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Kenya Tyson

Kenya Tyson

Higher Education Executive | Legal and Policy Strategist | Public Scholar

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

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Kenya Tyson, JD is a higher education executive, legal and policy strategist, and founder of The Black Massacre Project. She has held senior leadership roles at major universities including Dartmouth College, where she advised on institutional governance, compliance, innovation, and strategic initiatives. A former criminal justice professor and nationally recognized speaker, her work focuses on justice systems, race, institutional power, historical accountability, and public policy.

Area of Expertise

  • Government, Social Sector & Education
  • Humanities & Social Sciences
  • Law & Regulation
  • Physical & Life Sciences

Topics

  • Higher Education
  • Artificial Intelligence in Higher Education
  • innovation in higher ed
  • Higher Education Operations
  • Adult Learners in Higher Education
  • Black Women in Higher Education
  • Higher education transformation
  • Building Global Partnerships in Higher Education
  • Criminal Justice
  • criminal justice
  • Crime prevention
  • racial discrimination
  • criminal defense attorney
  • Social Justice
  • Equity/DEI/Social Justice
  • Social engineering
  • social responsibility
  • Critical Race Theory
  • Equity & Social Justice
  • Black News
  • Black women
  • Black History
  • Black People
  • Black and Travel
  • Black Culture
  • Black Women in Education
  • Justice
  • youth justice
  • restorative justice
  • juvenile justice
  • Politics
  • american history

Dartmouth in Africa: Summit on Health, Innovation & Diplomacy

Plenary Session: US-Africa Diplomatic Relations and the Role of Higher Education

December 2025 Nairobi, Kenya

NJSBA Diversity Summit: Resetting, Renewing and Reframing DEI to Meet the Moment

Session: Reset, Renew, Reframe

January 2025 New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States

New Jersey State Bar Annual Meeting and Convention

Session: How Will the Supreme Court’s Affirmative Action Ruling Affect College Admissions?

May 2024 Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States

Emerging Equity Scholars Program’s Speaker Series (RTI International)

The Black Massacre Project: Fostering community-collaborative and cultural
exchange to explore the impact of historical racial violence

September 2023

Labor and Employment Relations Association (LERA) Annual Meeting

Session: Public Safety & Social Justice: How Police Officers and Government Employers Must Work Together.

May 2023 Detroit, Michigan, United States

New Jersey Association for Justice Boardwalk Seminar

Session: Title IX Charges and Parallel Criminal Proceedings

April 2023 Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States

Legal Service of New Jersey Next Justice Series

Session: Reparations Now.

September 2021 Newark, New Jersey, United States

The International Commission for Dalit Rights Virtual Global Conference

Session: Reformation of Justice Systems, Challenges, and Strategies

September 2020

National Conference on Higher Education in Prison

Session: Rights, Rules, and Responsibilities: How to translate college policies for inside students

November 2019 St. Louis, Missouri, United States

American Sociological Association Annual Meeting

Session: The Rose that Grew from Concrete: Building a Thriving Social Justice Degree Program Behind Bars

August 2019 New York City, New York, United States

National Gang Crime Research Center 22nd International Gang Specialist Training Conference

Session: From Prevention to Re-Entry: Leveraging Procedural Justice Principles to Improve Interaction with Gang-Involved Youth

August 2019 Chicago, Illinois, United States

Annual Regional Education & Training Conference, Nat'l Organization of Black Law Enforcement Execs

Session: Criminal Justice Policy and Legislation

April 2019 Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States

Kenya Tyson

Higher Education Executive | Legal and Policy Strategist | Public Scholar

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

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