Kyra R. Greene

Dr. Kyra R. Greene is a founding member of the T10 Group and has an extensive research and advocacy background in diversity, inequality, and community engagement. She has served as the Executive Director for the Center on Policy Initiatives as well as a tenure-track faculty member in sociology at Diego State University, where she taught courses on socioeconomic inequality, race, public policy and qualitative research methods. She was also the Diversity Coordinator for Enhancing Diversity in Graduate Education in the Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences program at Stanford University. Kyra’s past research has focused on social movement messaging/framing, legislative processes, and public policies affecting the lives of people of color and people with disabilities.

Presently, Kyra serves on the boards of the San Diego Unified School District Select Committee to Review District Progress on Graduation Standards and Strategies, San Diego City-County Reinvestment Task Force, League of Conservation Voters San Diego, Engage San Diego, and the Partnership for Working Families. She earned her B.A. in Social Sciences from Bard College at Simon’s Rock and her M.A. and Ph.D. in Sociology from Stanford University.