Announcing UMKC School of Law Associate Dean for Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
Associate Professor Mikah Thompson has been appointed Associate Dean for Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at the UMKC School of Law.
Associate Dean Mikah Thompson Associate Professor Mikah Thompson has been appointed Associate Dean for Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at the UMKC School of Law. Professor Thompson brings an extraordinary wealth of experience to this position. She represented clients in employment law matters in private practice and served as the Director of Affirmative Action, Title IX Coordinator, and ACA Accommodations Coordinator for UMKC. Her scholarship investigates the role of race and gender in the law and she translates that expertise into community impact through her work leading the Missouri Supreme Court’s Racial and Ethnic Fairness Commission, among other community commitments. She is an outstanding teacher who has developed and taught seminars in Race and the Law and in Sexual Orientation and the Law at the School of Law and is currently helping to develop curricula at the Schools of Medicine of both UMKC and MU. In her role as Associate Dean for DEI, Mikah will continue this broad leadership work and represent the School of Law on the UMKC Chancellor’s Diversity Council.
