Arthur Mitchell is the Executive Director for the STEM Equity Alliance (STEM EA), a nonprofit dedicated to three goals: creating systems whereby STEM subjects are taught using culturally responsive approaches; increasing the diversity of STEM educators; and creating a more durable STEM pipeline for groups which are underrepresented in STEM career fields. Through the STEM EA he provides clients and partners key strategic direction and leadership development in systems change aligned to cultural proficiency and equity goals. STEM EA has partnered with the PA Department of Education to create a statewide network to increase STEM teacher diversity through the creation of school district and higher education strategic planning and action teams. He also serves as a technical advisor for equity for the Washington STEM and Washington LASER networks where he has helped them refine their strategic plan to intentionally center on equity and helped to build the capacity of their regional networks. Arthur is also the inaugural STEM Equity Fellow for the Philadelphia Regional Institute for STEM Educators (PRISE). In addition to his work with at STEM EA, he is a co-founder of the National Institute for Inclusive Competitiveness (NIIC), a national hub of strategists playing a critical role creating the regional economic infrastructures needed to increase asset ownership, entrepreneurship, and productivity for America’s Most Vulnerable Populations. The NIIC’s mission is to accelerate economic productivity in targeted vulnerable communities in partnership with HBCU and regional economies. Through the NIIC Arthur leads a collaboration with the Southern Regional Education Board (SREB) where they developed and manage the Takeda STEM HBCU Innovation, Industry, and Immersion (I3) program, sponsored by Takeda Pharmaceuticals. I3 is a pipeline to the doctorate program for STEM students from HBCUs.
Arthur has served in K-12 education for almost 30 years, working in the most impoverished urban and the most affluent suburban districts in the Mid-Atlantic region as a teacher and administrator. He has held positions of influence in a variety of institutions in the directing county and state level activities tasked with improving STEM curriculum and instruction, designing robust professional development systems, fostering innovation, and securing industry and higher education partnerships.
He is a graduate of Howard University (Microbiology), Temple University (Science Education) and Gwynedd Mercy University (K-12 Administration).
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