Deidre Hill Butler

Professor Deidre Hill Butler was the first Black woman on the teaching faculty to earn tenure and the first Black woman to earn the rank of Full Professor.

Dr. Deidre Hill Butler was an inaugural member of the President’s Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging team as Director of Faculty Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging / Academic Diversity Officer, where she contributed to faculty recruitment and retention efforts and chaired the History and Symbols Committee. She co-founded the BIPOC Employee Alliance, Union Coalition for Inclusiveness and Diversity (UCID), and Women of Color Collective. As a community equity catalyst, Professor Hill Butler is a board member and on the personnel committee at Safe Inc., an emergency shelter serving homeless and runaway youth in the Capital District. She volunteers regularly and is a member of the Community Engagement Team at Keane Elementary School. She is a member of the Schenectady Branch of the NAACP. Additionally, she is a leader in the Women’s Ministries at the oldest Black Church in Schenectady, the Duryee Memorial AME Zion Church. She is the Chaplain for the local graduate chapter, Delta Mu Omega Chapter, of the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc.

UNITAS Faculty & Staff Resource

Group Advocate BIPOC

Employee Alliance Women of Color Collective

Multicultural Greek Council Faculty Advisor