Omiyẹmi (Artisia) Green

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Omiyẹmi’s work has been recognized by the Black Theatre Alliance Awards, and with funding from the National Endowment for the Arts, CultureWorks, and the National Endowment for the Humanities. William & 玛丽 has recognized her work with several university honors and fellowships including University Professor for Teaching Excellence (2024-2027), an Arts & Sciences Faculty Award for Teaching Excellence, a Plumeri Award for Faculty Excellence, a term professorship as the Sharpe Professor of Civic Renewal and Entrepreneurship, and two William & 玛丽 NAACP Image Awards for Outstanding Faculty Support. As a W. Taylor Reveley, III Interdisciplinary Faculty Fellow, she collaborated with her long-time colleague, Dr. Amy Quark, on developing a community-university partnership, The Local Black Histories Project. 

Omiyẹmi directed the Program in Africana Studies from 2016-2022. In 2023 she became a Provost Faculty Fellow where she designed, implemented and oversees the Art & Science Exchange (ASE). Leveraging her work as a storyteller she developed Transitions in Leadership as VP for Professional Development for the Association for Theatre in Higher Education (ATHE). She was the 13th President of the Black Theatre Network, and she is the current President of the Black Theatre Association (ATHE). 

Omiyẹmi is a graduate of Hampton City Public Schools, William & 玛丽 (B.A. in Psychology, 2000), and Virginia Commonwealth University (M.F.A. in Theatre Education, 2003). Before returning to William & 玛丽, Omiyẹmi was an associate professor of Communications, Media Arts, and Theatre at Chicago State University, and an Artist-in-Residence with the Black Cultural Center at Purdue University.