Joy Gaston Gayles, Ph.D.

EXTERNAL ADVISORY BOARD MEMBER

Dr. Joy Gaston Gayles is Head of the Educational Leadership, Policy, & Human Development Department and Alumni Association Distinguished Graduate Professor in the College of Education at North Carolina State University. Dr. Gayles is internationally recognized for her research and scholarship on women and people of color in STEM fields and her work in the area of intercollegiate athletics. Issues of equity, inclusion, and justice undergird the collective body of her work. Dr. Gayles is a primary thought leader in her field. In 2022, she was named one of 25 innovative women leading higher education in DIVERSE: Issues in Higher Education magazine and served as President of the Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE), the primary association for studying post-secondary education issues.