Kevin K. Dua Receives Omicron Delta Kappa National Award
Lexington, VA (08/08/2022) — Kevin K. Dua, a resident of Reading, Massachusetts, is the 2022 recipient of Omicron Delta Kappa's (ODK) Emering Leader for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusivity Award.
Dua is a 2017 initiate of the Eta Circle (chapter) at William & Mary. As an undergraduate, he worked on everything from community building activities from service and leadership to residence hall community building. Dua even secured a Guinness World Record for the most people doing the Thriller Dance. He is currently a member of the William & Mary Student Engagement and Leadership Advisory Board.
Dua was the Massachusetts 2017 History Teacher of the Year and is a two-time Massachusetts Teachers' Association's Human and Civil Rights awardee. He is a current member of the Ideation UpLift Legacy Cohort for K-12 Black Male Educators. Currently, Dua is a history and psychology teacher at Cambridge Rindge and Latin School in Massachusetts. He introduced his expertise into discussions on anti-racism, unlearning, and strategies to increase equity in education in the age of Covid. Previously, Dua resurrected and served as an advisor to the award-winning Black Student Union in Cambridge. Over the years, he has become a relied upon leader and ally in examining the Black Lives Matter movement and its impact on teaching.
Omicron Delta Kappa Society, the National Leadership Honor Society, was founded in Lexington, Virginia, on December 3, 1914. A group of 15 students and faculty members established the Society to recognize and encourage leadership at the collegiate level. The founders established the ODK Idea-the concept that individuals representing all phases of collegiate life should collaborate with faculty and others to support the campus and community. ODK's mission is to honor and develop leaders; encourage collaboration among students, faculty, staff, and alumni; and promote ODK's leadership values of collaboration, inclusivity, integrity, scholarship, and service on college and university campuses throughout North America. The Society's national headquarters are located in Lexington, Virginia.