The College is pleased to share the news that Professor Dana Grisby has been accepted to Fresno State’s Online Educational Leadership Program, efforts for which she will be earning her Doctor of Education Degree.

Professor Grisby joined the College in 2018 and fully embraced the role of a full-time community college faculty member in ways that set standards for her colleagues. Having earned tenure status last year, she now leads the Ethnic Studies Department as its Chair and serves on the Laney College Faculty Senate, placing her at the heart of leadership at Laney College and its participatory governance structure. This comes as no surprise, as she took initiative from the beginning with efforts such as curriculum development and program review efforts for her department. Outside her role as teacher, from 2016-2017, Dana has published scholarly work, taken on fellowships, served as a visiting lecture, and contributed to the Ethnic Studies/African American Studies curriculum here at Laney College. Considering the question of what embodies an educator, one need not look any further than Dana Grisby.