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Dr. Roberta J. Wilburn
is the founder and president of Wilburn & Associates, LLC a consulting
business that focuses on training, coaching, cultural events, and advocacy related to diversity, equity, and inclusion. She is also the Associate Dean of Graduate Studies in Education and Diversity Initiatives at Whitworth University. She is a certified Civil Rights/Title IX Level II Investigator and also serves as a Deputy Title IX Coordinator. Dr. Wilburn was recently recognized for her diversity efforts when she was presented with 2017 INSIGHT Into Diversity Giving Back Award for Administrators, the 2016 YWCA Women of Achievement Carl Maxey Racial and Social Justice Award, as well as the Inland Northwest, Juneteenth Heartwood Award for Cultural Enrichment & Community Service. Dr. Wilburn’s major areas of research have focused on empowering women leaders of color, and various aspects of diversity, equity, and inclusion.
Her research has led her to pursue and
acquire two international grants spanning Africa, Mexico, and the Dominican Republic; two invitations to present her research on women of color at the Oxford Round Table in England; and other publications. She was also a featured author in the book Brown V. Board of Education Its Impact on Public Education 1954-2004, a Thurgood Marshall Scholarship Fund Publication (2005).
For this publication, she wrote a chapter entitled “Leveling the Playing Field: The Challenge of Preparing Globally Competent African-American College Graduates.” Her most recent publication was a book chapter released in August (2017) entitled: Going to the Next Level: Opportunities and Challenges Facing African American Women Leaders in the Academy. She has also presented her research locally, nationally, and internationally. She is married to James Wilburn, Jr. and they have three adult
children and two grandsons.
