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An Advocate for Equitable Health - Dr. Sabina Khan

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Title: Assistant Professor, Womens Health Occupational Therapist, University of St. Khan is a licensed occupational therapist specializing in womens health, with over 13 years of experience addressing critical gaps in rehabilitation and healthcare equity for women.

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Inspired by Veteran Grandfather, Therapist Teaches Wellness, Inclusion

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

For a decade prior to coming to Claremont Graduate University (CGU), she worked as a clinical therapist in DePauw University’s counseling center. Being a trained and licensed therapist means already having ample empathy, listening skills, solution and resource-finding abilities, and a strategic mind, Carter says.

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Celebrating the Incredible Emerging Scholars of 2025

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His lived experience has shaped his commitment to mental health equity and systemic change. a nonprofit supporting young mothers and women aged 13 to 20, and is dedicated to advancing health equity and addressing systemic disparities in underserved communities. She is the founder of Angels Protection Inc.,

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Celebrating the Incredible Emerging Scholars of 2025 Copy

Active Minds

His lived experience has shaped his commitment to mental health equity and systemic change. a nonprofit supporting young mothers and women aged 13 to 20, and is dedicated to advancing health equity and addressing systemic disparities in underserved communities. She is the founder of Angels Protection Inc.,

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Higher Education Can Connect Diverse Students to Lucrative, Technical Careers

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Applications for jobs like automotive technicians or respiratory therapists went from an average of 10 applications each to only five. We’re trying to address those equity gaps.” Dr. Willie L. president of Denmark Technical College. Denmark Tech’s overall job placement rate upon graduation or training completion is 93%.

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Report: More DEI Efforts Needed at Predominantly White Institutions

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

But it sucks on her end, too, that she’s the only Black therapist; so many people of color are coming to her.” Supreme Court’s decision this year to ban race-conscious admissions and “the attacks that we're seeing subsequently on DEI in the states,” it’s crucial to assess the campus racial climate today, said Hernández-Reyes. “In

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Looking Back to See Forward - Dr. Nic John Ramos

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

I helped all sorts of hospital workers – from resident physicians to nurses to respiratory therapists to phlebotomists to food service and environmental service workers (janitors and housekeepers) – form their unions for better pay, working conditions, and benefits.”

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