The BCC Team

Kimberly Clark-Shaw

Kimberly Clark

Director of Black Cultural Center

Kimberly D. Clark is the director of the Black Cultural Center, reporting to the Office for Inclusion and Diversity, as part of the university's diversity and inclusion efforts. Clark develops programs, events, and services that facilitate the personal, social, academic, and cultural well-being of Black and African American students.

Kimberly Clark-Shaw

Tanya Rogers

Assistant Director of Black Cultural Center

BIO

Tanya Rogers earned her bachelor's degree at the University of Georgia and her master's degree at Jerusalem University College in Jerusalem, Israel. She has worked as an educator since 1999, teaching in a wide range of settings from elementary schools to universities. She began her career teaching at Oral Roberts University in 1999 where she taught various subjects in both general education and the honors program. Most recently, Tanya has been teaching at the Roanoke Higher Education Center, helping individuals who are working on receiving their high school diplomas and equivalencies. Tanya also works with Be the Bridge, an organization focused on anti-racism work and racial justice, where she facilitates discussions on racial healing across racial communities. She has a passion for justice and sharing her heart regarding reconciliation. Her hobbies include gardening, reading, and traveling.

BCC Graduate Assistants

Jamal D. Jefferson-Ross

Programs & Outreach Coordinator

BIO

Jamal D. Jefferson-Ross is a dynamic and passionate advocate for student success and mentorship in higher education. As a graduate student at Virginia Tech, Jamal has the drive to make a difference and serve as a gatekeeper for success in all aspects of higher education. Jamal possesses a unique combination of drive, creativity, and collaboration skills that make him an ideal representative for student success. Jamal is excited to support the Black Cultural Center and Black Student Organizations. As an undergraduate student, the BCC and the various Black organizations he was involved with provided a safe space/home and allowed him to flourish not only academically, but personally. He looks forward to giving back to a community that gave him so much.

Eddah Mauti, graduate assistant for the Black Cultural Center

Eddah Mauti

Programs & Data Coordinator

BIO

Eddah is pursuing a P.h.D in Industrial Systems Engineering with a focus in Operations Research at Virginia Tech. She has a Master’s in Mathematics from Western Illinois University and a Bachelor's in Economics and Mathematics from Simpson College.

She is from Kenya and has been an international student throughout her collegiate career, resulting in her deep appreciation of the importance of community to enhance the college experience. Due to this, she relishes participating in BCC’s work of fostering a community for Black and African American students at Virginia Tech. She enjoys learning about new cultures, sharing knowledge with others, cycling, hiking, reading books, and watching basketball or television shows.

Taelor Baber - BCC Programs & Outreach Coordinator

Taelor Baber

Programs & Outreach Coordinator

BIO

Taelor is a graduate student in the School of Animal Sciences working under Dr. Michelle Rhoads's lab, whose research involves environmental impacts, such as heat stress and how it relates to infertility in lactating dairy cattle. She is also pursuing to be a double Hokie as she has a Bachelor of Science in Animal and Poultry Sciences from Virginia Tech.

Outside of the lab, you can see Taelor being active on campus, such as serving on the executive board for MANRRS (Minorities in Agriculture Natural Resources and Related Sciences) as the Graduate Vice President and is now working for the BCC as the Program and Outreach Coordinator. She hopes that while working in the position, she can not only help uplift the community but also help/inform those about graduate school and the importance of more diversity within it.