DEI & Civil Rights Advocacy Expert; Chief of Staff at Health Care Service Corporation; Former Senior Program Manager of DEI at Adler University
Catherine Shieh Biography
Catherine Shieh is a DEI and anti-bias and anti-racism (ABAR) specialist whose career spans education, civil rights advocacy, nonprofit leadership, and corporate strategy. Shieh's entry into diversity, equity, and inclusion work was influenced by her background as an educator. During her five-year high school teaching career, she focused on teaching ethnic studies, emphasizing intersectionality and student-centered learning. She developed an ethnic studies course curriculum that was piloted in Los Angeles Unified School District, Ednovate Public Schools, and Green Dot Public Schools. Prior to teaching, Shieh worked across the nonprofit, public, higher education, and corporate consulting sectors, including a role in the U.S. House of Representatives, where she helped establish two Congressional Caucuses.
Shieh's transition from the classroom to civil rights advocacy was shaped by a personal experience at a BART station in Oakland, California, where she was physically attacked. This event motivated her to pursue frontline civil rights work. As anti-Asian attacks increased during the COVID-19 pandemic, Asian Americans Advancing Justice in Chicago selected Shieh to lead its anti-hate education efforts. She conducted bystander intervention training and addressed topics such as race, xenophobia, and exclusionary laws affecting Asians and Pacific Islanders. Her work received coverage from NPR, HuffPost, ABC7 Chicago, and WBEZ, highlighting the importance of bystander intervention training.
Shieh's career expanded into institutional DEI leadership, including roles as senior program manager of DEI at Adler University and associate director of the DEI Center at the American Bar Association. She serves as chief of staff and strategy program consultant at Health Care Service Corporation, where she manages contracting relationships with healthcare providers in Illinois to improve health outcomes and enhance care quality for nearly 9 million members.
As a keynote speaker, Shieh addresses topics such as anti-racism, Asian and Pacific heritage, culture, diversity and inclusion, education, history, and social activism. Her work integrates politics, policy, and education, focusing on DEI strategy and civil rights advocacy. With a career grounded in lived experience, scholarship, and institutional change, Shieh brings expertise to her work in diversity, equity, and inclusion.
Catherine Shieh Speaking Topics
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- American History (Asian American history, etc.)
- International Baccalaureate History
- Mastery Learning & Grading
- Ethnic Studies, critical pedagogy
- anti-racism in the classroom, schools, and school districts
- Equitable Educational Practices
- How to Talk to Kids about Race
Catherine Shieh Videos
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