Virginia Cumberbatch serves as director of the Community Engagement Center (CEC), a part of The University of Texas at Austin (UT) Division of Diversity and Community Engagement (DDCE). Cumberbatch has used her years of academic and professional experience to facilitate conversations about diversity, inclusion and equity throughout the Austin area. In her current capacity, Virginia ensures that the center continues to develop new and sustain mutually beneficial partnerships between the University of Texas and diverse communities, improving systems to be more accessible and equitable for historically underserved communities. She received her bachelor’s degree in history at Williams College and her master’s degree in Public Affairs at the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs at UT. In 2016, she was the recipient of the Austin Anti-Defamation League’s Social Justice Award.
Virginia Cumberbatch
