Dr. Dayo Abah is an Associated Colleges of the South (ACS) Mellon Academic Leadership Fellow to the Office of the Provost (2023-2025) at Washington and Lee University where she works in faculty development and diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging. At Washington and Lee University, she is a professor of Journalism and Mass Communications, faculty in the Law, Justice, and Society program, and an affiliate faculty in the Africana Program. She was recently the head of the department of Journalism and Mass Communications. She serves on the editorial board of Communication Law and Policy Journal. With a grant from the Institute of International Educational sponsored by the Carnegie African Diaspora Fellowship Program (CADFP), she worked as a consultant in the development of the first master’s degree program in communication at the University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Dr. Abah lives in Lexington, Virginia with her spouse and two children.