JOANN MOODY, PhD, JD

FACULTY DEVELOPMENT & DIVERSITY SPECIALIST

Dr. Moody has received leadership awards from:

• The nation-wide Compact for Faculty Diversity
• The Biomedical Science Careers Program, headquartered at Harvard University
• The College Board, for her founding and directing of the regional Excellence through Diversity Initiative (while she was vice president and legal counsel at the New England Board of Higher Education in Boston).

Dr. Moody has extensive experience in administration and teaching:

• Vice President and Legal Counsel, New England Board of Higher Education, Boston, MA. 
• Associate Professor of English (tenured), Lynchburg College, VA. 
• Assistant Professor of English, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN.  

Dr. Moody’s academic degrees: 

• J.D.   Northeastern University Law School. 
• Ph.D. (English Literature).   University of Minnesota (Woodrow Wilson Fellowship). 
• B.A. (English).   College of William and Mary (Phi Beta Kappa, Honors).