María de los Angeles Crummett, PhD

Executive Director

María de los Angeles Crummett has over 25 years of experience in higher education and nonprofit leadership.  She has a bachelor’s degree from Stanford University and a PhD from the Graduate Faculty, New School for Social Research with specializations in gender and development and Mexico-U.S. migration.  She has held faculty appointments and senior leadership positions at numerous educational institutions including the University of Notre Dame, Barnard College, the University of South Florida, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, and the Institute of International Education.  She has developed, implemented, and secured funding for programs focused on diversity, equity, and inclusion as an integral part of academic achievement and student success. At the University of South Florida, she worked with the Offices of Undergraduate Research and Multicultural Affairs to increase the number of underrepresented college students applying for nationally competitive scholarships including Fulbright, Gilman, and Freeman-Asia.  She served as a faculty mentor to Latinx students in the McNair Achievement Program – a program designed to prepare low income, first-generation students for doctoral studies.  At the Institute of International Education, she developed the Strategic Outreach Alliances to connect the Fulbright Scholar Program to a network of diverse associations including the American Association of Community Colleges, the African Studies Association, Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities, and Diversity Abroad.  For her work in global higher education she has received numerous honors including two Fulbright Scholar awards and recognition as the International Person of the Year by the Organization of Women in International Trade.