Rodmon King (photo provided).
Rodmon King, PhD, has been selected as SUNY Geneseo’s new chief diversity officer. He assumes the role on November 7.
“I am thrilled at the appointment of Dr. Rodmon King as Geneseo's next chief diversity officer,” President Denise A. Battles says. “He is an exceptionally well-qualified individual, with experiences spanning DEI roles at multiple higher education institutions, including within SUNY. He has compiled a strong record of accomplishments as a DEI thought leader, and I look forward to welcoming him to the Geneseo community later this fall.”
With nearly 10 years of diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging (DEIB) experience, King comes to SUNY Geneseo from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst’s School of Public Health and Health Sciences, where he developed and evaluated DEIB initiatives, programming, and training in collaboration with faculty and staff. Before his UMass role, he served as dean of institutional equity and inclusion and interim Title IX coordinator at Connecticut College. King served as the deputy chief diversity officer for the SUNY System, following positions as the inaugural chief diversity and inclusion officer at SUNY Oswego and associate vice president for academic affairs and diversity initiatives at Centre College.
“I am honored to have been chosen to be Geneseo’s next chief diversity officer,” says King. “I look forward to partnering with the members of the Geneseo community to advance the vital work that lies before us. Together, we will continue to cultivate the possibilities of our present into the realities of our future.”
King was a member of the faculty at Hobart and William Smith Colleges in Geneva, NY, where he taught as a full-time instructor and assistant professor in the philosophy department. He previously served as an adjunct instructor at Roberts Wesleyan College and the University of Rochester. King earned his doctoral and master’s degrees in philosophy from the University of Rochester and a bachelor’s degree in religion and philosophy from Roberts Wesleyan College.
King’s recruitment was undertaken in consultation with a campus search committee chaired by Mike Taberski, vice president for student and campus life. King succeeds robbie routenberg ’05, who served in the role since 2017.