About Allison Davis-White Eyes

Dr. Davis-White Eyes earned her Bachelor of Arts from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) in American History), and her Master of Arts from UCLA in American Indian Studies with a specific focus on History and Law. In addition, Allison earned her Ph.D. from OSU in Adult Higher Education with an emphasis on International Education. Currently, Dr. Davis-White Eyes is affiliate faculty within the School of Public Policy and the School of Language, Culture, and Society. Her research areas of interest include post-colonial cosmopolitanism, subaltern research ethics and decolonizing methodologies, mobilities of culture and identity, queering of identity and space, as well as intersectionality in theory and organizational praxis.

Statement from the VP of DEI: The U.S. Supreme Court’s Affirmative Action Ruling

2023-06-29T16:05:47-07:00

Dear Fielding Community,  This morning, the U.S. Supreme Court released a decision to prohibit the use of race as a factor in college admissions. This setback against affirmative action may have wide-ranging impacts for communities already affected by disparate learning opportunities and will raise even higher barriers to educational opportunity and socioeconomic mobility. This decision overturns four decades of precedent. Sadly, the racial traumas from our nation’s past still linger, and it is only a generation or two that separates us from legal segregation in schools. “The recent gains of continued anti-racist work at many of our colleges and universities [...]

Statement from the VP of DEI: The U.S. Supreme Court’s Affirmative Action Ruling2023-06-29T16:05:47-07:00

DEI Critical Conversations: Embracing Pride event set for June 28

2023-06-16T12:19:21-07:00

Please join us for the upcoming DEI Critical Conversations: Embracing Pride, Making Relatives Through 2SPLGBTQIA+ Belonging and Healing on Wednesday, June 28, from 3-4 p.m. PDT | 6 -7 p.m. EDT.  This event for the Fielding community explores critical moments in LGBTQIA+ history that have led us to where we are today with a particular focus on the history and meaning of 2 Spirit identities. In addition, we will discuss not only the challenges that 2SLGBTQIA+ communities face but also the opportunities for healing, change, and progressive work in ensuring that the human rights of 2SLGBTQIA+ individuals and communities are [...]

DEI Critical Conversations: Embracing Pride event set for June 282023-06-16T12:19:21-07:00

VP of DEI Statement: Condemning the Recent Acts of Violence in the U.S.

2023-02-01T07:26:48-08:00

Dear Fielding Community Members, It is with a heavy heart that I share with you the deep and profound concern of the violence we have seen perpetrated within many of our communities over the past two weeks. The Fielding community condemns this type of violence and stands in solidarity with the bereaved families and all communities that have been affected over the past two weeks. The brutal killing of Tyre Nichols comes on the heels of the tragic and violent shootings in Monterey Park and Half Moon Bay that impacted our Asian and Pacific Islander communities. Such events are reminders [...]

VP of DEI Statement: Condemning the Recent Acts of Violence in the U.S.2023-02-01T07:26:48-08:00

VP of DEI is Holding Space for the Fielding Community After Recent Mass Shootings

2023-01-25T09:07:30-08:00

Dear Fielding Community, Within the span of a few days, we have experienced two more tragic mass shootings: one during the Lunar New Year celebration in Monterey Park, California, on Saturday, Jan. 21, and another separate shooting at two farms on Monday, Jan. 23 in Half Moon Bay, California. These horrific and senseless acts are heartbreaking. We recognize how these tragedies impact the Asian community around our country. We are so saddened that such a joyous celebration of culture and tradition and others going about their daily lives were overshadowed by grief, loss of innocent lives, and fear for one's [...]

VP of DEI is Holding Space for the Fielding Community After Recent Mass Shootings2023-01-25T09:07:30-08:00

VP of DEI Reflections: Native American Heritage Month

2022-11-15T06:57:51-08:00

John Trudell, Santee-Dakota activist/poet, in referencing the term Native American once said that “We are not Indians, and we are not Native Americans, We are older than both concepts. We are the People, We are the Human Beings.” That statement stands today as we celebrate Native American Heritage Month, not because it questions the use of terms, but rather it is because it centers the humanity, self-determination, agency, voice, and knowledge of First Nation peoples. Without this acknowledgment, we are bereft of any deep connection to one another, adrift in a sea of imaginings that are unmoored from the Indigenous [...]

VP of DEI Reflections: Native American Heritage Month2022-11-15T06:57:51-08:00

Hispanic Heritage Month Reflections from V.P. of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

2022-09-08T15:10:59-07:00

Dear Fielding Graduate University community, welcome to the month of September and the beginning of the school year for many across the world. September also is National Hispanic Heritage Month, beginning on September 15 and lasting through October 15, celebrating and acknowledging the contributions, achievements, and oftentimes untold history of Hispanic/Latinx peoples that hail from the Caribbean, Central, North, and South America. The day of September 15 was specifically chosen because of its direct connection to the liberation movements that resulted in the independence of Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua, with Mexico and Chile celebrating their independence [...]

Hispanic Heritage Month Reflections from V.P. of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion2022-09-08T15:10:59-07:00

Pride Month Reflections from V.P. of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

2022-06-01T09:42:38-07:00

Today is the start of Pride Month across the nation and in many countries elsewhere in the world. Fielding Graduate University’s global learning community is proud to join with 2SLGBTQIA+ people in this hard-won recognition of the valuable contributions and achievements they continue to make in the world. Rich in diversity, this community embraces individuals who identify as Two-Spirit (2S), Lesbian, Gay, Bi-sexual, Transgender, Queer, Intersex, and Asexual, and many other identities. Fielding stands in solidarity, not only with the ongoing struggle that many who are 2SLGBTQIA+ wage against injustice, violence, and discrimination, but with those 2SLGBTQIA+ people of color who [...]

Pride Month Reflections from V.P. of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion2022-06-01T09:42:38-07:00

VP of DEI Statement Regarding Buffalo Mass Shooting

2022-05-16T16:56:22-07:00

Dear Fielding Community, Our nation experienced a tragic event on May 14th in Buffalo, New York. As many of you know, a gunman killed ten people and injured three at a grocery store mid-day. At least eleven of the individuals were Black, and the neighborhood was intentionally chosen because of the high percentage of Black people who live there. The person who committed this crime boldly admitted to being a racist and a proponent of white supremacy. Tragedies such as this have become all too common in this, “our America.” Acts of senseless violence rooted in extremism remind us that [...]

VP of DEI Statement Regarding Buffalo Mass Shooting2022-05-16T16:56:22-07:00

Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month Reflections from V.P. of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

2022-04-29T14:19:55-07:00

Fielding is proud to join the nation in recognizing Asian American and Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month. This is a time to acknowledge and celebrate those who make up the fastest growing racial or ethnic group in the United States. Their cultures, diverse stories and contributions, scholarship, and achievements have enriched the country’s culture and history—and our global Fielding community. Let us be clear, we cannot celebrate heritage without acknowledging history. These achievements were not without struggle, and within that struggle came perseverance and hope. As a nation, we must honestly acknowledge and address the Chinese Exclusion Act of [...]

Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month Reflections from V.P. of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion2022-04-29T14:19:55-07:00

Waging Peace in An Uncertain World: Discovering Solidarity and Joint Action on This International Day of Peace

2023-09-20T11:46:46-07:00

Waging Peace in An Uncertain World: Discovering Solidarity and Joint Action on This International Day of Peace  By Allison Davis-White Eyes, Ph.D., Vice President of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at Fielding Graduate University Every year, the International Day of Peace is observed around the world on Sept. 21. Based on a declaration in 1981 by the United Nations General Assembly, this day is devoted to strengthening the ideals of peace and designated as a day of non-violence and cease-fire. This notion is rooted and anchored in the United Nations Declaration of Human Rights, which clearly states, “Everyone has the right [...]

Waging Peace in An Uncertain World: Discovering Solidarity and Joint Action on This International Day of Peace2023-09-20T11:46:46-07:00

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