Dr. Joy Wiggins

Joy L. Wiggins, PhD, received her doctorate from The Ohio State University in multicultural education and social justice. She is the founder and CEO of Joy Wiggins, PhD: Equity and Inclusion Consulting which provides speaking, facilitation and mentorship opportunities on the topics of power, privilege, racial and gender justice, and liberation. She has spent the past 20 years working on understanding our cultural identities and perceptions of how we navigate the world through our cultural identities. Her consulting centers around understanding biases and women supporting women in the workplace.

Joy teaches multicultural children’s literature, culture, equity and advocacy, and English language learning in the Elementary Education department at Western Washington University. Based on her 2017 TEDxWWU talk, she and Dr. Kami Anderson wrote “From Sabotage to Support: A New Vision for Feminist Solidarity in the Workplace,” which is available now. (For more information, please go to www.joywiggins.com)