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In June 2020, Khuram Hussain began serving as the Colleges’ diversity strategist overseeing the Offices of Intercultural Affairs, Academic Opportunity Programs and International Student Enrollment and Success. An Associate Professor of Education, he previously served as Hobart Dean. Hussain earned a B.A. cum laude from Oswego State University of New York; an M.A. and M.A.T. from Binghamton University; and a Ph.D. from Syracuse University. He has taught classes that explore social movements for racial justice in schools and the pedagogy of democratic, multicultural classrooms. His research examines social actors who work to reinscribe schooling as a site for culturally responsive, community-oriented, democratic learning. Hussain has published numerous articles in top tier journals and for 20 years, Hussain served as a dialogue facilitator, trainer and consultant to schools, universities, government offices, non-profits and community organizations on issues of race, diversity and equity. He is the co-founder of Tools for Social Change, a dialogue-driven initiative to advance access and justice in the Finger Lakes. Prior to joining the Colleges in 2008, he was a New York City social studies teacher and has taught education courses at Syracuse University, as well as at the International Islamic Institute in Islamabad, Pakistan.