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Bowman is the founding director of the National Center for Institutional Diversity at the University of Michigan, a national think-tank for researchers and other key stakeholders in a social change agenda, and he serves as PI of the center's Diversity Research & Policy Program. Prior to joining the university, Bowman served as director of the Institute for Research on Race and Public Policy at the University of Illinois-Chicago. He has held leadership roles at Northwestern University, including faculty fellow at the Institute for Policy Research, faculty affiliate at the Joint Center for Poverty Research, coordinator of the Spencer Training Grant in Education and Social Policy, coordinator of the Graduate Program in Counseling Psychology, director of the Summer Academic Workshop, director of the Social and Behavioral Science Scholars Program and interim chair of the Department of African American Studies. Bowman’s scholarship focuses on diversity issues in research methodology, higher education, and public policy; social psychological issues in racial/ethnic disparities, and African-American Studies. He is an active national and international lecturer and consultant on diversity issues in research methodology, higher education, and public policy. He has been a Rockefeller and Senior Ford Postdoctoral Fellow and his research has been supported by several sources, such as the Spencer Foundation, state agencies, and a number of federal agencies, including the National Institute of Mental Health, the National Institute on Aging, and the National Science Foundation. Bowman received a doctorate in social psychology from the university and began his professional career at the U-M Institute for Social Research. He also served as an assistant professor in psychology and Afroamerican and African studies.