{"id":1061,"date":"2022-02-21T11:05:44","date_gmt":"2022-02-21T16:05:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shilsfund.org\/?page_id=1061"},"modified":"2022-03-02T14:17:54","modified_gmt":"2022-03-02T19:17:54","slug":"sonya-g-smith-edd-jd","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/shilsfund.org\/leadership-and-board-members\/sonya-g-smith-edd-jd\/","title":{"rendered":"Sonya G. Smith, EdD, JD"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"250\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/shilsfund.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/sonya-smith-edd.jpg\" alt=\"Sonya G. Smith, EdD, JD\" class=\"wp-image-1062\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Sonya G. Smith, Ed.D., J.D.<br>Senior Vice President for Access, Diversity and Inclusion, ADEA<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sonya Smith is the Chief Diversity Officer at the American Dental Education Association (ADEA) in Washington, DC and leads efforts to promote diversity, access, equity, belongingness, and inclusion. These efforts include the development of ADEA\u2019s first access, diversity, and inclusion strategic framework, the inaugural faculty diversity toolkit, inaugural dental education-wide climate assessment, and health equity resources to support historically underrepresented and marginalized patients. Dr. Smith also served as the Associate Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs &amp; Enrollment Services and Associate Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC). Additionally, she worked at the University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC), previously serving as the Associate Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs\/Chief Student Affairs Officer; Associate Professor of Health Services Research Administration in the College of Public Health.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Prior to her appointment at UNMC, she served as the Associate to the President; Assistant Vice President of Academic Affairs for Diversity at the University of Nebraska Central Administration. Dr. Smith\u2019s experiences include serving as a Public Policy Consultant for seven (7) years for the Office of the General Counsel \u2013 Tennessee Department of Finance and Administration, Tennessee Department of Health \u2013 General Counsel\u2019s Office, and the TennCare Bureau in the areas of healthcare policy, compliance, health inequities, legislation, and access issues related to underrepresented and vulnerable populations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Smith has published on academic freedom and free speech, diversifying the health professions, legal challenges to campus equal opportunity programs, and reducing health disparities. She serves on numerous committees such as the National Hispanic Medical Association \u2013 Health Scholars Advisory Committee, Social Mission National Advisory Committee, and the National Medical Fellowship \u2013 National Advisory Council Primary Care Leadership Program. Additionally, Dr. Smith served two terms as the Vice Chair, Health Law Section, Diversity Committee for the American Bar Association. She is a co-principal investigator for the national Summer Health Professions Education Program (SHPEP), formerly known as SMDEP. She was named an Influencer by the National Diversity Council, received the ADEA Change Agent Award, and is the recipient of the Vanderbilt Law School\u2019s Bennett Douglas Bell Memorial Prize and Philip G. Davidson III Memorial Award. Dr. Smith holds a B.S. in History, M.Ed. in Curriculum &amp; Instruction, and an Ed.S. in Administration &amp; Supervision from Middle Tennessee State University. She received her doctorate in Higher Education Administration and a Doctor of Jurisprudence degree from Vanderbilt University, and completed a certificate in international law at the Tulane University Institute of European Legal Studies in Paris, France. Other certifications include: Title IX Hearing Officer, Cornell University Diversity and Inclusion; Civil Rights Investigator, and Affirmative Action Professional.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>American Dental Education Association<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":380,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"acf":[],"featured_image_src":null,"featured_image_src_square":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/shilsfund.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1061"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/shilsfund.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/shilsfund.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shilsfund.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shilsfund.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1061"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/shilsfund.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1061\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shilsfund.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/380"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/shilsfund.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1061"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}