Dr. Pheather R. Harris

Dr. Pheather R. Harris has worked in postsecondary education for over two decades and currently serves as the Statewide Assistant Vice Provost for the California Alliance for Maximizing Potential | Executive Director of Strategic Initiatives. She leads several National Science Foundation multimillion dollar grants, has raised money to provide scholarships to students, published peer reviewed journal articles focused on advancing  inclusion in postsecondary education, wrote a book that humanizes the experiences of students while providing higher education professionals with information about inclusive ways of being, and is the President-Elect of the National Association of Multicultural Engineering Program Advocates. She has served students, faculty, administrators, and staff in leadership capacities in the public, private, and nonprofit sectors and has won numerous awards as a higher education scholar and is a 2022 NSF IASPIRE Leadership Fellow. Dr. Harris is the PI on TIME which provides faculty with a 2-year professional development series that advances inclusion in STEM, while contributing to the oversight of the UC CAMP Statewide Alliance that provides academic support, mentorship, conference sponsorship, and undergraduate research opportunities for students. Pheather earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Communication from the University of Southern California (graduating magna cum laude), a Master’s degree in Education from Harvard University, and a Doctoral degree in Higher Education Administration from The George Washington University. She is a critical methodologist that centers the voices of stakeholders while leading programs aimed at institutional transformation towards more inclusive academic environments.