• education MSW (Community Organizing, Group Work & Women’s Issues), University of Connecticut
    BA, Brandeis University

Practice and scholarly focus

Myra Hindus has worked extensively on diversity and on gender issues for her entire career, primarily in higher education and other nonprofit settings. She has served as both a consultant and an administrator in institutions ranging from Harvard University and Princeton University to the University of Massachusetts and the University of Connecticut. From 2006-2010 she served as the first Vice President for Cultural Diversity at Berklee College of Music in Boston, Massachusetts. She is currently the Principal at Creative Diversity Solutions and consults primarily with universities and non-profits. Some of her clients since 2011 have included: Tufts University, University of Vermont, University of Denver, Framingham State University and Harvard Pilgrim HealthCare Foundation.

Hindus is currently an adjunct faculty member at Boston University’s School of Social Work. Her expertise is in diversity assessment, conflict resolution, strategic planning and gender issues. She has consulted with numerous colleges and universities, non-profit organizations, state task forces, private hospitals, employers and community groups including: Brown University, Mt. Holyoke College, Smith College, Amherst College, University of Hartford, American International College, Rhode Island Task Force on Sexual Assault, Rhode Island and University of Massachusetts Labor Education Institutes, and many community organizations.

Courses

HB 720 Human Behavior in the Social Environment
HB 735 Racial Justice and Cultural Oppression

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