2020 Annual COnference
All Hands on deck: Navigating through uncertain times
Break Out sessions
Jonathan Ntheketha is committed in his work to develop, oversee, and coordinate the Multicultural Center for Academic Success’s (MCAS) commitment to providing opportunities for and holistically developing historically underrepresented students at RIT. As Associate Director, Jonathan provides leadership, oversight, and support of Center initiatives and operations, including the MCAS Advocates Program, DDI Summer Experience, and creating the MCAS Coaching Curriculum. He began his 15 year tenure at RIT as an academic advisor in the College of Liberal Arts and has continued to empower and inform all students throughout their collegiate experience.
Jonathan has enjoyed a career developing, mentoring, and teaching students in higher education for nearly 20 years. In addition to his work in MCAS, he is a Title IX conduct advocate, and a company member of RIT Diversity Theatre, a part of the Division for Diversity and Inclusion. Jonathan also serves as an adjunct professor, having taught RIT’s first year seminar RIT 365, as well as Motivation & Wellness. Additionally, he has taught Script Analysis for Geva Theater Center’s Summer Academy and The New Hip Hop: Our Stories and Truths on Stage at the University of Rochester. He is also a Performance Educator and Facilitator with Impact Interactive, a theatre-based training company that specializes in one of a kind dynamic presentations that help companies and communities address sensitive topics such as unconscious bias and sexual harassment in the workplace.
Hailing from Rochester, NY Jonathan has spent a lifetime telling stories, exploring truths, and sharing in the richness of cultures around him. As an actor and performer he has appeared in numerous productions locally and regionally, and has a resume that includes small screen, stage, commercial, and voice work. Jonathan serves on the Board of Directors for Blackfriars Theatre, the Alumni Board at Allendale Columbia School, and is a former member of the William Warfield Scholarship Board of Directors. Additionally, he serves on the Education Committee of the Seneca Park Zoo Society Board as well as the Marketing and Fundraising Committee of Leadership Rochester.
He is a husband, a father, a foodie, a traveler, and a lover of all art who lives to uplift and connect communities through a spirit of love, truth, and understanding.
Jonathan has enjoyed a career developing, mentoring, and teaching students in higher education for nearly 20 years. In addition to his work in MCAS, he is a Title IX conduct advocate, and a company member of RIT Diversity Theatre, a part of the Division for Diversity and Inclusion. Jonathan also serves as an adjunct professor, having taught RIT’s first year seminar RIT 365, as well as Motivation & Wellness. Additionally, he has taught Script Analysis for Geva Theater Center’s Summer Academy and The New Hip Hop: Our Stories and Truths on Stage at the University of Rochester. He is also a Performance Educator and Facilitator with Impact Interactive, a theatre-based training company that specializes in one of a kind dynamic presentations that help companies and communities address sensitive topics such as unconscious bias and sexual harassment in the workplace.
Hailing from Rochester, NY Jonathan has spent a lifetime telling stories, exploring truths, and sharing in the richness of cultures around him. As an actor and performer he has appeared in numerous productions locally and regionally, and has a resume that includes small screen, stage, commercial, and voice work. Jonathan serves on the Board of Directors for Blackfriars Theatre, the Alumni Board at Allendale Columbia School, and is a former member of the William Warfield Scholarship Board of Directors. Additionally, he serves on the Education Committee of the Seneca Park Zoo Society Board as well as the Marketing and Fundraising Committee of Leadership Rochester.
He is a husband, a father, a foodie, a traveler, and a lover of all art who lives to uplift and connect communities through a spirit of love, truth, and understanding.
