Institute for Diversity in Learning & Teaching

Wednesday, May 19th
Thursday, May 20th

 

Photo of Tuajuanda Jordan

Dr. Tuajuanda C. Jordan, Ph.D
Director, Science Education Alliance Grants and Special Programs
Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Tuajuanda Jordan joined HHMI in 2006 as senior program officer for science education. She was promoted to director of the Science Education Alliance in 2008, a role she is well suited for and to which she brings lots of hands-on experience.

Jordan earned her undergraduate degree in chemistry at Fisk University in Nashville. After earning her Ph.D. in biochemistry at Purdue University, she became a faculty member in the Department of Chemistry at Xavier University of Louisiana in New Orleans. Before moving into administration, Jordan led the effort to update the biochemistry curriculum, which included required courses in genomics and proteomics. In 2005, Jordan was named associate vice president for academic affairs at Xavier.

Jordan has devoted much of her professional career mentoring students and working with programs designed to retain underrepresented minorities in the STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) disciplines. Additionally, she is a member of the NIH MORE division's Minority Access to Research Careers subcommittee, an ad hoc member of the National Human Genome Research Initiative's Minority Action Plan review panel, and has served as the chair of NIH's Minority Biomedical Research Support program and on numerous NIH and NSF scientific review panels

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The Center for Excellence in Learning & Teaching || The Diversity Plan Action Council || Office of Diversity & Inclusion || Human Resources

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