MICRO-BIO

• ​Simone Gbolo is the executive director of the Public Policy & International Affairs Program (PPIA) a national non-profit organization housed at the University of Minnesota Humphrey School of Public Affairs.  Also, an adjunct instructor at the U...More

  ​Simone Gbolo is the executive director of the Public Policy & International Affairs Program (PPIA) a national non-profit organization housed at the University of Minnesota Humphrey School of Public Affairs.  Also, an adjunct instructor at the University of Minnesota’s Leadership Minor program. She is currently pursuing her Doctor of Philosophy in the department of organizational leadership, policy, and development in Higher Education at the University of Minnesota College of Education and Human Development. Her research focuses on historically underrepresented and marginalized student’s career pathways, persistence towards advance education, and the impact on the institutional change in higher education due to diversity, inclusion and equity initiatives. She is a first-generation Liberian, African American who resides in St. Paul, MN that holds a B.S. in Political Science, Public Health, and Educational Psychology, an M.A. in Multicultural Teaching and Learning, and an M.Ed. in Youth Development Leadership.

   

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EXPERIENCE

• University of Minnesota/ Public Policy & International Affairs Fellowship Program

  • Executive Director
  • Humphrey School of Public Affairs
  • Present

EDUCATION

• University of Minnesota

  • Master of Arts, M.A
  • 2013 to 2015

  Multicultural College Teaching and Learning

• University of Minnesota

  • PhD - In progress
  • 2013 to Present

  Organizational Leadership, Policy, and Development: Higher Education

• University of Minnesota

  • Masters of Education, M.Ed.
  • 2012 to 2014

  Youth Development Leadership

Links

• LinkedIn profile