Jonathan M. Tisch College of Civic Life<\/a> today announced that Dr. Kenann McKenzie, an accomplished educator, researcher and civic leader, will direct the newly created Generous Listening and Dialogue (GLAD) Center.<\/p>\n\n\n\nDesigned to be a global center of excellence to promote authentic dialogue and generous listening across differences, the GLAD Center will serve as an educational resource for Tufts and beyond. The Center defines generous listening broadly, encompassing the art of listening to ourselves, to nature, and to others\u2014especially when people disagree or when they confront differences of power and status.
Dr. McKenzie, who will join Tufts on November 1, 2021, has worked for two decades in the higher education sector as an academic counselor, researcher, lecturer, policy analyst and administrator. She currently serves as Director of the Aspire Institute, which supports the preK-12 educational sector with professional development based in a social justice framework and community engagement. In addition, she currently teaches at Wheelock College and serve d as the Educational Leadership & Policy Studies\u2019 faculty representative to the college\u2019s Equity, Diversity & Inclusion Committee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWorking with Tufts students\u2014the next generation of civic leaders\u2014is a wonderful opportunity, and I\u2019m thrilled to join Tisch College in building and sustaining a community of robust dialogue and truly generous listening,\u201d said Dr. McKenzie. \u201cThis work challenges us to hear each other and ourselves, and to commit to considering big questions and big issues together.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Housed at the Tisch College of Civic Life, the GLAD Center will collaborate with schools and departments across the university and with external partners, building on the expertise of Tufts\u2019 faculty, research centers and civic engagement programs. Its programming, research, and interdisciplinary initiatives will help people at Tufts and beyond to develop skills and awareness, address hard issues, and generate new knowledge. The GLAD Center was launched in the spring of 2021 in collaboration with the Vuslat Foundation. Dr. McKenzie will be joined on the Center\u2019s leadership team by Dr. Deborah Donahue-Keegan, Associate Director, Tisch College Senior Fellow and Lecturer in the Tufts University Department of Education.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe look forward to welcoming Dr. McKenzie to Tufts and Tisch College,\u201d said Dayna Cunningham, the Pierre and Pamela Omidyar Dean of the Tisch College of Civic Life. \u201cHer leadership of the GLAD Center could not come at a better time. To grapple with the challenges that confront our students, our university and the world\u2014from systemic racial injustice to the existential threat of global climate change\u2014we need to flex every civic muscle we have, including the skills of listening and dialogue.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Dr. McKenzie has a BA in Africana Studies from Cornell University, M.Ed. from the University of Virginia in Social Foundations of Education, and a Ph.D. in Politics and Education from Teachers College, Columbia University. In her civic life, she serves on the Beverly, Massachusetts School Committee and as VP III and education chair of the North Shore Branch of the NAACP. She is most proud of being a mother to amazing children who inspire her work everyday.
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