T. Shá Duncan Smith: Empathy Through Meaningful Connections

T. Shá Duncan Smith has over 18 years of experience developing
and implementing strategic plans and initiatives to promote
diverse, equitable and inclusive cultures for students, faculty
and staff. She has taught courses on leading during racial
crises, accountability, and incentivization for advancing equity
goals at the University of Southern California Race & Equity
Center Equity Institutes, where she is also senior strategist for
their Liberal Arts Colleges Racial Equity Leadership Alliance.
She was previously director of diversity and inclusion at the
University of Michigan Ross School of Business, and before that
was intercultural programs manager for the University of
Michigan’s Center for Global and Intercultural Study and
coordinator of diversity initiatives and academic support for the
University of Michigan’s School of Public Health.


After a long hiatus, the VOSC crew finally returns with an
amazing guest, the new VP of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
here at SCU, T. Shá Duncan Smith. In this episode, we discuss how
Shá’s childhood influenced her career path, key lessons she’s
learned during her 12+ years at the University of Michigan,
significant measures of success in the DEI space, the most
fulfilling aspects of her career, the factors that led to her
interest in SCU, and goals she would like to achieve at our
university within the next 1-3 years.


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