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Assistant Professor of Broadcast Journalism at Columbia University; Author

Calvin Mackie is an award-winning mentor, inventor, author, former engineering professor, and entrepreneur dedicated to STEM education equity. Overcoming a reading disability in a home where books weren't accessible, he earned a B.S. in mathematics from Morehouse College, graduating magna cum laude, and a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from Georgia Tech.
He taught at Tulane for 12 years, researching heat transfer, before founding STEM NOLA, a nonprofit providing STEM workshops and mentorship to underserved youth in post-Katrina New Orleans. Co-founder of Channel ZerO Group, he authored "A View from the Roof" (2005) and "Grandma's Hands" (2012).
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Assistant Professor of Broadcast Journalism at Columbia University; Author
Professor of Economics and Public Policy at the University of Michigan Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy
Member of the "Little Rock Nine"
Co-Director of The Advancement Project, Public Policy & Diversity Activist
Professor of Linguistics and Philosophy at MIT, Foreign Policy Author
Former Director of the Domestic Policy Council of the United States
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