Dr Tammy Hodo
Dr. Hodo is the founder and President of All Things Diverse LLC, which provides consulting services to businesses, academic institutions, non-profit organizations, and government entities who value diversity and want to develop a high performing inclusive workforce. All Things Diverse, LLC is dedicated to helping organizations realize the full potential that can only be achieved through deliberate action. The company is committed to helping its clients create a workplace culture of belonging where everyone can thrive. Some of the services her company offers include diversity, equity, and inclusion training and workshops, assessments and surveys, strategic diversity planning and diversity audits. She worked in academia for over 18 years in a variety of positions to include faculty and administrator.
Her company has had contracts with the City of Jacksonville addressing policing and trust with minority communities (Safer Together). The City of Tampa training employees on Cultural Inclusiveness, Diversity and Implicit Bias as well as the Federal government division of Veterans Administration in which she taught employees about Cultural Competency, Microaggressions and Communication Styles, just to name a few.
Dr. Hodo has written course content for an educational vendor on Implicit Bias and
Microaggressions and a course on Discrimination Awareness in the workplace that are used at
hundreds of businesses and universities/colleges. She is also a TEDx speaker, in which she
discussed the Social Implications of Race .
She is a service-connected disabled veteran of the U.S. Navy.
Education
- PhD Urban Studies, minor in Sociology and concentration in Race, Class Gender and Ethnicity, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 2009
- MPA, Columbus State University, 1998
- B.S. Criminal Justice, Albany State University, 1997
Articles Published
- “Black Scholars’ Speak about Diversity or the Lack Thereof in Academia.” Florida Coastal Law Review, Vol. 18 (No. 3), Summer 2017. pp. 367-391.
- “Voices from Within: The Academic Experiences of Minority Scholars at a Midwest Research University.” University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, e.polis, 2009, 3; pp. 25-59.
Book Chapters
- Hodo, Tammy L. & Belgrave, Faye (2021). “The Urban Experiences of African American Families.” In African American Families: Research, Theory, and Practice (pp 320-350), Belgrave, Faye, Goings, Trenette C. & Jones, Heather. Cognella Academic Publishing, CA.
- “Voices from Within: The Academic Experiences of Minority Scholars at a Midwest Research University.” University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, e.polis, 2009, 3; pp. 25-59.
Books Published
- Hodo, Tammy L. & Belgrave, Faye (2021). “The Urban Experiences of African American Families.” In African American Families: Research, Theory, and Practice (pp 320-350), Belgrave, Faye, Goings, Trenette C. & Jones, Heather. Cognella Academic Publishing, CA.
- “Voices from Within: The Academic Experiences of Minority Scholars at a Midwest Research University.” University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, e.polis, 2009, 3; pp. 25-59.
Notables
- Selected to participate in “Small Great Conversations about Racism.” TEDx Jacksonville, Sept 2020
- “Voices from Within: The Academic Experiences of Minority Scholars at a Midwest Research University.” University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, e.polis, 2009, 3; pp. 25-59.
- “Voices from Within: The Academic Experiences of Minority Scholars at a Midwest Research University.” University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, e.polis, 2009, 3; pp. 25-59.
- “Voices from Within: The Academic Experiences of Minority Scholars at a Midwest Research University.” University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, e.polis, 2009, 3; pp. 25-59.
- “Voices from Within: The Academic Experiences of Minority Scholars at a Midwest Research University.” University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, e.polis, 2009, 3; pp. 25-59.
- “Voices from Within: The Academic Experiences of Minority Scholars at a Midwest Research University.” University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, e.polis, 2009, 3; pp. 25-59.
- “Voices from Within: The Academic Experiences of Minority Scholars at a Midwest Research University.” University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, e.polis, 2009, 3; pp. 25-59.
Abbreviated Diversity Forums Organized and Participated in
- “Diversity and Implicit Bias,” City of Tampa, 2021-present
- “The Art of Persuasion: Diversity, Disparities and Structural Racism,” America’s Essential Hospitals, Boston, MA, June 2022
- Panelist (Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Roundtable) at EMERGE 2022, National Forum for Black Public Administrators, Houston, TX, Feb 2022
- “Safer Together Initiative,” City of Jacksonville, Jan 2021-Oct 2021
- “Creating a Strategic Diversity Plan'' and “Institutional Racism,” Florida Nonprofit Alliance. Oct 2020.
- Three-part series with the Global American Red Cross Team surrounding issues of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, Aug-Oct 2020.
- Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Training, Douglas Anderson School of the Arts. August 2020.
- 3-Part webinar Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Series. “Implicit Bias and Microaggressions,” “Institutional Racism,” and “The State of Black America: The Emotional Toll of Racism.” The Northeast Region of The American Red Cross, June-August 2020.
- “Addressing Implicit Bias: Working with Diverse Teams,” Nonprofit Center of Northeast Florida, April 14, 2020.
- “The need for Diversity within the Legal Profession,” Florida Coastal School of Law, February 27, 2020.
- “The History of the Pullman Porters.” CSX Corporation, February 27, 2020.
- “Perseverance and Resiliency When dealing with Oppression.” River City Academy, February 21, 2020.
- “Understanding Ourselves and Others.” Leadership Jacksonville, February 6, 2020.
- “The Bias inside Us.” University of North Florida, January 21, 2020.
- Panel member: Addressing Bullying and Harassment in the Workplace, October 17, 2019. Hosted by the Jacksonville, Human Rights Commission (HRC).
- Featured Speaker: “Implicit Bias and its impact on the Workplace.” Conference of Minority Transportation Officials (COMT0), August 2019
- Featured Speaker, Topic: Title IX and the MeToo Movement: The continued need to address sexual assault, harassment, and sexual violence in our Society. Association of Title IX Administrators (ATIXA), East Coast Conference, Philadelphia, October 2, 2019.
- Panel Member, Topic: Diversity in Higher Education, 15 th Annual Diversity and Leadership Council, April 201
