Belisa Gonzalez

Belisa González is Professor of Sociology and Dean of Faculty, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging at Ithaca College. She earned her PhD in Sociology from Emory University (2006) and completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Georgia. Her administrative leadership focuses on institutional equity frameworks and faculty development initiatives.

Her research examines:

• Intergroup dynamics between African American and Latino communities
• Structural discrimination experiences of Dominican/Mexican immigrants
• Cross-racial coalition building in Southern U.S. contexts
• Community-based participatory research methodologies

Major projects include:

• NSF-funded 4-year study on immigrant discrimination (co-investigated with Emory University)
• 3-year assessment of Multicultural Resource Center's Talking Circles program
• Founding director of Urban Mentorship Initiative (2008-2018), connecting NYC middle-school students with college mentors

She develops and facilitates institutional workshops on:

• Microaggression mitigation in classrooms
• Equity-centered hiring practices
• Conflict resolution frameworks for workplace dialogues