Dr. Donnamaria Culbreth
BIO
Donnamaria is an assistant professor of Management, Entrepreneurship and Human Resource Management in the College of Management at Metro State University in Minneapolis, Minnesota where she focuses on DEI, serves on various committees and is the faculty advisor to the Diverse and Inclusive Student Community Organization (DISCO).
Interdisciplinary research focuses on colorism, DEI, and anti-racism issues impacting BIPOC women in the workplace, inclusive and exclusive work environments, DEI, anti-racism and colorism risk assessments and conflict management, and equity issues impacting BIPOC students in higher education.
In addition to research and writing projects, Donnamaria is also co-authoring a book on colorism with colleagues, writing a series of DEI cases studies, developing colorism and DEI training workshops and a strategy for managing DEI issues in the workplace. She is the founder of the Ronald E. Hall Conference on Colorism and The Colorism Project, Inc., editor-in-chief of the Journal of Colorism Studies (JOCS), founder and director of the DARCIE Institute, and founder and CEO of the National Girls and Women of Color Council, Inc. (NGWCC), a 501 (c) (3) organization where she is a mentor in the PACE Mentoring Program. Professionally, she is the managing partner and consultant at Culbreth, Jung & Severino, a consulting firm specializing in DEI, colorism, anti-racism, education, business and human resource management.
Donnamaria’s complete bio is available at: Donnamaria Culbreth
Interdisciplinary research focuses on colorism, DEI, and anti-racism issues impacting BIPOC women in the workplace, inclusive and exclusive work environments, DEI, anti-racism and colorism risk assessments and conflict management, and equity issues impacting BIPOC students in higher education.
In addition to research and writing projects, Donnamaria is also co-authoring a book on colorism with colleagues, writing a series of DEI cases studies, developing colorism and DEI training workshops and a strategy for managing DEI issues in the workplace. She is the founder of the Ronald E. Hall Conference on Colorism and The Colorism Project, Inc., editor-in-chief of the Journal of Colorism Studies (JOCS), founder and director of the DARCIE Institute, and founder and CEO of the National Girls and Women of Color Council, Inc. (NGWCC), a 501 (c) (3) organization where she is a mentor in the PACE Mentoring Program. Professionally, she is the managing partner and consultant at Culbreth, Jung & Severino, a consulting firm specializing in DEI, colorism, anti-racism, education, business and human resource management.
Donnamaria’s complete bio is available at: Donnamaria Culbreth