NiCole Keith, PhD, is a full Professor and the Associate Dean of Faculty Affairs at Indiana University School of Health and Human Sciences. Her research surrounds positively influencing health outcomes through physical activity and fitness while addressing health equity.
Currently, Dr. Keith is President of the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM). She is also on the advisory board for both ACSM Exercise is Medicine and American Fitness Index.
NiCole attended Howard University for undergrad, followed by earning her Master’s in Exercise Science at the University of Rhode Island and her PhD in Exercise Physiology from the University of Connecticut. Later, she took on another Master’s degree in Clinical Research from Indiana University.
We talk about:
- The challenges of being a black woman professor and first black president of ACSM
- How she developed a thick skin to stay tough instead of mad
- The importance of representation and her work to develop and support diversity
Click below for links to Dr. Keith’s two initiatives through ACSM:
ACSM’s Leadership & Diversity Training Program
ACSM’s Mentoring Women to Fellowship Program
And if you’re interested in that draw-a-scientist study we talked about on today’s episode, here’s a link to the recent meta-analysis and here’s a popular article summarizing the findings.
