Founding Director of the Center for Social Justice and Chief Diversity Officer
Daniel Pascoe Aguilar
Education
- PhD, Educational Systems, Indiana University Bloomington
- MS Ed., Instructional Systems Technology, Indiana University Bloomington
- MDiv, Theology & Ministry, Palmer Theological Seminary
- Licenciatura en Diseño Industrial, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana
- Bachillerato en Física & Matemáticas, Escuela Moderna AmericanaCertificate in the Teaching of ESL, Instituto Anglo-Mexicano de Cultura
About Daniel Pascoe Aguilar
Daniel Pascoe Aguilar is passionate about problem solving and collaborating with students, alums, the Excelsior University community, and community organizations on meaningful partnerships and innovative strategies for the development of a diverse, authentic, engaged, and ready next generation of leaders.
As Excelsior University’s chief diversity officer, founding director of the Center for Social Justice, and Title IX coordinator, he leads the organization’s justice, equity, diversity and inclusion efforts. He uses a systemic approach with the goal of facilitating Excelsior becoming a Multicultural Organization through seven key engagement and impact strategies mapped through a maturity model.
Before this role, Pascoe Aguilar served as associate provost for immersive learning and career design at Drew University in the New York City larger metropolitan area, where he led Launch, a comprehensive, inclusive approach to undergraduate education designed to facilitate all Drew University students’ identification of their purpose, their preparation for their careers, and their contribution to their communities and/or the world. Prior to his tenure at Drew, Pascoe Aguilar served as executive director of Career Services at Ithaca College, director of the University of Oregon Career Center, director of Career Services at Seattle University, director of alum career services and associate director of employer relations at the University of North Texas, senior associate director and chair of career courses at Indiana University, director of the crisis center for homeless families of San Francisco County, and minister in diverse religious organizations in México and the United States.
Since 2012, Pascoe Aguilar has offered consulting, speaking, and training services to universities, their career centers, and community organizations on the preparation of the next generation of leaders and the enhancement of the justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion of our work. He has published 30 chapters, articles, and columns on systems thinking, career development, systemic leadership, and intercultural development, as well as a book on systemic leadership, curricula on career and intercultural development, and a dissertation on conflict management in educational leadership.
Throughout the last few years, he has had the opportunity to serve as chair of the Capital Region JEDI Leadership Consortium. He is a current member of the Forbes Nonprofit Council and was a recent mentor of the American Association of Colleges & Universities College to Career Institute and a recent member of the NACE Strategic Positioning Taskforce.
