Dr. Michele A. L. Villagran is an accomplished educator, innovative speaker, entrepreneur, consultant, cultural intelligence and diversity & inclusion expert with over 25 years of experience in the public and private sectors. Dr. Villagran’s research focuses on diversity and social justice in library and information science and cultural intelligence phenomena within libraries.

Dr. Villagran earned her Doctorate of Education in Organizational Leadership with her dissertation focusing on cultural intelligence in 2015 with Pepperdine University. She also completed her Masters of Dispute Resolution and Certificate of Dispute Resolution with Pepperdine. At the University of North Texas, Dr. Villagran completed her M.L.S. degree in Legal Informatics and her M.B.A. in Strategic Management.

Dr. Villagran serves as CEO of CulturalCo, LLC consulting in areas of cultural competency, diversity & inclusion, conflict resolution, and emotional intelligence. Visit https://culturalco.com/ to learn more! She also is an assistant professor with San Jose State University School of Information. She is an advanced certified cultural intelligence and unconscious bias facilitator through the Cultural Intelligence Center, and Conflicts Dynamic Profile consultant. She is a racial healing circle facilitator. She is involved with numerous associations in the fields of library and information science, conflict management and leadership.

Her full CV is available at https://ischoolapps.sjsu.edu/facultypages/faculty/villagranm/villagranm_cv.pdf

Location: California

Keywords = Social Justice, Cultural Intelligence, Implicit Bias, Cultural Competence, Conflict Management, Emotional Intelligence, Cultural Humility

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