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Equity
Across Context

Wherever you are

is the perfect place to start.

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Our Story

The Blacademic is a boutique consulting firm specializing in racially inclusive and socially conscious professional development, workshops, and other services. Our goal is to help create equity across contexts using evidence-based information and practices.

The absence of judgment leaves room
for exploration and change.

– Keiana Mayfield, PhD, MSW 

Founder & CEO

Services

The Blacademic provides inclusive and socially conscious professional development, workshops, and other services to schools, parent groups, nonprofit organizations, and businesses. We are committed to using research informed and evidence-based practices and strategies. Services include, but aren't limited to:

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  • General consulting to clients seeking to complete current/ongoing projects or those in need of help with specific goals

  • Structured workshops exploring diversity, equity, inclusion, accessibility in context for parents, teachers, community members, executive team members, etc.

  • Full and half-day professional development trainings for educators and businesses

  • Listening sessions to gauge organization or community needs before specific recommendations or strategic action plans are designed

  • Comprehensive system analyses combined with strategic action steps to move your concrete and measurable goals forward 

  • Speaking engagements and discussion facilitation for groups of any size

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Services are always customized to meet your unique needs and interests.

Creating Continuity

Our work focuses on creating continuity across context to better improve equity and wellbeing across contexts.

Your Starting Place

You and your needs are the foundation of our work. We strive to meet you where you are without judgment or expectation.

Data & Evidence Driven 

We use data driven and evidence-based approaches to help you tackle complex and sensitive issues.

What folks say...

Ariel

"Thanks, Keiana, for a great workshop. You were fantastic, and your approach was very helpful.”

Workshop Participant

Contact

Let's Talk

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Keiana Mayfield holds a 

doctorate from Penn State

and a masters in social work from the University of Wisconsin, Madison.

She's the founder & CEO of

The Blacademic.

Get in touch

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