EHE Distinguished Professor of Urban Education, Vice Provost for Diversity and Inclusion, Chief Diversity Officer, and Executive Director of the Todd Anthony Bell National Resource Center on the African American Male at The Ohio State University
About
Dr. James L. Moore III is the vice provost for Diversity and Inclusion and chief diversity officer at The Ohio State University, while serving as the first executive director of the Todd Anthony Bell National Resource Center on the African American Male. He is also the inaugural EHE Distinguished Professor of Urban Education in the College of Education and Human Ecology. From 2015 to 2017, Dr. Moore served as a program director for Broadening Participation in Engineering in the Engineering Directorate at the National Science Foundation in Arlington, Virginia, and, from 2011 to 2015, he was an associate provost for Diversity and Inclusion at The Ohio State University, where he managed numerous programs and units.
Dr. Moore is internationally-recognized for his work on African American males. His research agenda focuses on school counseling, gifted education, urban education, higher education, multicultural education/counseling, and STEM education, and he is often quoted, featured, and mentioned in popular publications, such as the New York Times, Columbus Dispatch, Spartanburg Herald, Cincinnati Enquirer, Journal of Blacks in Higher Education, Chronicle of Higher Education, and Diverse: Issues in Higher Education. In both 2018 and 2019, he was cited by Education Week as one of the 200 most influential scholars and researchers in the United States, who inform educational policy, practice, and reform.
Dr. Moore has developed a national reputation as a thought leader on important educational public policy topics and regularly invited to share his expertise to various K-12 school systems, universities, professional associations, and governmental agencies. On May 9, 2019, Congressman Anthony Gonzalez (R-OH), Congressman Troy Balderson (R-OH), and staff of the U. S. House Representatives Committee on Science, Space, & Technology invited him to testify at the hearing titled, “Broadening Participation in STEM Education,” in the Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, DC.
Dr. Moore has co-edited five books: (a) African American Students in Urban Schools: Critical Issues and Solutions for Achievement; (b) African American Male Students in PreK-12 Schools: Informing Research, Policy, and Practice; (c) Black Males and Intercollegiate Athletics: An exploration of Problems and Solutions; (d) Advancing Educational Outcomes in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics at Historically Black Colleges and Universities; and (e) Gifted Children of Color Around the World: Diverse Needs, Exemplary Practices and Directions for the Future. He has also published over 130 publications; obtained over $20 million in grants, contracts, and gifts; and given over 200 scholarly presentations and lectures throughout the United States and other parts of the world (e.g., Brazil, Bermuda, Bahamas, Jamaica, Canada, England, Spain, China, India, Indonesia, Ireland, and France).
Dr. Moore received his BA in English education from Delaware State University and both his MAEd and PhD in counselor education from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. Throughout his career, he has received numerous prestigious awards, honors, and distinctions. Notably, he was selected as an American Council on Education Fellow, American Counseling Association Fellow, and Big Ten Committee on Institutional Cooperation Academic Leadership Program Fellow. In 2011, he was bestowed a proclamation from the Ohio House [OH]; in 2014, a resolution from the Columbus City Council [OH]; and in 2015, a key to the City of Spartanburg [SC]. Additionally, in 2018, Missy and Bob Weiler of Columbus, Ohio established in his honor the Dr. James L. Moore III Scholars Program to support diverse undergraduate students transferring from Columbus State Community College to Ohio State University.
Dr. Moore, a native of his Lyman, South Carolina, is married to Stephanie M. Moore, who is also from South Carolina. They have four children: James L. Moore IV, Sienna Ava Moore, Savanna Marie-Ann Moore, and Sannai Elise Moore.
Research Area Keyword(s):
School counseling, gifted education, urban education, higher education, multicultural education/counseling, and STEM education
