Dr. Joe-Joe McManus is an Associate with Delta Developmental. He began his career in higher education as a faculty member in Teacher Education at Florida A&M University (FAMU). Dubbed “Dr. Joe-Joe” by students at FAMU, his personal commitment, academic knowledge, and professional experience are the foundation of his no-nonsense style and results oriented approach to inclusive excellence.
An educational innovator, Dr. McManus has lectured, served on panels, presented, and consulted in the U.S. and internationally for nearly three decades. His experience includes faculty, staff, and administration roles. His range of experience includes having served at an HBCU, an Ivy League institution, a state university, a major urban university system, a religious college, and an international university.
As a consultant, Dr. McManus works across sectors, advising university Presidents and Chief Diversity Officers (CDO), P-12 school educators, corporate CDO’s, and other organizational leaders on anti-racism, inclusive excellence, and leadership development. Most recently, McManus served as Chief Diversity Officer at California State University San Marcos.
Among the many educational institutions where McManus has been a featured speaker are the University of Cambridge (UK), Moscow State University, Syracuse University, and the Defense Equal Opportunity Management Institute. He has also keynoted, presented papers, and facilitated workshops at numerous conferences; a few examples are the National Conference on Race and Ethnicity in American Higher Education (NCORE), National Association for Multicultural Education (NAME), the National MultiCultural Institute (NMCI), the White Privilege Conference (WPC), and the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations Forum (Qatar).
Currently, McManus serves on the Board of Advisors for E3: Education, Excellence & Equity. Previously he has served as an Expert Panelist for the Global Diversity & Inclusion Benchmarks (GDIB), and as a member of the Diversity Community Exchange (DiCE) Group for which he edited the book, The Diversity Calling. He also served on the Boards for the Center for Culturally Proficient Educational Practice, the Diversity Collegium, and the National Association for Multicultural Education (NAME).
A first-generation college student, McManus earned his B.S. in Psychology from Florida Institute of Technology, an M.A. in Multicultural Education at Alliant International University, and his Ph.D. in Educational Leadership from Florida A&M University. Dr. McManus also completed the National Association for Diversity Officers in Higher Education (NADOHE) Standards of Professional Practice Institute as a member of the inaugural cohort and the University of Southern California (USC) Equity Institute. He also served on the NADOHE President’s Task Force on Charlottesville and Co-Chaired the Southern California Chapter of NADOHE.