The "Diversity Spotlight" is an opportunity to highlight some of the wonderful work being done on the Scottsdale Community College Campus as it relates to diversity.

Bonnie A. Gray, Ph.D

Dr. Bonnie Gray is a tenured professor of Psychology at Scottsdale Community College where she co-sponsors a scholarship for Psychology students. Dr. Gray has also served as the chair of the Behavioral Sciences at Scottsdale Community College.  For the last 8 years, she has been the Executive Director of the Maricopa County Community College District?s Diversity Infusion Program where she created and oversees various Program services including a Diversity Helpline, Faculty Mentor Program, Student Internship Program, Website, and special library collection of diversity materials (books, videos, etc.).  These programs serve as models of diversity education throughout the nation. Additionally, Dr. Gray has created and is Executive Director of the POWER Institute. She has been invited to speak numerous times as an expert on diversity and multicultural issues. Currently, she is authoring a Introduction to Psychology textbook for college and university students.

Dr. Gray is a licensed psychologist who for many years has specialized in helping individuals and groups work with diverse populations. She works with educational institutions, organizations, businesses, corporations, and governmental agencies to proactively address diversity and inclusion issues and to ameliorate diversity concerns or problems that already exist.

Recently, Dr. Gray was invited to present workshops and to engage in an academic exchange of information with colleagues from several prestigious universities in The Netherlands, Belgium, and the United Kingdom, including the University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge.  Dr. Gray was awarded a one-year sabbatical during the 2007-2008 academic year to engage in this exchange, the topic of which is education, culture and the changing population of diverse students in colleges and universities.

For more information see Dr. Gray?s Website.

?A mind once stretched by an idea never regains its original dimension.?
? Oliver Wendell Holmes