Dr. Rodney Coates Earns MAC Honor
3/2/2022 12:21:00 PM | General
CLEVELAND, Ohio -- The Mid-American Conference announced this week the institutional winners for the Outstanding Faculty Award for Student Success, including Miami professor Dr. Rodney Coates.
Dr. Coates is a professor of Global and Intercultural Studies and has served at Miami University since 1990. He is a public sociologist, which, to him, means that the work he does must have an impact in the wider communities — both within and external to the university. He has conducted bias training for school districts and municipalities, police, and universities. He works with local communities, corporations, and Miami University to establish pathways to progress for under-represented students in such fields as STEM, business, and law. At Miami University, he was the driving force for the creation of the Miami-Cincinnati Scholars program which provides full scholarships for underrepresented students going into STEM.
Dr. Coates has developed and taught a wide assortment of courses such as Introduction to Critical Race and Ethnic Studies, Introduction to Social Justice, Critical Race and Post-Colonial Structures, Civil Rights and Social Movements, and Human Rights and Social Movements. His course on globalization, social justice, and human rights, which links universities from around the globe (to include the United Kingdom, Moscow, Milano Italy, Spain, British Columbia) has received several awards and been featured in published articles.
He teaches the CRE 151 course to first-year student-athletes on the Miami football and basketball teams, a key component of the summer bridge program he helped develop in 2013 for incoming student-athletes. These new students are given a challenging curriculum to encourage them to exceed their own academic expectations, and the program has seen a boost in student-athlete GPA and graduation rates since its introduction.
This marks the third year that MAC has given out the Outstanding Faculty Award for Student Success to recognize the outstanding efforts of member schools' faculty to support and develop students both inside and outside of the classroom. This student-focused award is distinguishable from academic or research-based awards as it celebrates the commitment of the MAC to a holistic student experience and the creation of an environment that supports success in school and in life.
Eligibility for this award is broad in nature in an effort to identify a wide range of outstanding means by which faculty are significantly impacting students, and to create an opportunity to recognize the various ways that student success is supported within the MAC. It is the hope of this award that the twelve nominees represent a diverse community that demonstrate support for student success throughout their entire collegiate experience.
Dr. Coates is a professor of Global and Intercultural Studies and has served at Miami University since 1990. He is a public sociologist, which, to him, means that the work he does must have an impact in the wider communities — both within and external to the university. He has conducted bias training for school districts and municipalities, police, and universities. He works with local communities, corporations, and Miami University to establish pathways to progress for under-represented students in such fields as STEM, business, and law. At Miami University, he was the driving force for the creation of the Miami-Cincinnati Scholars program which provides full scholarships for underrepresented students going into STEM.
Dr. Coates has developed and taught a wide assortment of courses such as Introduction to Critical Race and Ethnic Studies, Introduction to Social Justice, Critical Race and Post-Colonial Structures, Civil Rights and Social Movements, and Human Rights and Social Movements. His course on globalization, social justice, and human rights, which links universities from around the globe (to include the United Kingdom, Moscow, Milano Italy, Spain, British Columbia) has received several awards and been featured in published articles.
He teaches the CRE 151 course to first-year student-athletes on the Miami football and basketball teams, a key component of the summer bridge program he helped develop in 2013 for incoming student-athletes. These new students are given a challenging curriculum to encourage them to exceed their own academic expectations, and the program has seen a boost in student-athlete GPA and graduation rates since its introduction.
This marks the third year that MAC has given out the Outstanding Faculty Award for Student Success to recognize the outstanding efforts of member schools' faculty to support and develop students both inside and outside of the classroom. This student-focused award is distinguishable from academic or research-based awards as it celebrates the commitment of the MAC to a holistic student experience and the creation of an environment that supports success in school and in life.
Eligibility for this award is broad in nature in an effort to identify a wide range of outstanding means by which faculty are significantly impacting students, and to create an opportunity to recognize the various ways that student success is supported within the MAC. It is the hope of this award that the twelve nominees represent a diverse community that demonstrate support for student success throughout their entire collegiate experience.
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