The Office of Institutional Research and Analysis has announced Derisa Collymore, Burgum Hall director, and Hollie Mackey, associate professor of education, have been named NDSU Equity and Inclusion Fellows for the spring 2021 semester.
Collymore and Mackey will develop research frameworks that are purposeful and appropriate for collecting data about the experiences of Black, Indigenous and People of Color students, faculty and staff at NDSU. They also will work with and advise the Office of Institutional Research and Analysis in developing implementation processes and procedures.
“We are honored to have Ms. Collymore and Dr. Mackey joining us as we work to better serve the mission of NDSU by ensuring appropriate representation of all of NDSU’s employees and students in campus studies,” said Emily Berg, director of the Office of Institutional Research and Analysis. “They each bring extensive work experiences, research paradigms and demonstrated commitment to marginalized communities to these positions.”
Collymore was born on the island of Grenada and grew up in New York City. She earned her bachelor’s degree at Brenau University Women’s College in Gainesville, Georgia, and her master’s degree in administrative leadership for higher education from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. She is a doctoral student in NDSU’s Education – Institutional Effectiveness program. Collymore is a 2020 inductee of the NDSU Tapestry of Inclusion and serves on the steering committee for the President’s Council for Diversity, Inclusion and Respect. She is adviser for the Black Collegiate Women student organization.
Mackey is an enrolled member of the Northern Cheyenne nation. She is a member of the Faculty Senate Ad Hoc Committee on Indigenous Issues and was appointed by President Dean L Bresciani to the land acknowledgement committee. She earned her bachelor’s degree and master’s degree in public relations at Montana State University-Billings, master’s degree in legal studies in Indigenous People’s law at the University of Oklahoma and doctorate in educational leadership and policy studies at Pennsylvania State University. Mackey is the recipient of the D.J. Willower Center for the Study of Leadership and Ethics Award for Excellence and the Jack A. Culbertson Award for outstanding accomplishments as a junior professor of educational leadership.
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