Chancellor Glen D. Johnson
Oklahoma State System of Higher Education

Dr. Glen D. Johnson is the chief executive officer for the Oklahoma State System of Higher Education. Dr. Johnson leads a state system comprised of 25 state colleges and universities, ten constituent agencies, two higher education centers and independent colleges and
universities coordinated with the state system. He reports to a constitutional board whose nine members are appointed by the governor and confirmed by the Senate.

Prior to this role, Dr. Johnson served as the 16th president of Southeastern Oklahoma State University in Durant for ten years, and before that as Director of Public Policy and Adjunct Professor of Law at the University of Oklahoma, College of Law. Prior to his work at the
University of Oklahoma, Dr. Johnson served in the Oklahoma House of Representatives from 1982 to 1996 and was Speaker of the House from 1990 to 1996.

Dr. Johnson is an honors graduate of the University of Oklahoma, with an undergraduate degree in political science and a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Oklahoma’s College of Law.

Dr. Kathleen Wong (Lau)
Director, Southwest Center for Human Relations Studies

Dr. Kathleen Wong (Lau)’s areas of expertise are intergroup dialogue, intergroup empathy, inter-cultural communication, gender and communication, inter-cultural conflict management, women of color in academia, and women’s leadership in STEM disciplines. She has been a faculty member in communication studies and affiliate faculty member in women’s studies.

Dr. Wong (Lau) has also served as a senior consultant to the dean of the College of Veterinary Medicine at Michigan State University and served as a curriculum writer, facilitator/trainer with Campus Women Lead, a national women’s leadership group affiliated with Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U).

Dr. Wong (Lau) received her doctorate in Communication from Arizona State University, and she has published her research and opinion pieces on structural inequality within higher education and best practices for addressing multicultural leadership for social change from within institutions.