Title:New senior associate dean looks to empower students

In January 2025, Khaseem Davis joined the Georgetown School of Medicine as senior associate dean for diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging, bringing his dedication to advancing equity in education, years of experience empowering students to pursue their career goals, and insight as a first-generation college graduate to his new role.

For his doctoral research, Davis studied the experiences of first-generation, high-achieving students from low-income families as they transitioned to college.

Such students benefited significantly from having access to places or people where they could go when they needed support, including “advisors who looked like them, or advisors who might not have looked like them but were really authentic and were able to see those students for who they were, as a person who deserved to be in that space,” says Davis.

In his new role at Georgetown, Davis hopes to nurture students’ intellectual abilities and ensure that they feel a sense of belonging.

“I’m really looking forward to making an impact with wonderful colleagues and supporting the leadership at Georgetown University School of Medicine,” he says.