FEBRUARY 24, 2020 —UTSA’s Office of Inclusive Excellence has welcomed a new Roadrunner to its team. Traci L. Guinn Buckley joined the office as the new assistant vice president for inclusive excellence, a newly created position.
In her new role, Guinn Buckley is working beside Myron Anderson, vice president for inclusive excellence in the development, coordination and implementation of initiatives that contribute toward establishing an effective and collaborative policy and practice of diversity, equity and inclusion at UTSA.
She also plans to collaborate with university leadership, faculty, staff, students, shared governance groups and community members to provide guidance and support for all activities of the office.
“Her expertise as a teacher, practitioner and team builder aligns extremely well with UTSA’s inclusive excellence philosophy.”
—MYRON ANDERSON, Vice President for Inclusive Excellence
Guinn Buckley joins UTSA from Central Michigan University, where she served in various roles and responsibilities for 21 years. Most recently she held the role of executive director for the university’s Center for Inclusion and Diversity and Multicultural Academic Student Services.
“Dr. Buckley has over 21 years of experience working as an administrator and educator in the diversity and inclusion space,” Anderson said. “Her expertise as a teacher, practitioner and team builder aligns extremely well with UTSA’s inclusive excellence philosophy.”
Under Guinn Buckley’s leadership, Central Michigan was awarded the Higher Education Excellence in Diversity Award twice. Higher education institutions are given the award for their demonstration of outstanding efforts on campus and making diversity and inclusion a top priority.
In addition to her leadership roles Guinn Buckley taught both undergraduate and graduate courses at Central Michigan, from First-Year Experience to Administration of Higher Education and Diversity Issues in Higher Education.
Guinn Buckley’s commitment to higher education has led to her involvement in campuswide committees and as an adviser on several student organizations.
Her involvement in higher education has earned her recognition as the Black Girls Rock Outstanding Faculty/Staff of the Year Award, the Michigan Banner Newspaper Higher Than Education Award and CMU’s Woman of Excellence Award.
Guinn Buckley, who is the child of a retired Air Force officer and career mother, attributes her interest in diversity, equity and inclusion to her parents. She was introduced to the importance of communicating and working together across cultural differences after living in different places in her lifetime.
Following her graduation from high school in Honolulu, Guinn Buckley earned a bachelor of business administration in marketing from the University of Memphis. She also has a master of arts in educational administration and community leadership and a doctorate in higher education administration, both from Central Michigan.
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Guinn Buckley said she’s enjoying her transition to UTSA and looks forward to supporting an environment where faculty, staff and students as well as the community can achieve their goals through campuswide conversations, workshops and training. She also looks forward to supporting the established programs and services currently provided on UTSA’s campus.
UTSA conducted a nationwide search for the new position as well as hosted open forums with the finalists in August 2019. Guinn Buckley started her new role on Feb. 1.
