Dr. Mamadou Baro

Chair of BARA, Associate Professor, School of Anthropology

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Dr. Mamadou serves as the chair of BARA (Bureau of Applied Research in Anthropology) which is responsible for many successes in research and outreach presences in sub-Saharan Africa. He is an  African-renowned applied anthropologist and an innovative researcher in the areas of land governance, climate change, resilience, and participatory development. He has also worked over the last 30 years as a consultant for the United Nations agencies,  the World Bank, IFAD, USAID, Care International, Oxfam, Save the Children, OMVS, Tango International and local non-governmental organizations. His African Partnerships Initiative has developed an innovative platform for channeling international assistance to poor Africans in rural and urban settings. BARA plans to create linkages with African partners, including government agencies and universities, and to use these networks to assess the needs of local communities, promote local priorities for endogenous development, and engage in problem-solving research that supports development interventions in these communities. 

Dr. Amy Kraehe

Associate Vice President for Organizational Excellence and Impact, Arizona Arts; Professor, School of Art

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Dr. Amelia (Amy) Kraehe is Associate Vice President for Equity in the Arts and Co-founder of Racial Justice Studio, a transdisciplinary incubator for the study and practice of intersectional anti-racism in and through the arts. She is a Professor of Art and Visual Culture Education in the School of Art and a Faculty Affiliate in Human Rights Practice. She is an award-winning scholar recognized for her organizational leadership and research on arts equity through publications, workshops, podcasts, and public lectures that illuminate the roles race, racism, and anti-racism play in arts institutions and the education of arts professionals. 
Her latest research examines how the arts and arts education can challenge, as well as contribute to, systems of inequality. She employs interdisciplinary theories and methodologies that draw from the social sciences, visual and cultural studies, critical race theory, women of color feminisms, and justice studies. 

Amy's teaching and leadership is informed by a breadth of professional experiences.  She regularly consults for national arts councils, art museums, and state arts education agencies. She taught in economically vulnerable public schools and later was a gallery educator in an art museum program designed for underrepresented groups of middle-grade students. As a Project Director with the Institute of Community, University, and School Partnerships, she co-developed and administered arts-intensive learning and leadership experiences for Black and Brown youth on the campus of The University of Texas at Austin.  Before joining the University of Arizona faculty, she earned tenure at the University of North Texas where she also served as a peer mentor for women of color faculty and was engaged in the community as a consultant for the area's largest school district, helping to reimagine arts-rich education in urban schools.  

She earned her Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction with a specialization in Cultural Studies in Education and an M.A. in Art Education from The University of Texas at Austin.  She graduated magna cum laude from Wellesley College in Massachusetts with a B.A. in Studio Art and Economics.

Dr. Tarnia Newton

Assistant Clinical Professor, College of Nursing

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"People Developer," "Catalyst for Change" and "Patient Advocate" are all phrases used to describe Tarnia Newton, DNP, FNP-C. Dr. Newton is in the Community and Systems Health Science Division as a Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP) faculty. Her focus of interest is exploring the advancement of diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging through culturally responsive pedagogy and service-learning immersive experiences as alternative interventions to improve cultural humility and population health. Dr. Newton is passionate about empowering students through transformational, community-based, experiential learning experiences so they learn to be pivotal in changing the healthcare landscape by authentically understanding the root causes of systemic health inequities. As a nurse practitioner, Dr. Newton can attest to the importance of education that addresses the gaps in clinical practice and why the Health Science Design program is pivotal in transforming students to transform communities by addressing inequity in healthcare through creating solutions with a design solution lens.