Archie W. Ervin, Ph.D. Bio
Past President
 Dr. Ervin is currently serving as Georgia Tech’s Vice President for Institute Diversity, with an announced retirement date of January 1, 2024. After a national search in 2009-2010, President G. P. “Bud” Peterson announced on October 5, 2010 the appointment of Dr. Ervin as Georgia Tech’s inaugural Vice President for Institute Diversity. As the inaugural Vice President Institute Diversity, Dr. Ervin established his vision for “inclusive excellence” at Georgia Tech, where the talent and potential of all members of the Institute’s community are leveraged to ensure excellence in scholarship, research, service to provide leadership in our complex world.
Dr. Ervin’s overarching operational responsibility as Vice President was to provide Institute level leadership and oversight for Georgia Tech’s diversity, equity and inclusion agendas. The Vice President for Institute Diversity was a member of the President’s Cabinet where he helps to set institutional priorities, policies, programs and initiatives to enhance gender, racial, ethnic and social diversity in its faculty, staff and student communities. The Vice President for Institute Diversity Office oversees the Georgia Tech ADVANCE Professorships that seek to transform and enhance gender diversity in the faculty and the Center for Women, Science and Technology, headed by three senior faculties, which links the study of science and technology to those of gender, culture and society. The VPID Office also is responsible for OMED Education Services and the Office for Hispanic Initiatives; two support units that address academic transition and academic success (retention and graduation) for women, historically underserved and low populations.
Before coming to GT. Dr. Ervin served as Associate Provost for Diversity and Multicultural Affairs and Chief Diversity Officer for the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He was a member of the Chancellor’s cabinet and was the senior advisor to the Chancellor and Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost on diversity policies, programs and issues. He also worked with all academic deans and other senior administrative staff to address the University’s diversity goals and priorities as articulated in UNC’s Diversity Plan. Prior to his appointment to his past position, Dr. Ervin served as the Assistant to the Chancellor for Minority Affairs.
Dr. Archie Ervin is a native of Brevard, North Carolina and received his early education in the public schools of that city. He earned his BA and MA degrees in Political Science from Appalachian State University, and earned his Ph.D. degree in Educational Organizations and Policy Studies from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Dr. Ervin regularly presents at national conferences and provides organizational consulting on diversity and inclusion strategies in higher education. He was formerly a member of the Board of Directors of the National Association of Diversity Officers in Higher Education (NADOHE) where he served as Membership Chair, and has also served as the institutional representative with the Hispanic Association for Colleges and Universities (HACU). Dr. Ervin also provided leadership for the formation of a state wide association of diversity officers in North Carolina.
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