Gregory Vincent

Gregory J. Vincent '87, Ph.D., for Community Service given to The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law graduate who has volunteered significant and sustained time and expertise to assist a local, state, national, or international humanitarian organization.

Gregory J. Vincent, Ph.D., serves as vice president for diversity and community engagement at the University of Texas at Austin. He is a professor in the School of Law and the Department of Higher Education. Vincent also serves as the W.K. Kellogg Professor of Community College Leadership.

Vincent joined the University of Texas in 2005 as vice provost for inclusion and cross-cultural effectiveness. From 2003 to 2005, Vincent served as vice provost for institutional equity and diversity and law professor at the University of Oregon. From 1999 to 2003, Vincent served as vice provost for academic affairs and campus diversity and law professor at Louisiana State University. From 1995 to 1999, he served as assistant vice chancellor for academic affairs at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and was a lecturer at the law school.

In Ohio, Vincent served as the assistant attorney general and successfully argued several major civil rights cases before the Ohio Supreme Court. He was promoted to legal and regional affairs director for the Ohio Civil Rights Commission. He was also vice president and lead counsel for Bank One Corp. and an associate in a corporate law firm.

Vincent has received many honors and awards throughout his career, including the Central Texas DiversityFIRST Award to the Division of Diversity and Community Engagement in 2011, the Texas Diversity Council Multicultural Leadership Award in 2010, and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Community Service Award in 2009 – to name only a few.

Vincent earned his Bachelor of Arts degree from Hobart and William Smith Colleges, his law degree from The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law, and his doctorate from The University of Pennsylvania.