Office of Academic Affairs
Director of Community Building & Outreach
Expertise
Academic Affairs | Higher Education | Qualitative Research | Student Affairs | Student Development | Student Leadership
Awards
- 2025 Town & Gown Players Dr. Freda Scott Giles Award
- 2025 Town & Gown Players Spotlight Award
- 2024 Historic Athens Community Member Award
- 2022 UGA Black Faculty & Staff Ed Wilker Egalitarian Award of Excellence
- 2021 UGA President's Fulfilling the Dream Award
- 2021 UGA Black Male Leadership Society Faculty Award
- 2019 Project Rewire Community Champion Award
- 2019 CAES Excellence Award
- 2019 MANRRS Advisor of the Year Nominee
- 2019 MANRRS National Call to Service Award
- 2017 Career Services Professionals Award
- 2014 CAES Young Scholars Program Excellence in Service Award
Biography
Dr. Narke Norton serves as a Director of Community Building & Outreach in the Academic & Student Affairs Office with the University of Georgia’s College of Veterinary Medicine. In addition to co-advising the UGA CVM Ambassador Program and leading several pre-vet programs and events, he is the primary advisor for the Certificate in International Veterinary Medicine.
Research Interests
- K-12 Student Population
- Undergraduate Students
- Graduate/Professional Students
- Community & Belonging
- Student Development
- Student Learning
- Student Leadership
- Higher Education
- Student & Academic Affairs
Educational Background
- AA in Political Science (2012) from Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College
- BA in Political Science (2014) from the University of Georgia
- M.Ed. in Higher Education Administration (2019) from the University of Georgia
- Ph.D. in Education, College Student Affairs Administration (2024) from the University of Georgia
Activities
- Primary Advisor for CVM Ambassador Program (current)
- Primary Advisor of the Certificate in International Veterinary Medicine (current)
- CVM Academic & Community Engagement Strategic Planning Chair (previous)
- Graduate School Academic & Community Engagement Strategic Planning Chair (previous)
- Study Abroad Scholarship Selection Committee Member (current)
- UGA Staff Council Parliamentarian (previous)
- UGA Staff Council Community & Belonging Chair (previous)
- MLK Freedom Breakfast Committee Member (previous)
- UGA First-Generation Committee Member (previous)
- BFSO Founders Luncheon Chair (previous)
- BFSO Secretary (previous)
- BFSO Scholarship Committee Member (previous)
- TEDxUGA Emcee (previous)
- TEDxUGA Steering Committee Member (current)
- TEDxUGA Speaker (previous)
- National MANRRS Historian (previous)
- National MANRRS Communications Committee Chair (previous)
- National MANRRS Conference Planning Committee Member (previous)
- National MANRRS Strategic Planning Committee Member (previous)
- 3-Minute Thesis Emcee (previous)
- UGA Homecoming Parade Emcee (previous)
Teaching Experience
- DVM Clinical Skills Courses (current)
- VPHY 3110 Biomedical Careers course Guest Lecturer (previous)
- GRSC 7770 Graduate Teaching Seminar Guest Lecturer (current)
- ECHD 7400 Foundations of College Student Affairs Administration (previous)
- ECHD 9970 Qualitative Research Guest Lecturer (current)
Selected Publications
Publication from Dr. Norton may be found on UGA Open Scholar or Google Scholar
