Dr. Leslie Clement’s Inaugural Honors Convocation Speech (4/30/24).                                         Dr. C. Charges the HONORS students to be HONOR-ABLE!

2024:As the JCSU University Honors Program (UHP) Director, I gave the Keynote speech at the Honors Convocation on 4/30, the same day that my great-grandfather who graduated from Biddle University (now JCSU) transitioned, 68 years ago (1956).

2024-26: National Humanities Center (NHC) Responsible Artificial Intelligence (AI) Grant Recipients! Johnson C. Smith University and North Carolina Central University faculty will co-construct and co-teach “AI and the African Diaspora” across two HBCUs.

2023: Grateful for the opportunity to experience this intellectually inspirational space with scholars from across the nation at the  National Humanities Center.

I am excited to have been selected as a 2022 CTI Seminar Leader! This offers me the opportunity to collaborate with CMS Teachers to explore how we can collectively work together to make teaching (curricula) more culturally responsive & build equity mindsets among students and staff.

My 2022 Seminar Title: Charlotte As Teaching Canvas: Creating Culturally Responsive Classrooms and Equity Mindsets by Engaging in Local Diasporic Spaces (Leslie Clement Gutierrez, PhD)My 2022 Charlotte Teachers Institute (CTI) Seminar Video Introduction 

I am honored to have been be selected as the  2020-2021 Par Excellence Teacher award recipient at Johnson C. Smith University!!!!

AWARDS
I am excited to have been selected to serve on the Charlotte Mecklenburg School Board Inaugural 2020 Community Equity Committee (2-year appointment) 

Sit Lux Award Recipient (2016-2017) Johnson C. Smith University

“In Recognition of Significant Scholarly Research and Publications During the 2016-2017 academic year”

• 2011-2012: Recipient, UNCF/Mellon Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship. Award: $35,000.