Vice President, Undergraduate STEM Education and Executive Director of Project Kaleidoscope, Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U)
Dr. Kelly Mack is the Vice President for Undergraduate STEM Education and Executive Director of Project Kaleidoscope at the Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U). In this capacity, Dr. Mack provides leadership for the organization’s mission-level commitments to equity and quality through the delivery of world-class STEM faculty professional development. Prior to joining AAC&U, Dr. Mack was the Program Director for the National Science Foundation ADVANCE Program for four years, while on loan from the University of Maryland Eastern Shore where, as a Professor of Biology, she taught courses in Physiology and Endocrinology for 17 years. Recognized as a national thought leader in higher education, Dr. Mack’s work has been highlighted in Diverse Magazine and U.S. News and World Report. She is the author of an edited volume and numerous peer-reviewed articles and book chapters. Currently, she serves on the external advisory boards for several institutional transformation initiatives at NSF-funded ADVANCE and HBCU Undergraduate Program institutions and is a member of the National Academies Roundtable on Systemic Change in Undergraduate STEM Education, as well as the Howard University School of Arts and Sciences Board of Visitors. Dr. Mack is also co-founder and Chair of the Board of the Society of STEM Women of Color, Inc., the nation’s leading organization that supports women of color in the academic STEM disciplines.