| Date and Time | Friday, May 14th, 2021 1:00pm |
| Speaker | Prof. Michael Tuncap |
| Link | Professor Michael Tuncap mtuncap@centerforguidedpathways.com 206-214-8969 centerforguidedpathways.com @professor_tuncap https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5AChTuJZ7eKQkJQTmo2aUFJdlk/view |
| Description | Professor Michael Tuncap has worked in education, nonprofit and leadership since 1998. Tuncap was born in Aniguak, Guam & raised in Tacoma/ Lakewood. He has served as Director of: the Pacific Islander Student Commission at UW Seattle, the Office of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at Green River College & TRIO SSS at Seattle Central College. Studied race in Charlottesville as a Ralph Bunche fellow at UVA & as a Public Policy & International Affairs Institute Fellow in the Goldman School while earning his MA in Ethnic Studies @ UC Berkeley. Co-founded Diversity Equity in Hiring & Professional Development, UW Student Ambassadors Program, & the Men of Culture Academy. Served as former Adjunct Professor in Humanities @ SPSCC, Sociology @ Northwest Indian College, Diversity & Global Studies @ Highline, English at Shoreline & Tacoma Community College & the College of Education at UWT. His research and students are featured in: Matamai: the Vasa in Us (2010), Pacific Voices Talk Story (2003) & Breathing Stories 2 Life (2012) He serves as advisor on Community Colleges for the Discovery Center at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation . |