IMANI M. CHEERS has been named associate director for the School of Media and Public Affairs (SMPA) at George Washington University. She will be the first African American woman to fulfill the role. Associate professor of digital storytelling at SMPA, Cheers holds a bachelor’s degree from Washington University in St. Louis as well as a master’s in African studies and a Ph.D. in mass communication and media studies from Howard University.
A New Track: Fostering Diversity and Equity in Athletics
American sport has always served as a platform for resistance and has been measured and critiqued by how it responds in critical moments of racial and social crises.
