Miriam Ragland

Imaginative leader, engaged in creating safe spaces for all stakeholders. Organized and dependable educator, successful at managing multiple priorities with a positive attitude. Excellent communicator, skilled at organization and committed to social justice. Empathetic individual with seven years working as a Group Facilitator for Enacting Equity.

• National Coalition Building Institute facilitator, 2016-2020. "NCBI is a renowned international leadership organization that builds leadership for Diversity resource teams and customized training in diversity, equity and inclusion skills on college campuses, community organizations, k-12 schools, corporations, government agencies and law enforcement worldwide" (ncbi.org).
• NCBI founding member at Presbyterian College. Responsible for facilitating NCBI workshops to faculty at orientation. Team leader at annual conferences: 2019 at Wofford College, 2018 at The Citadel, 2016 at North Carolina State University
• Enacting Equity, co-founder, 2019-present. Enacting Equity is an organization that leads workshops on issues of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion. Focusing on educational institutions, workshops consist of exercises designed to build a safe and trusting environment in which difficult issues around social injustices can be explored.
• Enacting Equity Workshops Presented, 2019-present: Inclusion and Diversity, Mary Baldwin University's graduate program in Shakespeare, January 2022. Enacting Equity through Theatre, Greenville Technical College, African American Male Scholar's Initiative, 2020, 2021, 2022. Enacting Equity through Theatre, Presbyterian College, 2019, 2020. Theatre Games for Leadership, Presbyterian College's newly elected student government, 2019.

• Theatre of the Oppressed (T.O.), 2014-present. Created by Brazilian theatre practitioner Augusto Boal, T.O. consists of participatory techniques which engage participants in exploring potential solutions for overcoming oppression. Based on liberatory pedagogy, T.O. presents opportunities for role playing and rehearsing best practices in resisting oppression. T.O. gives communities an opportunity to openly dialogue about inequality and is a valuable tool for teaching Diversity and Inclusion.
• T.O. Training at Brooklyn Acting Lab, Brooklyn, NY, August 2019. 3-day intensive training with Center for Theatre of the Oppressed co-founder Geo Britto.
• Center for Theatre of the Oppressed, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, June-July 2019. Earned 100-hour training certification.
• Applied Theatre Center, T.O. Training, Greenville, SC, April 2019. 3-day intensive training in facilitating.
• T.O. Training with Mecca Burnes, Charlottesville, VA, October 2014. 3-day training explored role play as a means of externalizing internalized oppression.
• T.O. New York City, Joker Training, Washington, D.C., December 2014. 4-day intensive training that introduced T.O. facilitation.

• Departmental Assessment Coordinator, Presbyterian College, Clinton, SC, 2015-present. Annually reviewed Departmental Mission Statement, Student Learning Outcomes, Rubrics, and Assessment Tools to ascertain whether goals are being effectively achieved. Created annual assessment reports. Communicated regularly with assessment office to assure students are effectively assessed. Assured stated objectives of syllabi were being properly assessed.
• Faculty Advocate, 2016-2018. Adjudicated disagreements between faculty and other parties. Listened to grievances and met with the appropriate parties to resolve issues. Met with aggrieved parties to hear complaints about unfair treatment. Met with department chairs and members of aggrieved parties. Met with Provost, Human resources and Title IX officers as necessary.

• CPR Certified, Clinton Family YMCA, Clinton, SC.
• Pilates Matt Certification, Southwestern Ballet School, Columbia, SC.
• Yoga 200-hour Teaching Certification, Shoshoni Yoga Retreat, Rollinsville, CO.