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Dr. Tammeil Gilkerson

Dr. Gilkerson is passionate about building learner-centered institutions that reflect students’ lived experiences, provide hope, and practice love. She recognizes that the core of this vision is the need to cultivate and nurture leadership and community building at all institutional levels. Through her work, she creates spaces where individuals can be loved, supported, and affirmed as they engage in the vulnerable act of learning and leading with authenticity, courage, and humility.

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Equity Statement

I believe we are responsible for building life-affirming classrooms, programs, and services that celebrate our students’ inherent worth and make visible our commitment to their success. First, we must recognize the persistent pattern of racial stratification and disparities for traditionally underrepresented students on our campuses. Suppose we are committed to racial equity and antiracist work. In that case, we must commit to interrogating the institutional systems and structures that contribute to these disparate outcomes through focused inquiry and action-planning at the course, program, service, policy, and procedural levels. We cannot stay neutral in the struggle against racism. We must confront how racism, power, and privilege may show up in our curriculum and pedagogy and how we can work to address it. A focused commitment to racial equity in student success is essential if we believe in building learner-centered institutions that reflect our students’ lived experiences, provide hope, and practice love. I come to this work as a leader committed to inquiry, reflection, and action. I hope to stay continuously connected to the vulnerable act of learning to model that education is more than a static outcome but an ongoing transformative process.

Full Bio

Dr. Gilkerson is passionate about building learner-centered institutions that reflect students’ lived experiences, provide hope, and practice love. She recognizes that the core of this vision is the need to cultivate and nurture leadership and community building at all institutional levels. Through her work, she creates spaces where individuals can be loved, supported, and affirmed as they engage in the vulnerable act of learning and leading with authenticity, courage, and humility.

From her days as a student leader at UC Berkeley to her direct work advancing economic opportunity and empowerment for historically underrepresented communities, Dr. Tammeil Gilkerson has demonstrated a life-long commitment to social justice, equity, and inclusion. For over two decades, she has actively served in roles engaged in meeting the educational needs of community college students. She continuously seeks new ways to imagine and create learning environments and services supporting student success.