TCU Emerging Leader Uses Research, Programming To Help Increase Access To Education

Arlington TX

07 October, 2021

7:01 PM

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By Kristen Barton, Fort Worth Report October 7, 2021 Whitnee Boyd has spent years fighting her way into rooms, jobs and spaces that were not made for people like her. Now, she's making the path easier for those who come next. "I often say with my research approach that it is through the lens of a Black woman who has entered spaces that were not being built with me in mind," Boyd said. Boyd, 34, is the coordinator of special projects for the Office of the Chancellor at Texas Christian University. She also teaches a course in the John V. Roach Honors College about identity development. She never planned to work in higher education, Boyd said. She thought she would be a marketing executive at a Fortune 500 company. Her older brother was a marketing major, too. To read the full article, click here. Fort Worth Report is a nonpartisan, nonprofit news organization that produces factual, in-depth journalism about city and county government, schools, healthcare, business, and arts and culture in Tarrant County. Always free to read; subscribe to newsletters, read coverage or support our newsroom at fortworthreport.org.