Experts
Amer F. Ahmed
Founder and Lead Consultant
AFA Diversity Consulting
Ahmed is a contributor to ACUE’s Community of Professional Practice:
Ahmed serves as Director of Intercultural Teaching and Faculty Development at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, where he currently teaches on the global implications of hip-hop, race, and spirituality. He is also a faculty member at the Summer and Winter Institutes for Intercultural Communication.
Previously, Ahmed served as Dean of Sophomores and Director of the Intercultural Center at Swarthmore College. Prior to Swarthmore, Ahmed was the Associate Director for Multi-Ethnic Student Affairs and Trotter Multicultural Center at the University of Michigan.
Ahmed earned his BA in Anthropology and Black World Studies from Miami University. He holds a master’s degree from Indiana University and a doctorate degree in Adult and Higher Education from the University of South Dakota.
