Dr. Phillip Bowman

Biography

Phillip J. Bowman is a Professor Emeritus at the University of Michigan's Marsal Family School of Education, where he also serves as Faculty Associate at the Institute for Social Research. He was the founding director of the Diversity Research and Policy Program (DRPP), which was launched in 2008 with funding from the National Institutes of Health. His research focuses on higher education, racial/ethnic diversity, and public policy issues such as workforce inequalities and health disparities. Bowman has a growing interest in multilevel strengths-based intervention strategies aimed at reducing inequalities and opportunity gaps. His teaching encompasses courses such as Race, Ethnicity, and Gender in Higher Education and Strengths-Based STEM Pipeline Interventions. Prior to his current role, Bowman directed the Institute for Research on Race and Public Policy at the University of Illinois at Chicago and held various leadership positions at Northwestern University. He has published extensively on themes related to diversity and has received support from notable organizations such as the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the National Science Foundation. He holds a Ph.D. in Social Psychology from the University of Michigan.

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