NiCole Keith, PhD, is a full Professor and the Associate Dean of Faculty Affairs at Indiana University School of Health and Human Sciences.  Her research surrounds positively influencing health outcomes through physical activity and fitness while addressing health equity.  

Currently, Dr. Keith is President of the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM).  She is also on the advisory board for both ACSM Exercise is Medicine and American Fitness Index.

We talk about:

• The challenges of being a black woman professor and first black president of ACSM
• How she developed a thick skin to stay tough instead of mad
• The importance of representation and her work to develop and support diversity

For more information on Dr. Keith's work, including her diversity and leadership initiatives with ACSM, check out the show notes:

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