Haley Pilgrim (Odom) Email & Phone Number

Mount Vernon, Ny, Us

Boston, Massachusetts, Us

Racial identity consultations provide a supportive and inclusive space for multiracial individuals to explore and navigate their complex racial identities. These sessions are designed to address the unique experiences, challenges, and nuances faced by multiracial individuals in understanding their backgrounds and developing a sense of belonging. Through dialogue, self-reflection, and tailored guidance, participants can gain insights, validation, and strategies for embracing their identity authentically and confidently.

Boston, Ma, Us

Philadelphia, Pa, Us

Awards2020 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Involvement Recognition Award2019 Woman of Color Graduate Student Award2018 Penn Prize for Excellence in Graduate Student Teaching (Top 10 Graduate teachers in University)2018 APD Diversity Impact Award, McKinsey & Company 2018 Paul Spickard Graduate Student Paper Award, Critical Mixed Race Studies2017 Grad Ben Talks Audience Choice Winner2017 Grad Ben Talks Social Science Division Winner"To this day and I have not felt more cared for or heard from a Penn professor or TA here than from you. Thank you for helping me explore different parts of my identity and at the same time affirm who I am. I cannot thank you enough." Race, Science and Justice student, email 1.22.20 "I have been talking to undergraduates about their experiences and trying to find folks who can talk about instructors who are doing the right thing by all students. Someone mentioned you and your class today -- said you treat students like they are people too and respect them as peers. he wished all professors would teach like you do. His words were so kind that I wanted to share them with you." Center for Teaching and Learning Staff email 2.21.20"This course has been my favorite course at Penn so far... I have learned so much. I appreciated listening to all of my peer's perspectives and I really grew out of my comfort zone. Also, the professor is amazing, and I admire her wisdom. She is so understanding and also encourages us to critically think about race." Sociology of Black Communities, course evaluation"I wanted to say thank you for being a great professor and honestly fostering a supportive and family-like environment for our class. Although I am still shy and anxious, I definitely can say I feel more comfortable speaking in your class… I appreciate you as a teacher. Also, this class has made me think of the world and school in general in a different perspective." Sociology of Black Communities student, email 2.26.20

Philadelphia, Pa, Us

• Developed a supportive and positive living environment designed to link community, faculty, and residents • Create strategies to increase diversity in the selection, evaluation and training of incoming RAs and GAs• Promoted academic excellence, addressed student needs, and encouraged involvement among residents in a way that supported the mission of the University and the Department of Residence Life• Encouraged the interaction and construction of social networks between community and residents, winning the 2019 Student and Community Engagement award

Thousand Oaks, Ca, Us

• Edit video scripts as critical race studies subject expert for quality, accuracy, and accessibility on diversity concepts

• Created lectures examining the historical importance and the contemporary relevance of struggles to overcome inequality and injustice• Train new teaching fellows in leading recitations for high school students that developed skills for qualitative and quantitative research, leadership and community development, and writing.• Worked with US and International students through all stages of the research and writing process on projects related to freedom, justice and equality

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Us

• Led a 14 member Executive Board and 70 person Assembly in representing over 13,500 graduate students across 12 professional and research schools• Managed 2.2 M budget, decreasing operational costs, more than doubling the professional student travel and doubling the amount of funding for marginalized students and student groups • Set strategic vision and strategy for advocacy campaigns on mental wellness, sexual harassment, and diversity leading to the implementation of an institution-wide incident bias reporting form, creation of a the first generation low income graduate community and the sexual harassment reform committee.

• Evaluated organizational practices toward same-gender adoptions to better improve experiences of same-gender couples• Conducted interviews of LGBTQ community leaders to familiarize The Cradle with various community perspectives and determine policy in regards to new state laws• Compiled research that decided the required legal relationship status of couples seeking to adopt• Created communications to increase LGBT cultural competency in over 50 employees • Presented research findings to total company resulting in an internal policy change regarding same sex adoption

Big Rapids, Mi, Us

• Analyzed institutional and cultural barriers to minority retention through developing a research project for Enrollment Services on the white-minority retention gap• Facilitated discussion in minority student focus groups to attain qualitative feedback • Collaborated with external consultants to formulate recommendations for the University• Presented findings and proposals at 2013 MI-AIR conference after receiving endorsement from University directors

Doctor Of Philosophy (Phd), Sociology

Cum Laude, Bachelor Of Science In Education And Social Policy, Organizational Dynamics, Sociological Research Minor

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