Dionne Clark serves as NISS Fellow: Project Manager for the National Institute for Student Success at Georgia State University. Dionne brings over ten years of experience in non-profit operations, program administration and management, and public programming. Dionne has led and supported programming and operations in university research centers and managed and directed statewide and national programming at humanities-based non-profit organizations. In addition to her non-profit experience, Dionne has over fifteen years of research and instructional experience in the humanities. She has a M.A. in African and African American Studies, and she is currently completing her doctoral studies in English – Literary Studies. Her research and pedagogy engage African American history and culture, literature, and narratives of race, place/space, and memory in the U.S. South. In her professional and academic work, Dionne strives to serve and engage diverse communities and extend research beyond the academy to foster partnerships with diverse communities, cultural and educational institutions, and public and private industries. As NISS Fellow: Project Manager, Dionne plays a pivotal role in supporting the organization’s mission by overseeing the planning and execution of institute convenings.
