Denise Taliaferro Baszile is the Associate Dean of Diversity and Student Experience and Professor of Curriculum and Cultural Studies in the College of Education, Health and Society at Miami University of Ohio. With over 18 years of service at the University of Miami, Dr. Baszile has worked out of her passion for equity and inclusion to the benefit of students, faculty and the community as a whole. She earned her doctorate from Louisiana State University in Education.