smith, Z, Brown, M, Zaaeed, N, Harris, J.M. (2018). Socio-cultural factors that support the successful transition of refugees from middle school to college. In P. Blessinger & E. Sengupta (Eds.), Refugee Education: Integration and Acceptance of Refugees in Mainstream Society. Bingley, UK: Emerald Group Publishing.


McEvoy, A, Cardone, P, Williams, E (2017). Sharing our true identity: taking environmental portraits to subvert existing community narratives. In B. Beyerbach & R. D. Davis (Eds.), Activist Art in Social Justice Pedagogy: Engaging Students in Glocal Issues through the Arts (2nd ed.). New York: Peter Lang Publishing.


Training

Spring 2025: Participant in inaugural cohort of SUNY Institute for DEI Professionals

Fall 2024: Grand River Solutions Title VI Investigator Training

Summer 2024: Cornell Institute for Labor Relations courses Advanced Effective Employee Relations and Facilitating Conflict: Collaborative Problem Solving

2023-2024: American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU) Emerging Leaders Program

2019-2022: SUNY Student Conduct Institute Title IX Annual Compliance Certificate

Fall 2022: International Institute for Restorative Practices Inclusive Community: Reimagining Campus with Restorative Practices Retreat

Summer 2022: 12-hour dialogue facilitation training with El Hindi Center for Dialogue & Action

Summer 2022: Rx Racial Healing Circle training with AAC&U

Spring 2021: AASCU Deliberative Dialogue Institute

Certification

New York State Professional Certification:

English to Speakers of Other Languages, K-12

ADO English, 7-12

Affiliations

  • National Association of Diversity Officers in Higher Education

Timeline

Deputy CDIO, AAO, Title VI Coordinator

Office of Diversity and Inclusion
11.2023 - Current

Staff Fellow

Office of the President
11.2022 - 11.2023

Associate Director

Triandiflou Institute, ODI
09.2019 - 11.2023

Title IX Deputy Coordinator

Office of the President
09.2019 - 11.2022

Instructional Experience

SUNY Oswego
09.2014 - 05.2019

Adjunct Instructor

Cayuga Community College
09.2014 - 12.2016

Bridges TESOL Professional Development Coordinator

School of Education
11.2012 - 06.2015

Say Yes Coordinator

Office of the President
09.2012 - 12.2021

O-RITE Project Co-Director

School of Education
01.2012 - 06.2015

English and ENL Teacher

New Explorers High School
08.2004 - 08.2009

Master of Arts - Teaching English To Speakers of Other Languages

School For International Training

Bachelor of Arts - English Literature

Wells College
Anneke McEvoy