Meet Board Member Khadijat “Kubby” Rashid
CSD warmly welcomes Khadijat “Kubby” Rashid, Ph.D. as the newest member of our Board. Kubby will serve beginning July 1, 2018. CSD is very much looking to Kubby for her leadership and expertise to guide CSD’s organizational strategy to better address the many issues facing the Deaf community.
Khadijat “Kubby” Rashid, Ph.D. is currently the Interim Dean of the School of Education, Business and Human Services at Gallaudet University, having previously served as the chair of the Department of Business. A member of the Gallaudet faculty since 1994, she has developed and taught courses for both undergraduate and graduate students in the fields of economics, social work, and international development. Additionally, Kubby was the first coordinator of the Gallaudet Leadership Institute’s Deaf Women’s Leadership Program creating a curriculum that continues to be implemented today. She has also taught in the School of International Service at American University and in Merrill Lynch’s summer program for deaf-owned businesses.
In 2010, President Obama appointed her as a White House Fellow, where she worked closely with senior government officials. She also was appointed by the Maryland governor to serve on the board for the Maryland School for the Deaf from 2008 until 2014, and recently completed her term as a board member for Discovering Deaf Worlds, a non-profit organization that works with signing deaf communities worldwide. Currently, she is a board member for South West Collegiate Institute for the Deaf in Big Spring, Texas. Other organizations she has served include the World Deaf Leadership Program and the National Deaf Business Institute.
Kubby is the author of numerous published scholarly articles and book chapters, and is the co-author of the 2015 book, Citizenship, Politics, Difference: Perspectives from Sub-Saharan African Communities. She has presented widely, including at colleges and universities, the World Bank, United Nations, the State Department, the U.S. Agency for International Development, and the White House. She makes her home in Maryland.
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