craig John Alimo, Ph.D.
Director for Social Justice Education
Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Office of the President
Preferred: craig.alimo@sjsu.edu
Telephone
Preferred: (408) 924-8169
Alternate: (408) 372-8732
Education
University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland
Doctor of Philosophy in Education; College Student Personnel Administration: Professional Concentration: Social Justice Education, December 2010; Dissertation Title: From Dialogue to Action: The Development of White Racial Allies
University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts
Certificate of Advance Graduate Study: Social Justice Education: September 1999
Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts
Master of Science; College Student Development and Counseling, June 1995
Rider College, Lawrenceville, New Jersey
Bachelor of Arts; major: History, minor: Philosophy, May 1992
Licenses and Certificates
T9 Mastered
Training for Campus Investigators, October 2016
Association of Title IX Administrators
Civil Rights Investigator Certification, October 2015
University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts
Certification in Social Justice Conflict Mediation, June 1999
Type Resources Incorporated, Gaithersburg, Maryland
Certificate of Qualification; Administration, Interpretation, and Training-Myers-Briggs Type indicator, July 1996
Bio
With the love, care, compassion and patience of his colleagues and friends, craig has been engaged as a social justice educator for over 25 years. He recently served as the inaugural at . Prior to Napa, he served as a Multicultural Education Specialist at the in the . There he was responsible for working with a team to to engage faculty, students and staff on issues of campus climate for equity, human difference and inclusion. craig coordinated multicultural programs and research as well as designing and facilitating diversity trainings and specific workshops at the University of Maryland in the Stamp Student Union . While at MICA he also helped create the in this roll. He served the University of Maryland in other roles such as creating a data-driven multicultural organizational development initiative in the , coordinated the Diversity Training and Consultation Services program, as well as created the Social Justice Educator Development Program in the [OHRP]. While at OHRP he also assisted with the development and implementation of Student Intercultural Learning Center activities – including the Words of Engagement: Intergroup Dialogue program. He served as an intern with the while completing a Ph.D. in with an emphasis in Social Justice Education.
craig has scholarly articles in peer-reviewed journals and has served on a nationwide research projects investigating the . As a teacher, he has designed and facilitated a number of credited graduate-level and undergraduate courses that engage students in issues of Social Justice. These experiences have afforded him the opportunity to assist academic departments with the development of curricula and programs of study. In 2006, ACPA: College Student Educators International's Commission for Social Justice Educators had honored craig with their first annual award for .
craig has worked at a variety of educational institutions. Specifically, he has worked for a number of years in both Academic Affairs, as well as College Student Affairs in areas such as Learning Communities, Residence Life, Orientation Programs, and Multicultural Affairs. As an independent educational consultant, with corporate, non-profit, college and university campuses around the country, as well as with government agencies such as the Department of Education, Office of Civil Rights.
Originally from New Jersey, craig earned his B.A. in History and Philosophy from and a M.S. from Northeastern University in . He also has an advanced graduate degree from the University of Massachusetts in