May 31, 2023
Quincy Bevely, Ph.D. named vice president for institutional diversity, equity, and inclusion
Quincy Bevely, Ph.D., has been appointed the inaugural vice president for institutional diversity, equity, and inclusion at Providence College beginning July 17, 2023. The announcement was made by College President Rev. Kenneth R. Sicard, O.P. ’78, ’82G following a nationwide search.
“I am confident that Quincy is the right choice to lead our diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts going forward,” Father Sicard said. “He knows our institution well, and he has established important and substantive relationships with many of our students, faculty, and staff.”
Bevely joined PC in 2016 as assistant dean of students and director of cultural education in the Division of Student Affairs. Since March 2019, he has been assistant vice president and Title VI coordinator in the Office of Institutional Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. In his new role, he will be a member of the President’s Cabinet, the college’s senior leadership team.
Bevely has taught courses in global studies, public and community service studies, and elementary/special education at PC, along with classes in the School of Continuing Education and graduate programs in higher education.
With Nicholas Longo, Ph.D. ’96, professor of global studies, he teaches a colloquium, Dialogue, Inclusion, Democracy, for sophomores in the Development of Western Civilization Program. As co-directors of the Dialogue, Inclusion, and Democracy Lab, they have facilitated the instillation of Dialogue, Inclusion, and Democracy walls, known as DID walls, in visible locations around campus. The walls, chalkboards or digital whiteboards, invite students to react to a prompt, share observations and opinions, and react to what others have shared.
In July 2022, Bevely and Longo were awarded a $250,000, three-year grant from the Arthur Vining Davis Foundation in support of Conversations for Change, a campus-wide initiative to promote civil discourse at the college and in the local community. Conversations for Change is designed to foster skills for active citizenship among students, faculty, and staff by including dialogue and deliberation in courses, student life, and professional development opportunities.
A native of Chicago, Bevely holds a bachelor’s degree in degree in psychology and a master’s degree in adult and higher education from Northern Illinois University. He earned a Ph.D. in counseling and student development from Kansas State University in 2021. He is a member of the National Association for Diversity Officers in Higher Education and has represented the college in the Inclusive Leadership Program of the Association of Independent Colleges and Universities and at the senior diversity officers meeting at the American Catholic Colleges and Universities Conference.
