Nancy Gauvin, EdD, CCC-SLP
Associate Dean, Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Community Engagement and Assistant Professor, School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences
Nancy Gauvin is associate dean of Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Community Engagement, and assistant professor. As associate dean of Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Community Engagement, Gauvin's primary responsibilities are to infuse equity, diversity, and inclusion within all of the departments and programs within SHRS. Additionally, Gauvin will meet the requested research and programming needs of our community partners at the SHRS Wellness Pavillion in the Community Engagement Center in Homewood.
As an assistant professor in the tenure stream, Gauvin's primary academic responsibilities involve teaching in the speech-language pathology and clinical doctoral programs and the development of a systematic research program consistent with her expertise in vocal health and wellness, gender-affirming voice, craniofacial anomalies/cleft lip and palate and resonance, and cultural considerations in clinical supervision and scholarship of teaching and learning, and health equity and outcomes. As a faculty investigator, she is a member of the CSD's Research Enterprises in Voice and Swallowing (REVS) multi-investigator research initiative.
Gauvin joined the department from Molloy University in Rockville Centre, New York, where she served as an assistant professor. She previously served as a clinical assistant professor at the University of Vermont.
Ngozi Tibbs
Founder, Journey Lighter Coaching and the Pittsburgh Black Breastfeeding Circle
Ngozi Tibbs is a nationally recognized speaker and educator on maternal-child health, cultural humility, and health equity. Tibbs serves as an infant and early child mental health consultant, ordained wedding officiant, nutrition and relationship coach, and fitness instructor. Tibbs has also worked as a doula for more than 20 years serving birthing and postpartum families. She is the founder of Journey Lighter Coaching, in which she provides health and fitness coaching for clients both virtually and in person. Ngozi co-founded The Pittsburgh Black Breastfeeding Circle. She and a team of Peer Champions provide breastfeeding education and support to Black families in the Pittsburgh area.
Tibbs holds a Master’s Degree in Public Health from Benedictine University. She is an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant (IBCLC), a Lamaze Certified Childbirth Educator (LCCE) and Trainer, and a Certified Health Coach (CHC).