DISTINGUISHED FACULTY LECTURER, 2024

KRISTI M. GREEN, PhD

Associate Professor and Management Department Coordinator, Gail Miller School of Business

The Distinguished Faculty Lecturer is a recognition of quality work by one of Salt Lake Community College’s full-time faculty and a charge to develop that work over an academic year into a public presentation. A committee chosen by the Associate Provost for Learning Advancement selects the faculty lecturer each year. The lecture will take place in the spring of 2024.

For associate professor Kristi Green, an Argentine American, Salt Lake Community College has been a beacon of diversity. She sees the College’s mission of inclusivity daily through its support of marginalized communities seeking higher education. Even so, Green notes there are still too few Latinas in higher education leadership positions. This led her to wonder how community colleges are supporting Latinas and begin to conduct her own research on the issue.

As SLCC’s Distinguished Faculty Lecturer for 2024, Green’s lecture will focus on the experiences and stories of Latinas working in higher education and how colleges can foster more inclusive environments. “These narratives are considered ‘Counterstories.’ Counterstorytelling is a method of recounting the experiences of the racially and socially marginalized,” Green says.

Her lecture will also highlight the progress SLCC has made toward equity, as well as opportunities for improvement. “We will workshop and discuss our own origin stories, what constitutes our identities, what support we need to advance our own careers, identify where we will no longer compromise, and what practices we might adopt to better support inclusivity.”

In her eight years at SLCC, Green has taught courses on Entrepreneurship, Small Business and Management, among others. She earned a bachelor’s degree in Architecture from the University of Utah, a Master of Business Administration from Independence University, and a PhD in Higher Education Administration from the University of Wyoming. In addition to her role as an associate professor, she serves as SLCC’s Management Department coordinator in the Gail Miller School of Business.