Marlo Goldstein Hode, PhD

Dr. Marlo Goldstein Hode, Senior Manager of Strategic Diversity Initiatives at the University of Missouri St. Louis, combines her roles as Staff Ombuds and Equity Advisor lead, focusing on recruiting and retaining diverse faculty. A courtesy faculty member at the University of Missouri – Columbia, she co-authored “DEI 2.0 – A Toolkit for Building Your Own Online Diversity Course” and has numerous publications on topics such as sexual harassment, neurodiversity, and racial issues in higher education. With a diverse academic background, Marlo earned her PhD in Organizational Communication from the University of Missouri, holds an LLM in Dispute Resolution, and contributes to the Journal of Diversity in Higher Education.