Team Fundraising Page of Charmaine L. Wijeyesinghe

Charmaine L. Wijeyesinghe, EdD is a consultant with almost 40 years of experience working with colleges, universities, and diverse organizations on issues of social identity and social justice, intersectionality, and conflict resolution. She held several student personnel positions at the University of Massachusetts/Amherst and served as Dean of Students at Mount Holyoke College and the national trainer for the National Conference of Christians and Jews. Charmaine’s scholarship explores identity development theory and its application to organizational settings, identity development in Multiracial people, intersectional theory and practice, and conflict resolution from a racial justice perspective. She was editor or co-editor of five volumes: two editions of "New Perspectives on Racial Identity Development"(NYU Press, 2001, 2012), "New Directions for Student Services: Enacting Intersectionality in Student Affairs" (Jossey-Bass, 2017), "Multiracial Experiences in Higher Education: Contesting Knowledge, Honoring Voice, and Innovating Practice" (Stylus, 2021), and "The Complexities of Race: Identity, Power, and Justice in an Evolving America" (NYU Press, 2021). Charmaine also served on the editorial board of the Journal Committed Social Change on Race and Ethnicity and her writing has been recognized by awards from ACPA and NCORE. Charmaine’s original ecological model of Multiracial identity was adopted into the anti-bias curriculum of the ADL.